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 and make Syrian hamsters more friendly. They thought that if they …
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. …
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 by Professor Bartley Griffith at the University of Maryland Medical Centre …
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 similar to the rights bestowed upon humans. They might not be equal to those rights. They will be lesser …
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 by Muslims or Jews. There is an oversupply of halal and kosher meat in the UK and the oversupplied …
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 his 70-acre arboretum he called in experts to shoot all the grey squirrels. In the UK, it is perfectly …
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 denials by Boris Johnson that he intervened in the rescue of dogs and cats from Kabul during the chaotic …
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 I am told although there is a weakness in their new policy which is that there is an exemption …
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 fake nails to her dog’s claws and made TikTok videos out of it. She even decided to start a …
