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http://horses99.com/2017/03/10/top-jockey-gave-horse-electric-shock-win-race-picture-shows-holding-device/

Top jockey gave horse electric shock to win race as picture shows him holding device - Horses 99Top jockey Roman Chapa has been suspended from racing after allegedly being caught using an electric shock device to win a race. The veteran rider was photographed with what officials claim was an illegal implement as he neared the finished line. The 43-year-old jockey was in fifth place at Sam Houston Race Park on January ...

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https://fightdogmeat.com/2017/03/20/china-dog-skinned-alive-fur/

China: Dog Skinned Alive For It's Fur - Fight Dog MeatChina: Dog Skinned Alive For It’s Fur According to reports, this dog was skinned alive for it’s fur pelt Dongguan, Guangdong. In parts of China dog skin pelts are seen as luxury items, as throw-rugs on the floor, car seat covers and mattress toppers. For dog skin throw-rugs, the head is attached to help identify …

http://patch.com/georgia/canton-ga/canton-bans-retail-sale-cats-dogs

Canton Bans Retail Sale of Cats, DogsIt's believed that the city is the first in Georgia to enact such an ordinance.

http://secretldn.com/2017/03/giant-vegan-market-opening-london-today-looks-glorious/

A Giant Vegan Market Is Opening In London Today And It Looks GloriousSoya-fields Market? Quorn Street? I-can’t-believe-it’s-just-nuts Lane? Well, no. It’s called the Hackney Downs Vegan Market and it’s absolutely fabulous. Coming to London ev…

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Brazil meat-packing giants 'exported rotten beef' - BBC NewsThe authorities close three processing plants and suspend 33 officials over the allegations.

http://healinglifeisnatural.com/fukushima-first-images-emerge-of-radioactive-salmon-in-canada/?=tet

Fukushima: First Images Emerge Of Radioactive Salmon In CanadaThe Fukushima nuclear accident is one of the worst disasters in the history of our planet. It has devastated the surrounding soil, people, animals, and food - but that’s not all. It has been about 6 years since the disaster first took place. Since nuclear activity is relatively new to the human race, we still…

http://al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-netherlands-dispute-animals-sanctions-europe.html?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20170317&bt_ee=qsszoWlhl1XUmG0eo9ce3EDFLz47QpRuA1uCHrQ53oosgW2XRhCvyv8eRu1kaA0e&bt_ts=1489816869835

Turkey deports Dutch cowsWhile 40 Dutch cows have been expelled by Turkey and are on their way to the Netherlands, Turkish hackers attacked the Twitter accounts of international organizations and celebrities.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/03/13/one-florida-agency-put-out-a-want-ad-for-python-killers/?utm_term=.f2ad17b9cd53&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

You, too, can hunt pythons. One Florida agency is offering to pay you to kill them.After pythons were discovered in Key Largo and on an island in Miami's Biscayne Bay, one Florida agency has had enough. It will pay people to hunt pythons.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/03/14/snow-day-video-watch-a-moose-hit-the-slopes-and-leave-snowboarders-in-the-dust/?utm_term=.b6e1d75f0be5&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

The viral video of a moose on the ski slopes, explainedWas this a competitive moose, a frightened moose or a moose having a blast?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/03/17/ordinary-people-are-exploring-the-secret-lives-of-coyotes-through-poop/?utm_term=.799c7ee9aa35&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Ordinary people are exploring the secret lives of coyotes — through poopA federal coyote research project is based on the idea that getting to know coyotes will make people like them more.

http://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/ciencia/2017-03-14/animales-videos-youtube-memes-gifs-conservacion-loris_1348144/?utm_content=buffere2a00&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Maltrato y tráfico ilegal: la verdad tras los virales de animales en internet. Noticias de CienciaAnimales: Maltrato y tráfico ilegal: la verdad tras los virales de animales en internet. Noticias de Ciencia. Vídeos de YouTube, gifs, memes... los animales han conquistado la red, pero en el camino se alimentan estereotipos que ponen en peligro la conservación de muchas especies

http://www.levante-emv.com/comunitat-valenciana/2017/03/19/ponis-carruseles-feria/1543129.html

Fin a los ponis en los carruseles de feriaLa nueva ley de protecci?n animal proh?be el uso de animales en tiovivos y circos e impide mostrarlos en escaparates de tiendas

http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-39308569

"Carne podrida y maquillada con productos cancerígenos": el escándalo que sacude a las mayores empresas cárnicas de Brasil - BBC MundoLa policía federal de brasileña asegura que que varias de las empresas de procesamiento de carne más importantes del país vendían productos en mal estado. Estas lo niegan. Brasil es el principal exportador mundial de carne bovina y de pollo.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4321606/Downing-Street-cat-catches-mouse-claws.html?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/16/should-larry-sacked-number-10-mouser-seen-letting-mouse-run/?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Should Larry be sacked? Number 10 mouser seen letting mouse run freeIt's well known among feline fanatics that Larry the cat is not the best mouser out there.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/17/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-meat/?utm_term=.7e56ddc99f63&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

Is this the beginning of the end of meat?The "Impossible Burger" that wants to end meat-eating is facing its first test.

“I’m vegan, and I try to avoid meat and other animal products, but I’m under no illusion that I can convince billions of other people to give up completely meat and milk and so forth. But if we can produce them from cells, then great. It will also have a lot of ecological benefits because it will reduce the enormous amount of pollution which is…[Read more]

Conservation groups in Africa have also promoted dog-eating as an alternative to bushmeat, and most of them support factory farming of cane rats. The only thing that will save the earth’s wildlife – including endangered species – is a turn away from the consumption of animals of all kinds, instillation of compassion and respect for life in all its…[Read more]

Chickens Can Help Save WildlifeIn some countries, endangered species are what’s for dinner. Here’s an alternative.