Monster Shark Eats Great White

Yahoo! News:

A giant shark that could be up to 20ft long has sent shockwaves across Australian beaches after a great white was nearly bitten in half…

Leona Lewis To Support WSPCA

Marketing Week:

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has signed up former X Factor winner, Leona Lewis, as the new face of its “Animals Matter” campaign to get the world’s governments to recognise that animals can suffer and feel pain…

Woman Who Abandoned 99 Dogs Jailed Over Cruelty

Press & Journal:

A breeder who abandoned nearly 100 St Bernard dogs in poor conditions while she went on holiday was jailed yesterday for 18 weeks for animal cruelty offences…

Food Critic AA Gill Shoots ‘Inedible’ baboon ‘To Get A Sense Of What It’s Like To Kill Someone’

Daily Mail:

Food critic AA Gill has sparked fury among animal welfare activists after revealing how he shot a baboon during an African safari.

The restaurant critic boasted about killing the ape – even though it was ‘entirely inedible’…

MEPs Receive Humane Research Plea From 65,000 Cyber-Marchers

Dr. Hadwen Trust:

Cross-party MEPs from the European Parliament’s Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals were presented this week with pledges from more than 65,000 people from our Make Animal Testing History virtual march, calling for the replacement of animal research to be accelerated through the revision of EU Directive 86/609 on animal experiments…

Shocking Images Reveal Impact of Ocean Pollution

Animal Aid:

Recent photographs taken on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific by professional photographer Chris Jordan show the shocking extent of ocean pollution, and the horrific impact it has on wildlife…

Proposed Ban For Electric Shock Dog Collars

BBC News:

A proposed ban on electric shock dog training devices in Wales will be re-written to make it a complete ban, says the minister who wants to bring it in.

Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones said more than half the responses during consultation on the ban were in favour…

Magpies Feel Grief And Hold Funerals

Telegraph:

Magpies feel grief and even hold funeral-type gatherings for their fallen friends and lay grass “wreaths” beside their bodies, an animal behaviour expert has claimed…

Baby P Stepdad In Animal Cruelty Poster Row

Sky News:

The stepfather of Baby Peter has forced an animal charity to take down a campaign poster featuring his mugshot – because it damages his reputation…

Rare African Bird Found In West Sussex

RSPCA:

An escaped African Marabou stork was spotted perching on a street lamp at a waste treatment works in West Sussex on Friday, 9 October.

The RSPCA was called out to help rescue the unusual bird, but he was too quick for Inspector Rachel Bell and remained at large.