Fines for tenants in luxury Dubai development if they feed stray cats

ANALYSIS: Dubai is in the UAE. There is a very beautiful and very large luxury development in Dubai which, as I understand it, has been built by Emmar and is managed by Emirates Living. It is luxury living for expats and other international purchasers. The development has everything that a resident needs. But the …

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Australian banks which are the friends of animal welfare and those that are not

Australia's banks who are sympathetic to animal welfare and those that are not

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 on senior management and whether they are enlightened and observant enough to think out …

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Don’t vote for Trump if you are a genuine animal lover

Even animals hate Trump. Author of montage unknown

Hal Herzog PhD writing for the website Psychology Today questions whether Americans really are animal lovers despite 65 percent of households having a companion animal. He argues that you should follow the money to decide whether pet loving Americans are genuine animal lovers. Whereas about $600 million is spent on saving animals, $300 billion …

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Trophy hunters can select the lion that they want to kill from a brochure

Captive lion being abused in SA

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 it depends upon the size and quality of the lion’s mane and varies between …

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Roadside zoo “Wildlife in Need” – further court injunction stopping big cat abuse

Stark

Tim Stark owns a controversial Indiana roadside zoo called “Wildlife in Need” (an ironic name as the cats in it are in desparate need of removal from the place). He is associated with Jo Exotic who is currently in prison serving a life sentence for conspiracy to murder Carole Baskin. The news out today …

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Shraddha Kapoor is an animal lover

Shraddha Kapoor

I am an instant fan of Shraddha Kapoor. I had no idea who she was until about five minutes ago when I discovered some nice things about her. She posted to her Instagram account a very short video of a feral cat being rescued near her home. She has 51.9 million followers on her …

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Putting face coverings on cats and dogs causes distress and perhaps worse

Cats wearing face coverings

This is an interesting development. Some cat and dog owners are putting face coverings on their cats and dogs, photographing them and then uploading the photographs to Instagram and other social media sites. Why are they doing this? There are probably multiple reasons. Misconception Firstly, they want to protect their companion animal from getting …

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Carole Baskin may never open Big Cat Rescue again

Carole Baskin

I thought the news was quite shocking, really, but in an interview with an author on the Insider.com website Baskin said that she might not be able to reopen her sanctuary to the public once we get back to normal (whatever that will be) when the coronavirus pandemic is over. It is not just …

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