Perhaps you have read about this. It is history in the making. I’m not sure how good it is, though. Recently in the United States, the...
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One day animals will be ‘non-human persons’
If there is a god, one day animals will be described as ‘non-human persons’. They will have a whole set of rights which should be very...
Continue reading...UK: 99 million animals are not stunned unnecessarily before slaughter due to oversupply.
Summary: In the UK, up to 99 million animals are unnecessarily slaughtered without being stunned beforehand because the meat from these animals is not being consumed...
Continue reading...Michael Heseltine, former Deputy Prime Minister, had 400 squirrels shot on his estate
NEWS AND COMMENT: Michael Heseltine believes in speciesism. He has decided that songbirds are more important than squirrels. So, when squirrels trashed 14 nesting boxes at...
Continue reading...Kabul evacuation: red herring to say animals were prioritized over people
The world is aghast. There is shock and disbelief. How could anybody prioritise animals over people? And yet, all over the news today and yesterday are...
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...Woman applies huge false nails to her dog’s claws and films it
CALIFORNIA, US – NEWS AND VIEWS: I am going to have to be brutally honest about this. Some people love the way Maritza Rubalcava has applied...
Continue reading...An amusing cat video or a mild case of cat abuse?
You decide. I have decided. The bloke pushed over the dry cat food container deliberately to make the video. It was all planned obviously. He probably...
Continue reading...Florida is set to ban pet tethering despite objections by the NRA
NEWS AND VIEWS: Florida’s lawmakers are set to ban the tethering of pets and leaving them unsupervised. A bill is currently being debated: Senate Bill 650....
Continue reading...Undercover video shows workers at Test Valley Trout Farming abusing fish
Farm staff were filmed kicking live trout along the floor. Test Valley Trout Farming supplies ChalkStream®, a brand under which fish from the fish farms are...
Continue reading...Most British pigs die in terror and pain gasping for breath
Consumers should boycott pork as most pigs die in terror and pain gasping for breath. Slaughterhouse pigs suffer before death. Millions of pigs suffer poor welfare...
Continue reading...10 most pet-friendly states in the USA
It is always useful to know the most pet-friendly states in the USA. This chart relates to 2020. Safewise.com produced the data in the image. They...
Continue reading...Shame: Prince Charles loves foxhunting
I have read today that Prince Charles bought Highgrove, his home in Gloucestershire, because it was near the Beaufort Hunt. He clearly, at the time, supported...
Continue reading...Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for human rights benefited animal rights
Animal rights were and are inherently benefited by Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for human rights. The two go hand-in-hand. It’s not surprising because the human...
Continue reading...Trump’s Republican followers are almost fascists
Ultimately this is about animal welfare (as per the website’s goals) because when conservative-minded people are too right wing they are less likely to be animal...
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...Southwest China’s dog-walking ban unravels
NEWS AND VIEWS: The county of Weixin, Yunnan province, had laid down the law on dog-walking because of complaints of dog bites. They had ruled that...
Continue reading...Vegans 40% more likely to suffer a bone fracture
It’s all over the news and it’s going to have quite a big impact on the rapidly growing vegan movement. Food manufacturers have had to catch...
Continue reading...The Jane Goodall Act
NEWS AND VIEWS: Jane Goodall is known worldwide and is internationally respected as a primatologist and anthropologist. She is one of the best known animal advocates...
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...
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