NEWS AND COMMENT – SHANGHAI, CHINA: This story is as much about pets as it is about people. In this chilling video we can hear the plaintiff screams and cries of Shanghai residents bellowing out their frustration to the world … continue reading…
NEWS AND COMMENT-SHANGHAI, CHINA: A surge in Omicron Covid-19 infections in Shanghai has resulted in a zero-tolerance lockdown across the entire city. This is the policy that the authorities in China impose on their citizens when Covid infections increase. It … continue reading…
Yes, China is a CITES contracting party. But is China playing the game with a straight bat? Is China doing what it should be doing under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora? CITES … continue reading…
A very large number of animals living in China are severely mistreated, probably a far greater a number than suggested here. Yes, I know animals are mistreated in the West as well but there is a difference which I discuss. … continue reading…
China is engaged in Draconian anti-Covid measures which are cruel and bewildering to outsiders and animal advocates. They have a zero-tolerance strategy but that zero tolerance applies to cats and dogs but not people. The ‘zero’ means zero life if … continue reading…
NEWS AND COMMENT – SHANGHAI, CHINA: The blind box craze in China feeds on entirely the wrong attitude of the consumers who regard an animal companion as a toy. This is the craze which sends pets in boxes to purchasers … continue reading…
I have just discovered it: Pet Blind Boxes, another aspect of cruelty to animals in China which utterly bemuses as me. I can’t get too involved in this cruelty because it is too objectionable but I have to report it. … continue reading…
The coronavirus pandemic will hopefully signal the beginning of the end of the cat meat trade in southern China because Covid-19 is a zoonotic disease. I have been looking at a study from 2019 which researched the connection between Toxoplasma … continue reading…
In a Shanghai shopping mall, shoppers can win a kitten or puppy displayed inside a gaming machine. It looks bizarre and reinforces the belief that cats and dogs are non-sentient and cheap prizes to be won in a game. Not … continue reading…
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): A kind woman was filmed by another woman apparently measuring up a feral cat so that she could make a coat for the animal in preparation for a cold winter. It indicated that there are many … continue reading…
There will be no pictures (there are pictures but I won’t publish them) and before I started writing this I counted to ten, quietly screamed to myself, punched an imaginary punchbag and swore at the people who did it (loudly). … continue reading…
The Washington Times has revealed something quite shocking in my opinion. They say that American taxpayers funded the purchase of cats from the notorious Chinese wet markets for medical research. And this has taken place for the past 15 years, … continue reading…
Here’s why we should all be angry at China. We need to politely complain. It is not racist. It is about fact, cause and effect. We have a right to discuss the 14th century attitudes of China which have brought … continue reading…
Supply chains are being severely affected by the China coronavirus epidemic. Business managers have ordered employees to work from home. Many big Western businesses are in China for cheap, high quality manufacturing. And many manufacturers in the West such as … continue reading…
China – opinion/news: The current China coronavirus pandemic (not quite according to WHO) has brought to light the relationship between the leopard cat and the Chinese. The leopard cat is the wild cat part of the very popular, purebred domestic … continue reading…
