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Doug Maw is an animal welfare activist. He is actually quite high profile on social media. And his Twitter/X feed helps me get to the bottom of this story which is reported in The Times. The Times version is inaccurate according to Doug Maw and …
NEWS AND VIEWS: The Times reports, as do numerous other media outlets and on social media, that a hunt in Dorset has been suspended and the police are investigating after drone footage showed that hounds ripped apart a live fox trying to escape while the …
In the UK, with the change in the law which has outlawed XL Bully dogs, owners can either have them euthanised or apply for an exception to keep their dogs under strict terms and conditions including always being on a lead in public and wearing …
A German dynasty, the Henkels, own an estate in the Kaisertal, a valley a few miles south of the German border. It was voted the most beautiful place in Austria. They’ve owned this estate since the 1930s. The Henkels are collectively worth about €15 billion …
Krill are small crustaceans, the bedrock of many marine species across all the oceans and in the Antarctic. They are considered to be the key to the health of fish, whale populations and penguins in the Antarctic. Although the Chinese have resolutely denied it, James …
The Times reports that Tops Day Nurseries, which has four thousand children in its charge across 32 nurseries in Hampshire and Dorset, has decided to feed its children wild-shot venison, which I understand is a first. They are working in collaboration with Eat Wild, which …
Novak Djokovic is a dog lover. My research does not tell me that he is a generalist animal lover but he is sensitive to his dogs’ welfare which indicates that he is sensitive to animal welfare. He has a couple of toy poodles called Pierre …
Residents of Marlin, Texas, USA, are calling for the arrest of the Marlin police chief for allowing dogs to die of starvation and dehydration at the dog pound that he is charged with overseeing. And the residents are calling for the arrest and prosecution of …
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) has provided advice on how British citizens should walk on ice to avoid falling over. They have referred to penguins because penguins instinctively walk on ice in a safe way because of millions of years of evolution! Britain is going …
