Whole ‘piggy’ for sale at Italian butchers makes us wince
The person who posted this picture of a ‘maialino’ for sale at what appears to be a butchers in Italy said this: “This says it all!!!!! What is wrong with this broken society.” And...
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Welsh farmer, Gareth Wyn Jones, received death threats for talking about a farming practice
The Times reports today that a sheep farmer, Gareth Wyn Jones, received death threats when he posted a video showing how to skin a dead lamb to make a mother adopt an orphaned lamb....
Primate in Asia choked, beaten, and chained to perform stupid tricks for human entertainment
Hardly any words to add to this. All I know is that it is in Asia. PETA got hold of the video. And it is like watching hell on earth and humans God bless...
Paul O’Grady has died aged 67. The world has lost a great animal lover and equality rights campaigner
I, like millions of others, are shocked this morning to learn that Paul O’Grady’s partner Andre Portasio has announced to the world that Paul O’Grady has died at the age of 67. He died...
Wind turbine noise threatens Galicia’s ancestral wild horses
The Times reports that local people in Galicia in north-west Spain believe that the noise of wind turbines is jeopardising the survival of their ancestral wild horses. In this beautiful, wild and open yet...
Animal Rebellion protesters pour milk on Harrods shop floor
For me: brilliant. I admire these people. Braver than me. Someone’s got to do it. And I like Harrods to be disturbed from their cosy, rich, protected environment to be forced to instantly and...
China stupidly gifts 2 giant pandas to Qatar to celebrate World Cup
China decided to gift to Qatar a couple of giant pandas from the Sichuan province, the home of giant pandas. The gift is designed to mark the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 which is...
Prisoner demands visitation rights for his dog
NEWS AND COMMENT-MADRID, SPAIN: FC, the initials given to a prisoner in Zaragoza in order to keep him anonymous, requested visitation rights for his dog Viny. His request was refused and he is arguing...
Pretty Chinese girl cooks a giant salamander and it is disgusting
I know I am discussing an entirely different culture to the one that I am familiar with, which is probably why this video is disgusting to me. Do you agree with me? This sweet-looking,...
Objections to the pink-dyed sheep used as props at the Latitude Festival
A feature of the music festival called Latitude which takes place at the campsite in Henham Park, Southwold, UK, are the pink sheep. They are props to decorate the festival and designed to provide...
Damien Hirst’s artwork exhibit that kills flies criticised by PETA and removed
A Hundred Years is a well-known artwork by Damien Hirst which, as it happens, was loved by Francis Bacon, another very well-known artist. It consists of two connecting glass chambers. In the first chamber...
Is animal sacrifice legal in the United States?
On my understanding of this complicated aspect of American law, animal sacrifice is legal in the United States provided it does not contravene animal welfare laws concerning the humane killing of animals which is...
Gene-editing experiment on hamsters shocked the scientists
It is clear from this story that humans have a lot to learn about the way genes work together to affect behaviour in sentient beings. American scientists wanted to use Crispr (gene-editing) to try...
Elon Musk’s 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...
Xenotransplantation in action: a gene-edited pig’s heart transplanted into a 57-year-old man
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 medical world was revolutionised when a team led...