What affects us affects cats
There are still some countries which do not have any animal cruelty laws. In the 21st century that’s a disgrace. The country with the world’s second largest economy, China, is one of those countries which are a disgrace in terms of its failure to enact animal welfare laws. Other countries with no laws against …
NEWS/VIEWS – SOUTH AFRICA – PRIVATE ZOO: Dean Schneider is being investigated for alleged animal cruelty after being filmed punching one of his lion cubs. This video was or still is on his Instagram page but I can’t find it. It may have been removed because of the controversy surrounding it. However, you can …
The ‘living habits’ referred to is the slaughter and eating of wild animal species in China but it is a wider issue than that. It is about the human-animal or human-nature relationship. I think she is stating it euphemistically to avoid being detained by the Chinese authorities. I have called nature’s retribution a form …
It is not cruel per se to keep a cat in an apartment. There needs to be more.
This is about Lucy’s Law which came into force in the UK last week. It makes it illegal for ‘third parties’, pet shops and online traders to sell puppies and kittens under the age of six months according to a Sunday Times report. British citizens now have to go direct to a cat or …
It is time for the West to disconnect from China. China has the West addicted to cheap products (and government borrowing). It is a form of emotional blackmail which prevents the governments of the West from taking a tougher stance (and a more realistic approach) to China’s lack of concern for animal welfare which …
NEWS/OPINION: Not a word of apology has come out of China for causing the damage done to the planet by the Covid-19 virus. I was waiting for an apology from President Xi Jinping. The virus is costing the planet trillions of dollars in lost economic trade. It is killing thousands of people and disrupting …
There is a bright silver lining to the coronavirus outbreak which started in China and which is frightening many people across the planet because it is perilously close to being a pandemic. The silver lining is that the administrators of China, and I hope its citizens, are reflecting on their habit of eating exotic …
