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Hugh Laurie: How We Treat Animals Now Will Be Condemned In 100 Years
Hugh Laurie Tweeted about the changing perception of animal rights, climate change, and other social issues—how might we feel in 100 years?
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President Trump signs animal cruelty bill into law, making it a federal felony
Animal cruelty has officially become a federal felony after President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Monday afternoon.
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Ontario Farm Organization Claims Animals Don't Think or Feel
An email about a report called OFA [Ontario Federation of Agriculture] submission to the Standing Committee on General Government regarding the Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act (Bill 156) that contained a quotation emphatically stating, "We simply do not know if animals are capable of reasoning and cognitive thought" shocked me. I immediately read through the report and lo and behold, the authors did make this unscientific and ludicrous claim. And, not surprisingly, there isn't a single citation in the entire in-house report.
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Lion cubs legs were Purposely Broken so he could not escape while tourists took selfies
A two-year old lion cub named Simba has been rescued and is being taught to walk again after it’s hind legs were deliberately broken by abusers to stop the big cat from running away while posing on beaches for holiday goers in Russia. The cub was only five weeks old when he was seperate from his mother and used as a photo prop for tourists wanting a picture with a ‘big cat’.
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Wuhan bans hunting, eating wild animals in response to coronavirus
Wuhan, the Chinese city that is thought to be ground zero for the coronavirus outbreak, has banned hunting and eating wild animals as a response to the global pandemic and in hopes of preventing&nb
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It's time to dismantle factory farms and get used to eating less meat | Gene Baur
We should envision a more resilient and sustainable food system, one that doesn’t commodify sentient life
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Could lockdown be the death of bullfighting in Spain?
For months the ranchers had laid the groundwork; grazing and exercising a select crop of half-tonne fighting bulls to be transported to arenas and festivals across the country. Then – just as Spain’s bullfighting season was set to kick off – the country was plunged into lockdown. “It was dreadful,” said Victorino Martín, a second-generation breeder of fighting bulls. “The coronavirus came at the worst possible moment.”
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Piglets aborted, chickens gassed as pandemic slams meat sector
With the pandemic hobbling the meat-packing industry, Iowa farmer Al Van Beek had nowhere to ship his full-grown pigs to make room for the 7,500 piglets he expected from his breeding operation. The crisis forced a decision that still troubles him: He ordered his employees to give injections to the pregnant sows, one by one, that would cause them to abort their baby pigs.
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Surely the link between abusing animals and the world's health is now clear | Nick Cohen
The boast that “when the facts change, I change my mind” is a proud one. “When the facts change, I reinforce my prejudices” is truer. If you want proof, look at the coronavirus that has changed everything and consider the undisputed fact that it spread because of humanity’s abuse of animals.
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First Chinese city bans consumption of cats and dogs
(CNN)Shenzhen, in southeastern China, has become the first city in the country to ban the consumption of cats and dogs, the government announced Thursday. Under new rules which will come into effect May 1, the government said it will be illegal to eat animals raised as pets. In February, following the coronavirus outbreak, China passed a law to ban the consumption of wild animals.
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Joaquin Phoenix Urges People to Eat Plant-Based at London Protest
Joaquin Phoenix joined international animal protection organization Animal Equality on Tower Bridge in London this morning, February 2nd, before the 73rd British Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, in a daring action to draw attention to animal agriculture’s role in the climate crisis.
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Make ban on Chinese wildlife markets permanent, says environment expert
Temporary ban to curb coronavirus is not enough, says environmental leader Jinfeng Zhou
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Dozens of koalas found dead after logging
Australian animal protection groups are attempting to rescue about 120 animals from the site.
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Why Are There So Few Vegetarians?
Psychological barriers to plant-based eating.
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World's 'largest animal sacrifice' begins in defiance of ban
Thousands of people from Nepal and neighbouring India travelled to Bariyarpur village to witness the festival, which occurs every five years. The sacrifices went ahead despite temple authorities announcing a ban in 2015 and Nepal’s supreme court directing the government to reduce animal sacrifice a year later.
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Pigs being used as live crash-test dummies killed and ‘mangled’ in China
Researchers hint they may conduct more experiments that left animals painfully injured and bloodied
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US House passes bill to make animal cruelty a felony
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - A bill that would make malicious animal cruelty a federal felony was passed in the U. S. House of Representatives Tuesday. The bipartisan Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act bans crushing, burning, drowning and impaling animals, among other things. It also gives officials the authority to go after suspected animal abusers who cross state lines. The so-called PACT Act bans animal cruelty recorded on video.
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Humans may be trading far more species of wildlife than we thought
Estimates based on two wildlife databases suggest 5000 species are traded around the world, with larger, more distinctive animals most at risk
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Twitch Creative Director Wants Alinity Banned For Animal Abuse
Twitch streamer Alinity has done some controversial stuff in the past. The most recent controversy that has got people angry is animal abuse. Alinity was seen throwing her cat across the room during her Twitch stream and she has also been caught spitting Vodka into her cat’s mouth. Twitch has not commented on the matter or taken any action but the Creative Director of the platform did break the silence and shared his opinion.
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Five years jail for worst animal cruelty
People found guilty of the worst cases of animal cruelty will face up to five years in prison under a new law proposed for England and Wales. A Parliamentary bill from Environment Secretary Michael Gove raises the maximum term from six months. The harshest sentences would be for dog fighting, abuse of puppies and kittens, or gross neglect of farm animals.
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