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The ‘Devil’ Gets His Due: Elephant Poaching Kingpin Arrested
Tanzanian officials have arrested a poacher and smuggler whom they say is responsible for thousands of elephant deaths across several African nations. Boniface Matthew Mariango—nicknamed “Shetani,” or the “Devil”—was arrested on Oct. 29 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, after evading authorities for more than a year. According to Tanzania’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit Task Force, Mariango allegedly...
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China ‘cloning factory’ to produce cattle, racehorses and pets
World’s largest cloning facility in China aims to produce a million cattle a year, along with other animals. By Neil Connor.
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Depressed Elephant Has Been Living In A Concrete Cell For 61 Years
Hanako the elephant has been living in a concrete cell for 61 years. And now people are saying that's enough. At 68 years old, Hanako is the oldest elephant in Japan. She's spent the past six decades at Tokyo's Inokashira Park Zoo, where she lives alone in a barren enclosure. There's no grass or trees — only concrete floors and walls. It's unclear when she last saw another elephant. For the love of animals. Pass it on.
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Scientists can now mass produce meat without murder
Those of us who believe in animal rights but enjoy a good steak practice a bizarre cognitive dissonance akin to the twenty-a-day smoker. We know meat is unethical, we’ve seen the gnarly videos online, some of us have even smelled the putrid stench of a slaughterhouse up close. But somehow, our bloodthirsty primitive desire for BBQ ribs and KFC always wins out.
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Japan to resume whaling in Antarctic despite court ruling
Japan decides to resume hunting whales in the Antarctic after a break of more than a year despite a ruling by the International Court of Justice.
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The Case Against the Woman Who Dared to Give Water to Someone Else’s Pigs
Is it possible for us to provide a bit of humane treatment to livestock? They may have to prove they can fly first. By James McWilliams.
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If We’re Going To End Factory Farms, We Need To Eat Way Less Meat
It's the kind of image that is really difficult to forget. A disturbing undercover video shot by an animal rights activist released earlier this month showed pigs being subjected to horrific conditions inside one of the nation’s largest pork processing plants. The video went viral and Hormel, the sole customer of that plant, has reportedly called for tighter controls and extra training as a result.
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Everyone Loves Marineland
“Marineland denies the allegations made in this podcast...” By Jesse Brown.
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This Mad Scientist Will Clone 100,000 Cows
This year, a Chinese company plans to open a massive factory to clone 100,000 cows. Just how far will this mass reproductive technology go? By Abby Haglage.
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‘Ag-gag’ laws head to court: So far, animal rights activists are winning
A Wyoming judge allowed a case to go forward this week challenging the state's two new data trespass laws, saying he had 'serious concerns and questions about the constitutionality of various provisions.' By Warren Richey.
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A big win for animals: The FBI now tracks animal abuse like it tracks homicides
It was more than 10 years ago that Mary Lou Randour realized she couldn’t answer what should have been a simple question: Was cruelty against animals on the rise or in decline? Randour, a psychologist who switched careers to devote herself full time to animal rights advocacy, found there was no one keeping track of animal-abuse crimes. Even the most egregious cases, like dogfighting, fell under the category of “other” when local police agencies...
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The FBI Now Considers Animal Abuse a Class A Felony
In a move seen as a big win for animal rights activists, the FBI has added animal cruelty to its list of Class A felonies, alongside homicide and arson. Cases of animal cruelty fall into four categories — neglect; intentional abuse and torture; organized abuse, such as cock and dog fighting; and sexual abuse of animals — and the agency is now monitoring them as it does other serious crimes. Starting January 1, data is being entered into the National Incident-Based Reporting...
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Horrifying video shows Petco supplier killing pets
WARNING: The following video includes disturbing content A farm in Pennsylvania that supplies animals to PetSmart and Petco has been slaughtering animals by the hundreds...
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The Dark Underside of the Show-Dog World
In the wake of the possible murder of a prized Irish setter, Mark Seal examines the impassioned personalities who devote their lives to dogs, and the tense rivalries that can become sinister.
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Kenya to destroy largest ever ivory stockpile
Kenya will set ablaze 120 tonnes of ivory worth $270 million, the biggest to be burned by any country in one go, in April this year. The event will be attended by Hollywood actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman along with several other celebrities.
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Germany becomes the first country to ban disturbing 'chick shredding' practice
Germany has just become the first country to outlaw the practice of ‘chick shredding’. Every year millions of male chicks are ground up alive or suffocated by the commercial egg industry. This is because male chicks don’t grow up into egg-laying chickens, and they’re not considered suitable to be slaughtered for meat. Around half of all chicks born into the egg industry are male, and end up being ‘shredded’ right after hatching.
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Runkle: Tell your kids where lunch comes from
Ask almost any American child to draw a farm, and she will likely sketch a picture of happy animals in a sunny, green field next to a red barn. This is the fairy-tale image of agriculture we spoon feed children before they’re even old enough to read. Ask the fifth-grade students of Michael Fields, a science teacher in Arenac County, Mich., to draw a farm, and you might get a different image. Last month, Fields came under fire from parents and...
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‘No kill’ animal rescue is a disaster for animal welfare
‘No kill’ animal shelters have unleashed an epidemic of suffering. Is a life of misery any better than a quick death? In March 2013, my husband and I were on our way to a museum when we saw a sign advertising an adoption event at the Petco pet store on the Upper West Side in New York City. ‘Should we adopt another cat?’ my husband asked. We’d got our scaredy-cat Gilbert from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty...
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Chinese jailed 30 years for slaughter of 226 elephants
Two Chinese poachers were yesterday sentenced to 30 years in jail each or pay a record Sh108.7 billion fine in one of the heaviest sentences aimed at curbing the illegal trade.
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‘The guy was swinging to kill’: Contractor caught on camera attacking dogs with pipe wrench
The man in the orange vest appeared in Mike Willcox’s back yard without warning. By the time family members inside his Kingwood, Tex., home noticed the random figure striding past the backyard pool, it was too late. A large metal pipe wrench was already raised above the man’s head and he was swinging it wildly at the Willcox family’s two dogs. Willcox’s terrified 4-year-old son watched the March 23 incident unfold a few feet...
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