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New Hampshire considering banning declawing

US state of New Hampshire considering a ban on cat declawing

More good news on the American domestic cat front. More common sense within the world’s biggest domestic cat marketplace. More ethical thinking. More resistance from the veterinarians to ban declawing which surprises me. In fact, it shocks me that veterinarians in America resist so vehemently what they promised to do in the first place; not …

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A stuffed lion head on a wall somewhere that was once a trophy and ended up being for sale online

Cecil the Lion has not died in vain after British MPs vote through a ban on the importation of hunting trophies

Britain is leading Europe in the creation of legislation to ban the importation of hunting trophies from big game into the UK. There is no EU law banning trophy imports. It seems that this UK legislation is one benefit of Brexit. Yesterday, Members of Parliament unanimously backed a ban on the importation of hunting trophies. …

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Ricky Clark shamed

Celebrity TV rat catcher and trophy hunter will be stopped by new UK legislation

NEWS AND OPINION: Ricky Clark is a rat catcher by trade. He became a TV celebrity by dint of his enthusiastic personality and buff appearance according to The Times newspaper. He has a BBC1 series called The Rat Pack which shows how he catches and kills rats with his dogs. The show received favourable reviews …

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Virginia poised to ban declawing Nov 19, 2022

Infographic on US state of Virginia poised to ban cat declawing (the third state)

To anyone who cares anything about animal welfare this is great news. Great credit must be given to the politician who is introducing the proposed legislation (see infographic). The declawing of cats, for non-therapeutic reasons, in America and to a lesser extent in Canada is one of the world’s greatest examples of violence against animals, …

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Carole Baskin being interviewed by Wink news

Carole Baskin speaks fluently about ending private ownership of tigers and cub handling

In this interview of Carole Baskin by a presenter at WINK news, she speaks eloquently and fluently about her passion, which is to phase out private ownership of tigers in the USA and to end cub handling. She wants to achieve this through her Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA). She has campaigned tirelessly for …

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Even animals hate Trump. Author of montage unknown

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

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 (note …

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