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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Stink over Boofhead the dog ends with $16,000 penalty for RSL clubCourt finds Jervis Bay club discriminated against man over the smell and appearance of his assistance dog
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Suprabhat Basnet became a registered member 7 years, 7 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
500 Macau racing dogs to live in luxury as billionaire and activist join forcesBillionaire businesswoman Angela Leong On-kei and rights activist Albano Martins team up to build home for displaced animals after closure of Asia’s last legal dog racing track
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Endangered animals found on sale in Chinese supermarketA supermarket in southwestern China is being investigated after it was found illegally selling nationally protected animals such as the giant salamander, Chinese sturgeon and Chinese alligator....
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Why are Japanese torturing cats and posting the videos online?As Japanese police record a spike in animal abuse, a proliferation of online videos depicting the torture of cats has activists demanding Tokyo tighten its laws
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Land reclamation: ‘theft from the sea’ or a Hong Kong necessity?China restricts reclamation but Hong Kong ploughs ahead with proposals to concrete over more natural seabed; scientists warn of a price to pay, and voice alarm at the cumulative impact of reclamation on the Pearl River Delta
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The greedy gourmets driving these four animals to extinctionThroughout history humans have wiped out animal populations. Have we learned from our mistakes? It seems not, with creatures from a songbird to pangolins and bluefin tuna now facing extinction by way of the dinner table
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The activists taking on Asia’s cruel, and booming, trade in dog meatThey are flayed and cooked alive, bludgeoned to death, or poisoned – 30 million dogs a year. Demand in Vietnam is growing so fast, smugglers are snatching pets for slaughter. One group is determined to put a stop to the trade
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“Like their neighbours to the South, North Korean attitudes toward dogs are changing. It is increasingly common to see people walking their dogs on leashes in Pyongyang and other cities in the North, a trend that seems to have just begun to catch on over the past few years. Feral dogs are common in the countryside, however, and left to fend for…[Read more]
In North Korea, dog meat consumption soars during hottest monthsOn both sides of the Demilitarised Zone, dogs used for their meat are raised on farms for that express purpose
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Chinese police arrest 35 over sale of US$50,000 worth of monkeysDealer admits to selling 36 macaques to middlemen who sold them on to members of the public for US$1,500 apiece
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Rare songbird faces extinction thanks to Chinese diners’ taste for itKnown as the rice bird in southern China, where it is a luxury sought after by gourmets, the previously common yellow-breasted bunting was last year listed as critically endangered. Experts blame its rapid decline on illegal trade
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
West 'discovers' seitan, a meat substitute in China since 6th centuryDiners queue outside the Temple of Seitan, a London takeaway restaurant, for crispy wings, burgers and nuggets that look and feel like there’s chicken inside. They’re made of something Chinese call seitan – so what’s this wheat meat all about?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
China’s terrible zoos and why they’re still thrivingA spate of news stories about poor conditions at parks across the country has reignited the debate over the rights of animals in captivity
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Chinese circus sticks with animal acts despite waning interestCircuses have a history going back more than 2,500 years in China, but the country also has some of the world’s laxest animal rights laws, and campaigners have long called for tougher regulations to be introduced
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“In the meantime, the department said it would send officers to search for wild pigs and use a tranquilliser dart gun to first get hold of the pigs, then inject them with a contraceptive vaccine, before releasing them back to the wild. ‘Removing food sources of wild pigs is the most effective measure to reduce their occurrence at the residential…[Read more]
Don’t feed the animals: wild pigs a growing problem for Hong KongStephen Chan believes time has come to take more aggressive approach or boars will soon be running free in Sai Ying Pun or Shek Tong Tsui
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
What to know about donkeys abused for tourism before taking a rideOnce a holiday rite of passage in destinations such as England’s Weston-super-Mare, donkey rides are slowly going out of fashion as animal rights activists shine spotlight on widespread abuse
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Po from Kung Fu Panda lines up with five superstars to save animalsDavid Beckham and Yao Ming, actress Lupita Nyong’o, Chan and DiCaprio, and now Po Ping, are ambassadors for WildAid campaigns against the illegal trade in animal parts, from ivory to rhino horn, tiger bone and shark fins
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“A major scandal is gripping China. Changsheng Bio-technology, the country’s second-largest vaccine manufacturer, was found to have fabricated production data and sold more than 250,000 substandard rabies vaccines.”
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2156626/more-few-flies-rabies-vaccine-scandal-reveals
Cultural Revolution and rampant capitalism destroyed China's moralsLijia Zhang says the Communist Party’s violent discarding of traditional values, suppression of religion and later embrace of cutthroat capitalism has severely damaged social trust. The party has attempted moral campaigns since then but, as the Changsheng scandal shows, they have not worked
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
China’s war on unleashed dogs unlikely to bring owners to heelHong Kong expat has never got used to his Beijing housing estate being a playground for scary-looking huskies, and scandal over defective rabies vaccine only adds to nerves about unleashed dogs
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“‘…our data suggests that animal-based low-carbohydrate diets, which are prevalent in North America and Europe, might be associated with shorter overall life span and should be discouraged. Instead, if one chooses to follow a low-carbohydrate diet, then exchanging carbohydrates for more plant-based fats and proteins might actually promote…[Read more]
Both low and high-carb diets can raise risk of early death, study findsEating a moderate amount of carbohydrates best for healthy lifespan, say researchers
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