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Get the flu jab

UK flu jab contains vaccine against H1N1 swine flu

I didn’t know this and I suspect others don’t know about it either. This year’s flu jab protects against H1N1 and other common seasonal flu strains. To be clear, it is a vaccine against swine flu and that’s important. It’s rather strange that I wasn’t told this because I believed that the flu jab simply …

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60% human kidneys grown inside pigs

Kidneys that are 60% human grown inside pigs

NEWS AND VIEWS: Scientists in China have been able to grow kidneys that are 60% human in terms of their cellular structure inside pigs in a quest to solve the problem of supply and demand in terms of kidney transplants. They think that they might be able to grow an unlimited number of organs for …

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The wild pigs of Central Europe are radioactive

Central Europe’s wild pigs are radioactive thanks to nuclear weapons testing

NEWS AND VIEWS: Remarkably, Europe’s wild boars in the Forest of Germany and Austria are so radioactive that they can’t be eaten and they can’t be hunted. They are protected by their radioactivity. So where did this radioactivity come from? Well, researchers from the Vienna University of Technology have concluded that they are radioactive because …

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Pigs help trapped pig to escape

Pigs are more altruistic in behavior than humans

Altruism: behaviour of an animal that benefits another at its own expense. OR: selfless concern for the well-being of others. In other words, altruism is helping others without necessarily looking for a reward in return. It is an act of giving. However, an interesting aspect of altruism is that it normally concerns one sentient being helping …

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Pig killed in brutal way on a British intensive farm

2023: we are living through the dark ages right now in respect of animal welfare

Yes, I know that in the year 2023 there is a lot of good animal welfare law, a lot of good people who are concerned about animal welfare, a lot of good people who campaign for animal welfare. But set against that goodness, even in developed countries so-called, even in civilised countries, there is mass …

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Pigs wait in fear

If you can’t watch it, you shouldn’t be eating it

I have no idea what this video depicts because I refuse to watch it except that it features pigs which I will presume are treated cruelly by insensitive humans. I don’t eat pig flesh. The person who posted the video said: “If you can’t watch it, you shouldn’t be paying for it”. I have modified …

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Sigh. What is wrong with humankind?

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 look at the value that humankind has placed on this baby pig: less than 11 euros. A bottle of decent wine …

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Which is better as a pet?

Blame the phrase “pig ignorant” on the pig’s stiff neck!

It is ironic that people use the phrase “pig ignorant” to denigrate stupid people or people who are acting stupidly. Arguably the people who use this phrase are being stupid themselves because pigs are smart. The late Stanley Curtis, a US professor of animal sciences, said: “Pigs could be as smart as chimpanzees and other …

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Chickenpox

3 diseases unfairly named after animals

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the name of a disease should avoid “causing offence to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups, and minimise any negative impact on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare”. It is the last item which interests me and I will mention three diseases unfairly named …

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Wild boar UK

Dogs can shed the African swine fever virus after consuming infected pork

The African swine fever (ASF) virus is spreading in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa so reports the British government. The disease cannot be transmitted to people i.e. it is not zoonotic. In affected areas it has been confirmed in wild boar as well as on farms, smallholdings and in pet pigs. An American veterinarian …

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Paesmans clearly loves his pigs who love music

Pigs particularly like jolly dance songs

A Belgian farmer, Piet Paesmans, says that he pigs particularly like jolly dance songs. He can tell because they start wagging their tails. If the songs are “dynamic” they start to dance around and frolic. But they find rock music too strong and don’t like it. In short, pigs appreciate human music. And Paesmans first …

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Gestation crates

Animal activist and activist investor Carl Icahn calls out Kroger on animal welfare issues

I had never heard of the guy but from what I have read about him today, I like him. His name is Carl Icahn and he appears to have evolved into a pretty powerful animal welfare activist. And because he is an activist investor in businesses, he is able through his shareholding to influence the …

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