Be aware of fly-by-night animal sanctuaries in the UK
This is about another UK scam/fraud/con in the UK. My God, there are so many of them I’ve almost lost track. The citizens of the UK are surrounded by fraudsters and thieves. And, sadly,...
Tagged: animal welfare
A voice for the voiceless is the privilege of celebrities
Celebrity: a famous person, especially in entertainment or sport. They have the platform and opportunities to speak out for those sentient beings who don’t have a voice. Voiceless: animals come to mind and my...
When up to 20 cats go missing in a small village it’s the fault of the cats’ owners?
NEWS AND COMMENT – THORNHILL, CUMBRIA, UK: This is one of those stories that comes to the surface occasionally. Up to 20 cats (believed 9 confirmed) have gone missing from a small village of...
Commercial Breeding Enterprises (CBEs) versus registered dog breeders
I think it is useful to look at the difference between Commercial Breeding Enterprises (CBEs) and registered dog and cat breeders. My interest in comparing these commercial enterprises came about because Nathan Winograd tells...
Animal shelter volunteer instantly fired for refusing to hand over her phone before a meeting
NEWS AND OPINION – LOS ANGELES, USA: This is an animal shelter story from Los Angeles which sort of fits in with the whistle-blower/gagging culture at some animal shelters. It is about volunteer rights....
Malta Animal Welfare Act 2002 – an island that is middle-ranking on animal welfare
Below, I set out the Animal Welfare Act 2002 that is in force in Malta. Malta is a member state of the European Union (year of entry: 2004). Malta would have been obliged to...
Cat food made with “nature-identical” chicken meat available soon
Nathan Winograd (America’s best animal advocate), in his newsletter, tells me about a product which interest me because I’m concerned about the environment, global warming and animal welfare. I want to try and do...
Google has no legal obligation to remove animal abuse videos on YouTube
There’s recently been a lawsuit filed by an animal rights group, Lady Freethinker, to try and legally force Google to do more to keep videos of animal abuse off the YouTube website. The lawsuit...
How fast can you tie your laces? What we are taught sticks.
How fast can you tie your laces? Stupid question, yes? Perhaps not. We are taught how to tie laces when we are kids. There are many different ways of doing it. I think the...
People should expand their circle of moral concern to all sentient beings, everywhere
The words in the title are from Peter Singer who wrote the acclaimed book, Animal Liberation, published in 1975. In the book he argued that humankind had a tendency toward speciesism meaning that humans...
Ukrainian soldiers’ versus Russian soldiers’ treatment of animals
NEWS AND OPINION: On social media there is a trend developing and it is this. Ukrainian troops are seen to be sensitive to the needs of the many abandoned stray animals, normally both cats...
The biggest cat welfare disaster as yet unwritten is about to happen
It’s on the horizon. It is a news item which has yet to be written. It concerns cat welfare, dog welfare and our welfare. It concerns everything. It is the setback to the fight...
Black panther cub – cute roar – only it’s in Ukraine during the war
For a reason which remains unexplained, Dr. Bandi Giri Kumar lives in an apartment in the Donbass region of Ukraine during the invasion by Putin’s forces. The problem is that he has a couple...
Karma and the treatment of cats and dogs (Philippines)
Desiree Carlos, an author and an animal advocate living and working in the Philippines, has written an interesting and useful article for the Manila Standard website. It’s about karma, dogs and cats. In the...
Rachel Johnson said Kurt Zouma’s animal cruelty was ‘one silly mistake’. I disagree.
NEWS AND COMMENT: The Independent newspaper reports that the LBC radio presenter and Boris Johnson’s sister, Rachel Johnson, has said on her show that the Kurt Zouma cat-kicking and cat-slapping incident was “one silly...
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