Bolivia has enacted what animal rights defenders are calling the world’s first law that prohibits the use of animals in circuses.
A handful of other countries have banned the use of wild animals in circuses, but the Bolivian ban includes domestic animals as well…
Secret footage smuggled out of Namibia has revealed the brutal reality of the Namibian seal hunt – and the subsequent attack on British journalist Jim Wickens and South African cameraman Bart Smithers.
The dramatic film shows seals being killed by hunters during a hunt at the Cape Cross Reserve in Namibia and hunters armed with clubs running towards film maker Bart Smithers and Jim Wickens, from the UK’s Ecostorm agency. The journalists, who were working on assignment with Dutch lobby group Bont voor Dieren were violently attacked by seal hunters before being detained by police…
A new survey is getting the attention of many within the global animal protection community. Covering both moral and strategic issues, the “Ethics and Animals” survey will provide a snapshot of our movement as of the present moment. Everyone is invited to participate and share their views on what’s best for animals. The survey is at: http://ethicsandanimals.questionpro.com and will stay open only until next Monday, July 13. For other information, such as banners and links to the survey in other languages, you may visit the blog of ethiQUEST Surveys, the survey administrator: ethiquest.wordpress.com.
Hundreds of animals may have to be put down within weeks unless there is an 11th hour rescue bid to save an animal sanctuary.
Earlier this year trustees at Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary, in Stadhampton, said they needed vital funding to keep it afloat.
But now there is less than one month’s money left in the pot – with more than 20 jobs also at risk.
The sanctuary is appealing to the public for urgent donations and offers to rehome the animals, which include 92 dogs, 100 cats, 22 rabbits, seven sheep, one horse, one pony and three goats…
Twenty pitbull-type “weapon dogs†were seized in police raids in south London today.
In one of the first operations of its kind officers swooped on the homes of known gang members and captured dogs which have been terrorising local communities.
All the animals seized in the raids in Kennington — including a litter of six puppies — are suspected of being banned pitbulls…