Injured Seagull Kicked To Death

Rhyll Journal:

Footage captured on Denbighshire’s CCTV system played a major part in jailing two men found guilty of kicking an injured seagull to death…

Rottweiler Fights Dog To Save Boy

BBC News: 

A South Africa Rottweiler has helped rescue a two-year-old boy who was being mauled by a pit bull terrier…

The Tormented And The Witness: Inside Sequani Limited

Sequani Blog:

In June this year Sequani Limited in Ledbury invited a group of students from Newent Community school on a guided tour of the labs as part of an ethics lesson.

The following is the full account of what one student experienced…

Suffering Continues As Hunting Season Begins

League Against Cruel Sports:

A young boy’s pet cat is the first victim of hunt havoc as the new fox hunting season begins…

Help Stop Dolphin Slaughter – International Protest Day September 3rd

Every year, up to 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales are brutally slaughtered by Japanese fishermen. The dolphins are driven ashore and hacked to death in a horrific spectacle that is now hidden from public gaze. 

Of the 20,000 animals killed each year, around 17,000 of these are from a single species – the Dall’s porpoise, a small black and white whale that loves to bow-ride, making it a favourite of whale-watchers, but an easy target for the whalers.

Since commercial whaling was banned by international agreement in 1986, around 360,000 Dall’s porpoises have been killed, that’s a porpoise speared every 20 minutes of every day for the past twenty -two years, driving the Dalls porpoise population to extinction.

The meat from these unfortunate animals is often highly polluted with toxic contaminants such as mercury and PCBs, posing a serious health risk both to the animals themselves and the people that eat them.

Now the Japanese Government is so desperate to expand the shrinking market for whale products in Japan that dolphin meat is now regularly included in school lunches.

Campaign Whale will be joining a global day of protest outside Japanese embassies around the world to peacefully protest against the relentless slaughter of dolphins and porpoises in Japanese waters.

For more information about the day of protest visit Campaign Whale’s website:

Campaign Whale

Seal’s Open Wound Is A Call For Help

IFAW’s Animal Rescue Blog:

A sub-adult male gray seal with injuries to the left shoulder reported swimming in and around the waters of Chatham and Orleans at the end of last week was rescued yesterday by the Cape Cod Stranding Network, a project of IFAW…

Wild Dolphins Do The ‘Tailwalk’

Wildlife Extra report that a wild dolphin has been spotted in Adelaide teaching other dolphins to ‘tailwalk’.

Apparently the dolphin called Billie picked up the trick during a short spell in captivity nearly 20 years ago.

This teaching of a behaviour which becomes a characteristic of a group is called ‘cultural behaviour’. The article also mentions dolphins in Western Australia that hold sponges over their noses whilst hunting for spiny fish!

Full story here

Elephants Killed By Hutu Militia

Wildlife Extra:

Two elephants have been killed by FDLR rebels near Rwindi, in the central sector of Virunga National Park. The FDLR are comprised of Hutu militia who were involved in the Rwandan genocide…

Move To Stop Animal Photo Props

The Press Association:

Tourists are being tricked into posing for pictures abroad with captive animals which have been drugged, mutilated and restrained, holiday companies said…

Argentine Dog Saves Abandoned Baby

BBC News:

An eight-year-old dog has touched the hearts of Argentines by saving the life of an abandoned baby, placing him safely alongside her own new puppies…