‘Tigers for sale’ is a phrase that I do not want to read when it concerns private sales from unscrupulous traders selling to naive customers. This page is not about inter-zoo sales which are bad enough. Humankind should not be … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: The New York Post tells me that, currently, there are two states in the United States where a lawyer represents the animal in animal cruelty cases in their passage through the criminal court. They act as the … Continue reading →
Alabama is perhaps one of three US states in the category of the poorest in terms of Covid vaccination rates, quality of education, animal protection laws and general quality of living (plus most religious). Louisiana has a very similar poor … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT-AFGHANISTAN: This is shocking news. It is mad news, actually. American Humane, a non-profit group based in Washington DC has told the news media that the US military contract dogs employed in Afghanistan who did life-saving and dangerous … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT-SOUTH KOREA: My interpretation of the New York Post’s headline “South Korea to Grant Legal Status to Animals to Tackle Abuse, Abandonment” is that the South Korean government has decided to recognise animals as sentient beings rather than … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: In Britain, there is a vociferous group of people who like to participate in countryside pursuits which includes hunting foxes and shooting birds. They defend their right to kill animals for pleasure at every opportunity (fox hunting … Continue reading →
In September 2020, I reported on a plethora of fake kitten rescue videos on YouTube (link to that article). It was clear that in countries in Asia and perhaps Eastern Europe, some unscrupulous people were making fake cat rescue videos. … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: In Russia, until recently, companion animals could be seized as if they were items of furniture and used as an official means of forcing debtors to pay bailiffs. Yury Koretskikh, head of the Alliance of Animal Defenders, … Continue reading →
Carole Baskin has been physically threatened for 20 years ever since she started her campaign against private owners of captive big cats and their abuse. In case you don’t know, Carole Baskin is the lady who rescues big cats from … Continue reading →
This is an update on an article I wrote about Venezuelans eating cats and dogs to survive. I wrote the article in 2017. I wanted to find out whether there have been changes. There has been little change except, perhaps, … Continue reading →
