Olé – take that you bastards!!!
OLE – take that you bastards!!!!! @RickyGervais RT if you want a GLOBAL ban on ALL #BullFighting NOW!!! pic.twitter.com/IvooqTmxlX — PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE (@Protect_Wldlife) May 24, 2019
animal welfare and rights
Kangaroos hit by vehicles in Australia need to be euthanised
It seems that a lot of kangaroos are hit by a lot of vehicles on Australia’s dusty red roads and they’re left to die of their injuries in great pain. It’s a common sight in Australia to see kangaroo carcasses dragged to the verge of …
Cat declawing is like chopping off someone’s fingers at the last knuckle with a cigar cutter
To drive the point home, when you ask your vet to declaw your cat you are asking her to do the human equivalent of chopping off the fingers of a person at the last knuckle with a cigar cutter. It is that crude and damaging. …
The actor Martin Clunes dropped as patron of animal welfare charity
The very talented and popular British actor, Martin Clunes has been dropped as patron of the Born Free Foundation (‘Born Free’) because he rode on an elephant, in his latest travel series, in India. Viewers can see him clamber onto an elephant during the television …
Old guy pushes his old dog around in a wheelchair
This is an instance where human and dog are on equal terms and the human has made this decision out of love for his dog. They are both very elderly and they are both infirm but the elderly human has taken charge and he decided …
You don’t need to kill the pigs in order to teach the children a lesson
Farsley Fairfield school is a great school. The headmaster is a good guy. He is insightful, thoughtful and he wants to do the best for the students. The school is on a disused airfield so they have plenty of space to set up a mini-farm …
Michael Gove belatedly bans circus animals in England from 2020
The UK government has introduced a Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. It is called the Wild Animals in Circuses Bill. Today, 1st May 2019, Michael Gove the Environment Secretary has introduced this important new Bill. According to PETA it …
Chinese create a transgenic monkey
The Chinese have inserted human genes into the brains of monkeys in an attempt to create ‘transgenic monkeys’ with brains which mirror in certain ways human brains. Is this a slippery slope to more extreme experiments? Is this ethical? The brains of 11 rhesus monkeys …
Giving your companion animal CPR
This is an interesting concept and it’s coming out of Singapore where there is a growing interest in pet ownership and where the pet population is projected to grow to 820,000 in 2019. I have never considered giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a cat before. …
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