New Taipei, Taiwan (dpa) – An annual contest to see which farmer can raise the largest pig ended in Taiwan Saturday with nine ornamented pig carcasses displayed for public worshiping at a temple in the Taipei suburb of Sanxia. According to organizers of the Pigs of God Festival, the winning pig weighed in at 1,061 [...]
SINGAPORE: Animal rights activists are lashing out at the Chinese government over a recent report that revealed the country consumes more than four million cats annually. They have called on Beijing to end the “deplorable” idea of eating cats and dogs in the country. “Why are they killing, murdering so many cats for food. It [...]
LOS ANGELES: In a move that has animal rights activists pleased, shark fin was taken off the menu at the Hong Kong-based chain of Shangri-La hotels Wednesday, in a significant breakthrough for those campaigning for a ban on the dish. The chain – which has 72 hotels and resorts worldwide – said it would stop [...]
“Best friends are not meant to be abused.” This is the simple but sharp slogan that the online magazine Fashion Beirut, in collaboration with the organization Animals Lebanon, has chosen for its “Fashion Statement” campaign of the year. The aim of the fashion campaign is clear: to raise awareness of animal welfare in Lebanon and [...]
DUBAI: The Sri Lankan government has sparked the ire of animal rights activists after it said it was looking into the possibility of killing some three million stray dogs in the country. “It is simply destructive and does not fit with our beliefs as a country, especially when there are many other alternatives that we [...]
A petition signed by more than 30,000 Americans, demanding the United States government implement greater crackdown on puppy mills across the country has received positive feedback from the White House, although animal groups are still hopeful the Obama administration will do more to curtail the abuses being reported at puppy mills. The Humane Society of [...]
Last week, Dutch government officials announced they would appoint a new commission to investigate and report on new rules for ritual slaughter. The move comes after both Jewish and Muslim groups cried foul over new regulations that could ban halal, or kosher, slaughter in the European country. The commission aims to meet the demands set [...]
Berlin (dpa) – German officials are getting close to possibly banning elephants and other big beasts from circuses, ending a tradition of performing animals that goes back to the 19th century. Bears and monkeys would also be forbidden as performers under the big top. But officials have decided to make an exception, allowing lion and [...]
Controversially, the United State Congress and President Obama agreed to lift a ban on the slaughter and distribution of horse meat for human consumption on November 18. The move, condemned by animal rights and welfare groups and actiivsts, was met with near unanimity by Congress and the White House. One of the arguments used to [...]
The lamb is tied to the wall, immobile. Her thrashing legs can do nothing to free itself from the prison she has found herself in as two men approach, one with a newly sharped knife in hand. One man jumps onto the animal, hold it down as the other forces the young lamb’s neck upwards, [...]
Lady Gaga has been tipped by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in India to be a lettuce lady in support of animal rights. It comes even as the mega pop star wore an all meat dress and shoes at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in 2010. “We have already sent a [...]
A new campaign in Idaho aims to increase penalties against perpetrators of animal cruelty in the state. The grassroots campaign, dubbed “1 of 3″ hopes to get enough registered voters to sign a petition that will allow Idaho voters to pass more stringent animal rights laws that will make animal cruelty a felony. As per [...]
The West Australian Government has given permission for great white sharks to be killed if they pose a threat to human life. Animal rights activists have said the move is illegal and should be stopped immediately, citing international conventions on the killing of endangered species. The permission, however, has been granted amid the increasing shark [...]
Police in the US state of Ohio have killed 48 exotic animals after the animals were deliberately freed, a local Zanesville sheriff said on Wednesday. Two remaining animals, a monkey and a wolf, remain missing. The killing of the animals has sparked nationwide anger at the government, saying the animals should have been tranquilized first, [...]
Nearly 1,000 dogs were spared from slaughter in southwest China as animal-rights activists intercepted trucks loaded with dogs and negotiated their purchase, officials said Monday. An Internet user known as “Mosquito” initiated the rescue via the Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo after learning the dogs would be transported out of the city of Zigong in Sichuan [...]
Lebanese NGO Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA), celebrated World Animal Day and the World Event to End Animal Cruelty recently amid a festive humane celebration with dogs they had rescued and animal lovers with their companion animals. BETA is the first Lebanese NGO to have started a dog shelter in the country. [...]
Princess Alia bint al-Hussein of Jordan wants Australia to make the stunning of animals mandatory before they are slaughtered. Princess Alia, sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan, has been in talks with Australia’s agriculture department to stop the slaughter of conscious animals for halal meat. Paul Morris, the department’s acting deputy secretary for [...]
The loss of open spaces might be to blame for a recent spike in reports of abused and neglected Indian cows lashing out. Reports of injuries from cows biting people on the streets of Delhi have spiked dramatically. A total of 17 cow bite cases have already been reported for the first half of 2011. This is more that the [...]
DUBAI: Days after a cat was shot 12 times with an air gun, animal rights is at the forefront of campaigners in the United Arab Emirates to push for greater laws protecting animals. The National newspaper reported that Mickey, the cat, was shot in a Dubai housing complex on October 1 and was sent home [...]
LOS ANGELES: On Wednesday, the Humane Society International called for a complete ban on fur from China to Australia in response to a previous investigation from the group that detailed the slaughter, often alive, of racoon dogs in the Asian country for fur products to Australia. animal rights organization has revealed startling new evidence that [...]
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