In a kind of a rant, Jeremy Paxman has admitted to enjoying shooting grey squirrels with an air rifle while sat on his crapper with the lid down. Maybe he should do it while having a crap. He said that … Continue reading →
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 over 200 mice and through her actions animals died of a lack of water … Continue reading →
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 many people who like cats there’s always somebody who hates them. In this instance … Continue reading →
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 species of fish faces a very difficult and abusive time at Christmas. Historically carp … Continue reading →
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 avoid owners being scratched but if they were trained in those early years beyond … Continue reading →
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 Gressingham Duck slaughterhouse, in Redgrave, Sussex did not have these cameras but, fortunately, Animal … Continue reading →
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 of rare birds from the zoo, in July and October 2018, and has been … Continue reading →
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 on running to allow them to continue having their fun before shooting the animal. … Continue reading →
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 proved that they do. And there’s no reason why they shouldn’t feel pain. They … Continue reading →
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, Northamptonshire. The cows were allegedly beaten with pipes, kicked and had their tails twisted. … Continue reading →
NEWS-VIEWS: PETA allege that monkeys in Thailand are forced to climb trees to pick coconuts for milk which is sold by brands such as Chaokoh. When the monkeys are not working PETA report that they are confined to cramped cages … Continue reading →
For many thousands of years, for aeons, humans have fished both to feed themselves and for sport and entertainment. Trillions of fish have died at the hands of these human activities – a huge, metaphorical pile of pain. It is … Continue reading →
It almost seems settled that bats in China are the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. There is a lot of talk about bats passing the Covid-19 virus to pangolins and pangolins passing it to people in the Wuhan wet market … Continue reading →
A pet sitter commissioned under a smartphone app called Rover was recorded on a security camera throwing a defenceless Labrador puppy onto a hard kitchen floor. The puppy, Lucy, struggled to get to her feet afterwards. The busines that runs … Continue reading →
Mark Zuckerberg has publicised his efforts to moderate off the Facebook platform unacceptable posts, pictures and videos of bestiality, terrorism and beheadings. The moderators claim that they are poorly paid and that the confidentiality agreement prevents them discussing their work … Continue reading →
Believe it or not, in 2019, British troops still wear genuine bearskin caps on ceremonial occasions and have failed to substitute bearskin with a synthetic material.
Continue reading →Ellie Knoller and Jessica Kuncman. The man with a woman’s name is an alleged dog killer – photo: NCDA Well, I was surprised at this story. The name deceived me. “Ellie’ is a female name so I’d thought that a … Continue reading →
A woman, Crystal Smith, living in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, took two of her four dogs for a walk. She went to a tennis court where she had been before and let them roam freely there after closing the gate … Continue reading →
OLE – take that you bastards!!!!! @RickyGervais RT if you want a GLOBAL ban on ALL #BullFighting NOW!!! pic.twitter.com/IvooqTmxlX — PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE (@Protect_Wldlife) May 24, 2019
Continue reading →To drive the point home, when you ask your vet to declaw your cat you are asking her to do the human equivalent of chopping off the fingers of a person at the last knuckle with a cigar cutter. It … Continue reading →
