South Korea is proposing to hunt whales under regulations permitting scientific research whaling, echoing the programmes of its neighbour, Japan.
Hunting would take place near the Korean coast on minke whales. How many would be caught is unclear.
The South Korean delegation to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) said the research was needed “for the proper assessment of whale stocks”.
Many governments at the IWC meeting condemned the Korean announcement…
Harlan is the UK’s last remaining breeder of beagles for use in experiments.
The company owns several UK-based sites, two of which house beagles. Their Cambridgeshire site breeds beagles for sale to laboratories and universities whilst their Loughborough site keeps ‘donor beagles’ (these dogs have their blood regularly drained and sold to laboratories).
We are calling for the closure of both the Cambridge and Loughborough sites or, at the very least, an immediate public enquiry into Harlan’s care and treatment of beagles.
In 2011, Harlan was exposed for animal cruelty and neglect in The Sunday Times; a former employee reported seeing staff punching and kicking beagles, shaving profanities into their fur, and daubing their faces with felt tips. He also revealed how the dogs – kept in dirty, cramped pens – grow so frightened and frustrated, they fight to the death or self-harm.
Harlan beagles will NEVER see daylight or breathe fresh air, except when they are transported to laboratories across the world.
It is inside these laboratories that ‘man’s best friend’ is tortured and mutilated in cruel experiments. Most beagles will have been experimented on several times before dying (if the tests don’t kill them, they are euthanised).
The breeding of beagles for use in experiments is morally reprehensible and testing human medicines on animals = outdated, fallible science.
In 2010, at least 11% of the 3.7 million scientific procedures on living animals were not carried out in the name of advancing human health but instead were conducted – without the use of anaesthetic – to test the toxicity of chemicals, including household products.
Visit the official SAVE THE HARLAN BEAGLES website www.savetheharlanbeagles.com
A mother and three little bear cubs in Colorado have been on a week-long crime spree, breaking into people’s cars in search of food.
The bears were caught in the act Saturday night when a car owner opened her door to find the three cubs in the back seat, peering out from behind a child’s car seat, ABC News reported.
The mother bear ran off, leaving her cubs inside the car. Snowmass Village Police Officer David Heivly snapped a photo of the startled cubs.
Police are issuing a “bear alert” in Snowmass Village, a small town west of Aspen…
The footage was posted on an internet forum by the cat’s owner, who called himself “Nitroazza” and gave his location as Huntingdon, Cambs.
He commented: “Like cats? Check out my cat, the new version of Mr Tumble.”
The man is thought to be a 22-year old married father of one…
When her beloved cat disappeared a year ago, Melissa Jones thought that was the last she’d see of him.
The 30-year-old from Inglesbatch knows all about missing animals through her work at Bath Cats and Dogs Home.
But Marley has defied expectations by turning up unharmed…