UK government will phase out bird of prey tethering by December 31, 2027

Tethered hawk

The UK government has consulted with zookeepers on zoo standards in England, Wales and Scotland and agreed that bird of prey tethering “as a routine management practice must be phased out on all zoological collections by December 31, 2027” (The Times) After that date it …

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3 groups of pet impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Dog becomes a friend of the Ukrainian troops in the trenches

Russia commenced its invasion of Ukraine last night about five hours ago. It was on the radio. The West is fairly powerless. Not one country in the West is going to help protect Ukraine in terms of troops on the ground. It just won’t happen. …

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink accused of abusing monkeys in animal testing experiments

Neuralink accused of abusing monkeys in animal testing experiments

Although denied by Neuralink, the company has been accused of cruelty to macaque monkeys in their experiments to develop technology which allows the mind to control computers. Towards this objective, they were testing technology which allowed the monkeys to play video games with their minds. …

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Governor of West Virginia raises his dog’s backside to the cameras and tells Bette Midler to “kiss her hiney”

'Kiss her hiney!' said Jim Justice to the cameras

NEWS AND COMMENT-WEST VIRGINIA CAPITOL BUILDING: The governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, performed a demeaning stunt on his British Bulldog at the end of his televised State of the State address last Friday. Both Mr Justice and his bulldog, Babydog, are obese by the …

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‘Pony puncher’, Sarah Moulds, has been charged with animal cruelty

Woman foxhunter slaps horse in face and kicks it as it was uncooperative

NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: You may have read Sarah Moulds’s story. I wrote about it some time ago (click here if you wish to read the backstory). It was well discussed in news media. She is a primary school teacher or was. She was a follower …

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