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… Read More »Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control officers kick a dog
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… Read More »Former female Afghan MP’s dog was hanged by the Taliban after Western troops evacuated
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… Read More »Morrisons supermarket chickens are in extreme pain
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… Read More »Israel, the first country to ban the sale of most fur clothing
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… Read More »Now Indonesia is risking another coronavirus pandemic with their filthy live animal markets
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… Read More »Jeremy Paxman shoots grey squirrels sat on his toilet
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… Read More »University laboratory manager allegedly decapitated over 200 mice
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… Read More »Poisoned ham kills many street cats in Kemer, Turkey
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… Read More »Supreme Court of Poland grants improved animal rights to carp, a freshwater fish
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… Read More »Most kittens are declawed before they are 8 months old
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.… Read More »Ducks abused at slaughterhouse supplying Waitrose, UK
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… Read More »Ex-zookeeper stole two penguins from his old workplace
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… Read More »Deer hunters use whips to force a stag to run
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… Read More »An end to the barbaric boiling of lobsters?
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… Read More »Tesco and Lidl ban beef from a farm where cows were abused
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.… Read More »Monkeys used as coconut-picking machines
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… Read More »Fish feel pain and humans treat them cruelly
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… Read More »Coronavirus: bats get a bad press
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… Read More »Security camera picks up pet sitter throwing puppy to a hard floor
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… Read More »How many animal abuse posts are Facebook moderators seeing?