I guess the world has heard about Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring. Vick earned the largest pay check of any NFL player in his time. Apparently, he...
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Italy will prohibit breeding of fur-bearing animals and close fur farms
NEWS AND COMMENT-ITALY: This is brilliant news for anybody interested in animal welfare. All of us should be but that is another story. Italy’s senators have...
Continue reading...Monster mess of koala conservation in Australia
There appears to be a shocking failure in the conservation of the koala in Australia which has been highlighted by a catastrophe in Cape Bridgewater, Victoria....
Continue reading...Increasingly popular vegan and vegetarian foods results in more cruelty against macaques
More people than ever before are becoming vegetarians or vegan. They want to do something to stop the meat-trade which contributes to global warming through forest...
Continue reading...Chinese health workers “disinfect” an apartment by killing the owner’s dog with a crowbar!
NEWS AND COMMENT-SHANGRAO, CHINA: Once again the news media reports the most shocking news from China. You might have heard that the authorities in that country...
Continue reading...Woman foxhunter slaps ‘uncooperative’ horse in face and kicks it
NEWS AND COMMENT: I will start this article by showing two screenshot images from a Twitter video made by the Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs from a Cottesmore...
Continue reading...Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control officers kick a dog
Nathan Winograd tells me in an email: “Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control officers kick a dog who is being held down with...
Continue reading...Former female Afghan MP’s dog was hanged by the Taliban after Western troops evacuated
NEWS AND COMMENT-AFGHANISTAN: This is another depressing and distressing example of the speciesism (animal racism) of the Islamic faith. In very general terms, Muslims grant dogs...
Continue reading...Morrisons supermarket chickens are in extreme pain
NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: I have just written about a 36p octopus for sale in Morrisons supermarket which caused uproar among animal advocates because of the incredibly...
Continue reading...Israel, the first country to ban the sale of most fur clothing
The government of Israel has banned the sale of fur in the fashion industry. In doing so, they are the first country to outlaw fur clothing...
Continue reading...Now Indonesia is risking another coronavirus pandemic with their filthy live animal markets
China does not have an exclusive right over these disgusting live animal markets where zoonotic diseases can transmit from animals to people and where animal cruelty...
Continue reading...University laboratory manager allegedly decapitated over 200 mice
NEWS AND COMMENT: At an employment tribunal, the applicant, Robert Pawlak, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Exeter, alleged that Deborah Galley illegally decapitated...
Continue reading...Poisoned ham kills many street cats in Kemer, Turkey
NEWS AND COMMENT: I had believed with caution that Turkey is a country of cat lovers, in general. But like every country even if you have...
Continue reading...Supreme Court of Poland grants improved animal rights to carp, a freshwater fish
Carp describes various species of an oily freshwater fish native to Europe and Asia which is consumed in many parts of the world. In Poland this...
Continue reading...Most kittens are declawed before they are 8 months old
In the tweet on this page, The Paw Project is saying that the reason why kittens are being declawed at such a young age is to...
Continue reading...Ducks abused at slaughterhouse supplying Waitrose, UK
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): Since 2018 UK slaughterhouses have been required to have security cameras inside their facilities to detect potential breaches of animal welfare. The...
Continue reading...Ex-zookeeper stole two penguins from his old workplace
NEWS AND COMMENT: Bradley Tomes, 25, used to work at Southlake Safari Zoo in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK, until 2016. He’s just been convicted of the theft...
Continue reading...Deer hunters use whips to force a stag to run
Investigators from the League Against Cruel Sports filmed two hunters from the Devon and Somerset Staghounds using whips to force a red deer stag to carry...
Continue reading...An end to the barbaric boiling of lobsters?
ANALYSIS: It’s about time. It is said that when a living lobster is placed into boiling water it screams in pain. As I recall, it’s been...
Continue reading...Tesco and Lidl ban beef from a farm where cows were abused
The Times reports on a disturbing case of the abuse of cows at a UK farm. The farm has been named as Berryfields Farm near Daventry,...
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