Nathan Winograd reports to me that an important change to the city-wide laws are about to be made in Berkley, Michigan, USA which is that pet stores have been given two years to phase out the sale of commercially bred animals such as puppies and kittens and instead to put up for adoption rescue animals. …
This is a weakness in UK animal welfare in my view. It’s a weakness in the legislation which has been highlighted by Laura Harris MP in the House of Commons in a debate which was very sparsely populated by members of Parliament by the way. Indicative of MP attitudes to animal welfare?? She refers to …
In the UK, lab animals are not protected by major animal welfare legislation Read More »
This picture on Twitter of a hammerhead shark with their dorsal fin missing as it has been amputated by cruel fishermen selling shark fins to the shark fin soup businesses makes me thoroughly sick of humankind. Frankly, when I see this sort of picture, I am sick to death of humans and their rank cruelty. …
Picture of hammerhead shark with amputated fin makes me sick of humans Read More »
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 them created it. What happened to the human race? It’s no wonder many people prefer animals to people. I think I’m …
NEWS AND OPINION: This is the story of an abandoned skewbald foal. A not unusual story in the UK. My quick research indicates that abandoning horses of all types happens too frequency and charities such as the RSPCA and Redwings pick up the pieces. Without wishing to lecture, the person who abandoned the foal should …
Abandoned skewbald foal found in rubbish dump on his back Read More »
NEWS AND OPINION: This story makes me want to puke. I am sick to death of this sort of disgusting animal cruelty particularly against foxes. I love foxes. I feed foxes. I love them and feed them because they are hated by many people. Someone needs to love them. They are vulnerable to hostile, ignorant …
Hunt for killer who shot foxes in the head with an air rifle Read More »
This is an article in which animals become humans and humans become animals. It’s a topsy-turvy, upside-down world and it all comes from Russia courtesy Mr Vladimir Putin. The Moscow Times, on December 31, 2018 reported that Russia had introduced animal welfare laws which outlawed animal cruelty. Of course, up until that moment there was …
Putin has a higher regard for animal life than human life. Discuss. Read More »
This is a cross post from my main website PoC. I think that it is worth posting twice because it’s an interesting case of negligence really. An elderly woman is on a mobility scooter on the road and tethered to that mobility scooter is her slightly overweight (in my view) black-and-white dog. Clearly, the dog …
Woman on mobility scooter drags her dog behind her (video) Read More »
Fresh-faced William MacAskill occupies page 3 of The Times newspaper today, Saturday, October 8, 2022. And I’m pleased. He is an associate Prof at Oxford and the founder of the effective altruism (EA) movement. He became the youngest associate Prof of philosophy in the world when he was 28. He has caught the eye of …
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, petit, young woman in a schoolgirl’s skirt with a schoolgirl voice buys a Chinese giant salamander from a street trader. The …
Pretty Chinese girl cooks a giant salamander and it is disgusting Read More »
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 some publicity for it. It’s effective. And it is a tradition. They are a photographer’s favourite because they do make a …
Objections to the pink-dyed sheep used as props at the Latitude Festival Read More »
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 a box in which maggots hatch into flies. The flies past into the second chamber where they are attracted to …
Damien Hirst’s artwork exhibit that kills flies criticised by PETA and removed Read More »
This is a video of a protest group called Animal Rebellion disrupting a military procession of bearskin-wearing ceremonial troops in the UK marching down The Mall which runs from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square. It is where all the big processions occur in London and it was used extensively during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The …
Anti-meat protestors disrupt ceremonial troops wearing bearskins Read More »
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 an inherently tricky and contentious subject of discussion. It seems that animal sacrifice is protected by the principle that government can’t …
Like many others, I’ve just watched that match between Nick Kyrgios and Stephan Tsitsipas (number 4 seed) at Wimbledon (2022) which Kyrgios won with an amazing drop shot. Kyrgios was incredibly badly behaved in between playing sublime tennis. He plays shots that nobody else can and has immense courage but his ranting and raving, endless …
