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Pennsylvania Residents Warned Against Leaving Dogs in the Cold
Pennsylvania’s new tough penalties are the result of Libre’s Law, passed this year after a Boston Terrier named Libre was found emaciated and suffering from sepsis and mange at a farm in Lancaster County.
POETRY: Saying ‘Hello’ to a Sheep
You and your friends that you hold so dear
Jump over each other in total fear
So what do I say to you, stranger,
When I know that you are in danger?
Protest Breaking Up Walrus Mom and Her Pups!
The Vancouver Aquarium’s plan to separate two nursing walrus pups from their mother is a cruel commercial ploy insensitive to the animals’ needs.
Animal Rescue Team Assaulted in Name of ‘Cow Protection’
By using an innocent cow as a divisive political symbol and attacking Help in Suffering’s rescue team, ‘cow vigilantes’ have harmed innumerable animals in Jaipur, India.
Providing Care & Pursuing Justice for Dogs in the Philippines
Animal Kingdom Foundation rescues dogs from slaughter for meat, and provides them with a better life at its Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.
Asia for Animals: Changing Human Behaviour
The 10th Asia for Animals conference gets underway this coming Saturday in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, and this year’s theme is Changing Human Behaviour.
Pouring cold water on ‘sustainable use’
None of the existing role players in conservation understand what is required to save Africa’s vanishing wilderness. The issue is just too broad and deep – and politically charged.
‘The pig who wanted to be eaten:’ A discussion on the representation of animals in consumer culture
The cultural significance of meat, coupled with our supposed ‘love’ of animals, demonstrate a fragile paradox advertisers have responded to in order to continue selling animal products.
Defending Palestine: Human and Animal Liberation Come Together in May 2018 Conference
For PAL, animal liberation cannot be divorced from anti-colonialism, Palestinian liberation and solidarity, and defense of the land and all the life that it supports.
Animal Personhood: Time to Push for Animals’ Rights in India
Whatever work one does for animals, we are all united by the common hope that someday animals will be recognised as more than just property. FIAPO is preparing a new campaign to pursue legal rights for animals in India.
Dog Field Care Manual (free download)
Harrell Graham’s Dog Care Field Manual provides detailed recommendations for crisis care that almost anyone can give when the nearest veterinarian is many miles and hours away.
Judaism and Animal Rights
According to Judaism, animals are part of God’s creation and people have special responsibilities to them. The Jewish tradition clearly indicates that we are forbidden to be cruel to animals and that we are to treat them with compassion.
Cattle-Ogue: Unveiling the Truth of the Indian Dairy Industry
FIAPO’s investigations reveal the unchecked horrors rampant in India’s ever growing commercialised dairy industry.
New orangutan species identified in Indonesia
Scientists have identified a new species of orangutan in Indonesia, but the Tapanuli orangutan is already being described as one of the most endangered great ape species in the world.
PAWS on ‘Balangiga:’ Animal Cruelty Has No Place in Filmmaking!
Cruelty is against the law and can never be part of good filmmaking. Filipino moviegoers deserve better, and all animals deserve to be treated with kindness and respect.
Standing Up for Animals in the Workplace
My point is, whether he was joking or not, spreading an attitude of acceptance and even pride over cruelty toward animals is intolerable.
5 colorful fish you will see while snorkeling the Mexican Caribbean
Tropical fish are nature’s art! It is up to all of us to make better decisions to keep our ocean and ocean ecosystem healthy.
Topoloveni’s Spay/Neuter Success Story
A recent spay/neuter campaign in the town of Topoloveni, Romania, resulted in the sterilization of more than 400 dogs and cats, and sets an example for humane, effective population control for other cities to follow.
POETRY: Black Mood
Look at the world and think
With choice would you want
To rejoice with us in the stink
Of this overcrowded land?
Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics
Microplastics pose a major threat to foraging sea animals, but if we can manufacture plastic so it unintentionally tastes good, we might also be able to manufacture it so it intentionally tastes bad.