NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENTS): Tran Kieu Trang, 30, a Vietnamese smuggler, attempted to smuggle 127 lion claws and 36 lion teeth through Mozambique’s international airport together with, incidentally, 4.3 kg of rhino horn. She tried to confuse Sasa, a six … 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 COMMENT: A fourth “Tiger King” has now been charged with animal cruelty. His name is Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, the owner of Myrtle Beach Safari featured in the Netflix docu-series. The previous three were Jo Exotic (the original Tiger … Continue reading →
Businesses can align themselves with animal welfare or they can ignore it. Businesses can promote animal welfare in a variety of ways or they can shun it and even directly or indirectly by association encourage animal abuse. In all depends … Continue reading →
The word “woke” is used quite a lot nowadays. It is not clear to some people what it means. Perhaps they aren’t interested in it (understandable). In normal usage, the word “woke” is used like this: “He woke up to … Continue reading →
The purpose of this article is to inject a bit of realism into the concept that Ancient Egypt was a blissful era for the domestic cat. It wasn’t. It couldn’t be because animal welfare in that era was very poor. … Continue reading →
It is sickinening for me that people are asking Google whether a BB gun can kill a cat. When people use the Internet to search for answers to questions like this it indicates a profound problem in society. My message … Continue reading →
Wealthy clients who take pleasure in shooting lions for entertainment are sent brochures with photographs of captive male lions via the WhatsApp smartphone application. This allows them to choose which particular individual they want to shoot. The price for doing … Continue reading →
The Vietnamese cat meat trade is horrible by any standards. Three million cats, many of them domestic cats (stolen pets), are killed in various inhumane ways before being skinned, disembowelled and eaten because some Vietnamese believe that they provide a … Continue reading →
The person who has the social media tag: _aescir is a completely barbaric monster. Until a day ago he was posting multiple videos and images of gross animal cruelty on his Instagram page (I presume that “it” is a man). … Continue reading →
