Million dollar pigeon race cancelled due to NSPCA intervention
Historically, 75% of birds used in racing events never return. Under pressure from NSPCA, the organisers of the SAMDR pigeon race decided to cancel it and return the birds to their loft.
Yearly Archives: 2017
Guilty! Four sentenced in donkey horror case
Four men have been sentenced to prison in South Africa for cruelty to animals, for transporting 41 donkeys to be slaughtered under horrific conditions.
WORLD NEWS: Dog fighting, bull wrestling, and wild animal farming (2/8/17)
In this episode, find out how dogfighting was finally criminalized throughout Mexico; why India’s ban on jallikattu bull wrestling was lifted; what wildlife farming in Nepal, Egypt, and South Africa means for animal welfare and conservation; and more!
Conserving Tasmania’s disappearing species with Avenza’s PDF Maps app
At least 600 species of animals and plants are threatened by extinction in Tasmania. The Tasmanian Land Conservancy uses Avenza’s PDF Maps app to track and monitor populations of endangered species.
Horses and Donkeys Bludgeoned with Hammers, Skinned Alive
The demand for donkey skins, supposedly for medicinal purposes, continues in South Africa. The NSPCA has uncovered another horrific donkey killing site where hundreds of donkeys were illegally and brutally slaughtered on a farm in Olifantshoek.
U.S. hunters auction South Africa Big Five hunts for funds to lobby Trump for pro-hunting stance
Safari Club International (SCI) will auction the lives of 280 South African animals to raise funds to lobby the Trump Administration against measures protecting threatened species like elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard.
The work of Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society
Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society (LAWCS) is the voice of animals in Liberia. Please watch our video and visit our website.
Developing Animal Welfare Standards in Indonesian Zoos
Animal protection groups in Indonesia receive tens of reports every month about animal cruelty in parks throughout the country. All because the government entrusts the wrong people to control zoos: an association which is in fact active in animal trade and exploitation.
Charity calls for halt to skin trade that causes mass suffering to donkeys
The results of a shocking investigation by The Donkey Sanctuary reveal mass-scale suffering of donkeys caught up in global trading of their skins to sustain the demand for ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine that relies on gelatin from the hides.
South Africa’s plan to export 800 lion skeletons ‘misguided and shameful’
In a move clearly supporting the canned lion hunting industry, the South African Government plans to permit the annual export of 800 lion skeletons to manufacturers of fake tiger wine.
POETRY: Call to Arms
All the rains of the Universe Will not sweeten this little planet. This evil cancer…
A new kind of book for vegans and animal advocates
While there is no dearth of self-help titles, books on animal activism, or on veganism, there didn’t appear to be any one book that spoke to all three areas. That’s why I decided to write my own book, called Animal Persuasion.