The shocking extent of animal rights abuses in China’s zoos is laid bare today in a series of pictures that have emerged from the country.
The sickening snaps — taken by a Brit visiting the communist state — show bears, monkeys, lions and tigers all being forced to perform circus acts for the watching crowds…
A joint hunt master and a terrierman pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett yesterday after they caused the “most severe” damage an RSPCA officer had seen in 25 years…
…But yesterday, at North Wiltshire Magistrates Court in Chippenham, the RSPCA dropped the hunt charges after Radborne and Pethers pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett…
In the video, which was posted onto Live Leak on Sunday, the crowd can be heard cheering as two primates and a bear are forced to race bicycles around a track as part of a circus act…
A humble moth has been identified as having the sharpest hearing in the animal kingdom – up to 150 times more sensitive than a human’s.
The greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) lays its eggs in beehives, where the larvae feed on the wax and debris of the honeycombs.
Now, new research published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters has shown it has extremely high frequency sensitivity in its simply constructed ear…
In what is being viewed as first sign of whale sharks finding a conducive environment for reproducing along the Gujarat coast, a sub-one metre pup of the largest fish species was recently caught in fishing nets.
Experts working on whale shark conservation are studying the phenomenon which indicates the giant fish swims all the way from Australian shores to Gujarat to reproduce.
The whale shark pup was found in the nets of a fishing trawler off Sutrapada coast in Junagadh district, around 300km from here, a few days ago. Mohan Beem Solanki, a fisherman, informed the Whale Shark Conservation Project…
Encouraging students to develop sensitivity toward animals, CBSE is endorsing the ‘compassionate citizen’ approach which basically involves an education programme designed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA) for children aged 8-12 years. This study would soon be made part of the school curriculum…
Britons are the most concerned nationality when it comes to wildlife, says veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.
The naturalist, 86, is presenting a new BBC Radio 4 series, Tweet Of The Day, devoted to birdsong…
Cruelty Free International is pleased to announce that Seattle-based cosmetics company Paula’s Choice LLC has been certified under the Leaping Bunny programme, managed in the USA and Canada by Cruelty Free International’s partner, the Coalition for Consumer information on Cosmetics (CCIC).
Paula’s Choice is a skin care and cosmetics company with distribution in 50 countries around the world. To find out more visit:
www.paulaschoice.com/international and www.paulaschoice.co.uk
Paula’s Choice namesake founder Paula Begoun states, “All of us are thrilled to have this certification as definitive proof of our commitment to not testing on animals. Our pet friendly office with 15 dogs is proud of us, too.”
In their own words: Led by best-selling author and beauty expert Paula Begoun, the Paula’s Choice Research Team evaluates and reviews hundreds of skin-care and makeup products in books such as Don’t Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me. Combining cosmetics industry knowledge and expertise, Paula and her team have developed the Paula’s Choice line of state-of-the-art formulations based on reliable, published skin-care research. Products include skin-care, makeup, body and hair-care products. All products are fragrance-free, cruelty free, and environmentally friendly.
Cruelty Free International administers the Humane Cosmetics Standard, the most rigorous international certification programme for non-animal tested products in the world. Symbolised by the Leaping Bunny logo, Cruelty Free International guarantees that products from certified companies are cruelty-free.
Search through a list of almost 500 certified cruelty-free companies at www.GoCrueltyFree.org
Live animal exports have begun again from the Port of Dover despite renewed calls from protestors to end the practice.
Around 20 animal rights campaigners gathered as the trucks were driven on to the Joline transporter ship…
A pod of 14 sperm whales was spotted off North Berwick last week; the whales were thought to be heading towards Fife. This is the largest group ever seen in the North Sea and one of the largest pods ever seen off the UK coast – according to marine research and conservation charity Sea Watch Foundation…