Animal activists have been charged with aggravated trespass in their protest against using gas chambers to kill pigs which they claim is very cruel. In defence they say it is the people making lots of money out of animal abuse and suffering that should be …
The Times reports that feral super pigs are invading America from Canada. They are crossing the Canadian border and they’ve been described as an “ecological train wreck”. They are a cross breed and they combine the survival skills of the Eurasian wild pig with the …
The photograph on Twitter X says it all: The comments to the image are instructive: But I love bacon… Everyone loves bacon. AND Just had a bacon cheeseburger. Mmmmmm That’s the point: humans won’t give up their bacon and cheeseburgers in the interests of animal …
I didn’t know this and I suspect others don’t know about it either. This year’s flu jab protects against H1N1 and other common seasonal flu strains. To be clear, it is a vaccine against swine flu and that’s important. It’s rather strange that I wasn’t …
NEWS AND VIEWS: Scientists in China have been able to grow kidneys that are 60% human in terms of their cellular structure inside pigs in a quest to solve the problem of supply and demand in terms of kidney transplants. They think that they might …
NEWS AND VIEWS: Remarkably, Europe’s wild boars in the Forest of Germany and Austria are so radioactive that they can’t be eaten and they can’t be hunted. They are protected by their radioactivity. So where did this radioactivity come from? Well, researchers from the Vienna …
Xenotransplantation is the transportation of an organ from one species to another. It’s important because there is a worldwide shortage of donated organs for humans. In this trial, 10 genetically modified pigs’ kidneys were used. Four pig genes that had proved a barrier to successful …
Altruism: behaviour of an animal that benefits another at its own expense. OR: selfless concern for the well-being of others. In other words, altruism is helping others without necessarily looking for a reward in return. It is an act of giving. However, an interesting aspect of …
Yes, I know that in the year 2023 there is a lot of good animal welfare law, a lot of good people who are concerned about animal welfare, a lot of good people who campaign for animal welfare. But set against that goodness, even in …
