NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a story about the need for dog owners to keep their dogs on a lead in areas where livestock are nearby. And I think, too, it might be linked to rampant dog adoptions during Covid-19 by people who really were …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Here’s a bit of good news for animal rights campaigners. King Charles III has publicly reaffirmed a ban on foie gras. In fact, he has been a long-standing opponent of foie gras for many, many years. As have millions of other people. …
I want to be vegan but I was raised in the 1950s on bacon sandwiches and roast beef for Sunday dinner. This is deeply entrenched into my brain and it is very hard to shake off. I feel guilty in having some ham slices in …
NEWS AND COMMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: John Hume is a controversial figure. He breeds rhinoceroses on his farm. The Times reports that he has 2,000 on his 8400-ha farm in north-west South Africa. He de-horns his rhino and keeps the horns which he wants to sell because …
NEWS AND COMMENT-ITALY: This is brilliant news for anybody interested in animal welfare. All of us should be but that is another story. Italy’s senators have decided to close Italy’s last mink farms. The designers of clothes have moved away from including fur in their …
He is a Jacob sheep…he just gets the girls prego and looks good doing it lol – from the photographer. The title comes direct from Reddit.com. Thanks. Nice one. An amazing sheep. Looks a bit like the devil. I presume that the devil’s lettuce is …
NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: Bravo, again, to Carrie Johnson who is a patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF). She has long campaigned for labelling requirements on meat products making it obligatory to provide information as to how the animal was reared and slaughtered. There …
NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: I have just written about a 36p octopus for sale in Morrisons supermarket which caused uproar among animal advocates because of the incredibly low value that humankind places on animal life when bearing in mind that the octopus is a highly intelligent …
A three-eyed car born at a beef farm in Brynmawr, North Wales has been bought for £5,000 by a Hindu charity and named Mahadev. This is another name for the three-eyed deity Shiva or it is a slight derivative according to Wikipedia (Mahadeva). The calf …
