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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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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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Crows Are Smart, But Are They Smart Enough to Fall in Love?
Whether crows are bringing a little girl gifts, putting some English majors to shame, or learning to remember faces, the birds just continue to amaze us with their intelligence. Many studies and stories compare their smarts to those of human children. But judging intelligence can be a difficult proposition with humans, let alone birds... By Eric Grundhauser.
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Plan to Export Chimps Tests Law to Protect Species
A plan to export eight chimps from a research center in Atlanta to a zoo in England is a first test of an endangered species listing that says that only actions that benefit chimpanzees as a species should be allowed. By James Gorman.
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How World's Largest Legal Ivory Market Fuels Demand for Illegal Ivory
A new report by WildAid, an international nongovernmental organization that aims to eliminate illegal wildlife trade, together with undercover video by independent investigators provided to WildAid and WWF-Hong Kong, exposes how Hong Kong’s legal ivory market fuels ivory smuggling and elephant poaching. Hong Kong is the world’s largest retail market for elephant ivory, with licensed businesses in high-rent tourist areas displaying more than...
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It was Spain’s ‘national fiesta’. Now bullfighting divides its people
In the Spanish heartlands, fans and protesters present a portrait of a tradition under threat
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Advanced Robotic Deer Deployed to Catch Poachers in the U.S.
New animatronic deer feature lifelike moving head, tail, and legs.
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Chinese gene-modified micropig pets with £1,000 price spark animal rights outrage
Animals may suffer ‘horrific impairments’ as a result of genetic editing techniques developed at Beijing genomics insititute, claims RSPCA
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Inside Europe's rabbit farms where animals live in cruel conditions
Harrowing details have emerged of the horrific conditions at European rabbit farms where animals destined for pet food in Britain are crammed into tiny battery-style cages. An investigation at farms in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Poland and Cyprus found animals covered in sores and in such distress that they chewed off each other's ears.
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Tyson Foods Under Fire As Second Video Shows Chicken Abuse
Tyson Foods is under fire again after a new undercover video depicts inhumane abuse at a chicken facility in Texas. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, an animal rights group, went under cover for 21 days to document the cruelty. “The chickens were brought in on a conveyor belt that were covered in dirt and feces. The conditions in the live hang are filthy and horrendous for both the people and the animals. When the conveyor belt turned on...
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The Business of Seal Clubbing
Every March, Richard Whelan boards the Shepherd II — one of hundreds of hunting vessels in Newfoundland, Canada — and drifts into the frigid eastern waters to hunt for seals. For two months, he lives aboard the battered ship, subsisting on minimal rations and braving blisteringly cold temperatures.
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There is poop in basically all hamburger meat
But there's less bacteria—and way fewer antibiotic-resistant strains—in grass-fed beef than conventional, Consumer Reports finds.
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$250K Cash Reward For World’s Top Animal Advocate
Do you know how many animals are unfortunate enough to have made the ‘rarest primates on the planet’ list? It's unthinkable that in the year 2015 the issue of endangered animal species should continue to be of global concern — that the possibility of their extinction is not more of a clarion call for action?
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Happiest Video EVER!
Filmed at a Edgar's Mission, a 60-acre Australian animal sanctuary that provides lifelong care to more than 150 animals that have been neglected or abused by the farming industry. These animals are now living the good life!
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Zimbabwe Lifts Its Hunting Ban After Just Nine Days
With some small exceptions, hunting is reportedly allowed throughout the country again. A ban on lion, leopard and elephant hunting in Zimbabwe—imposed after global outrage following Cecil the lion’s death—has largely been lifted after only nine days, South African news site news24.com reports, citing a leaked statement from the Zimbabwe Professional Hunters and Guides Association.
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While airlines ban hunting trophy shipments, UPS says it won’t bow to controversy
Hunters and others looking to ship lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo heads and other big-game trophies across the world still have options available, even as Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Air Canada announced this week that they will no longer allow such cargo on their planes. Shipments of hunting trophies are still allowed by United Parcel Service, a UPS spokeswoman told The Washington Post on Tuesday...
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SeaWorld sees profits plunge 84% as customers desert controversial park
SeaWorld has suffered a 84% collapse in profits as customers have deserted the controversial aquatic theme park company following claims it mistreated orca whales. The company, which trains dolphins and killer whales to perform tricks in front of stadiums full of spectators, on Thursday reported declines in attendance, sales and profits because of “continued brand challenges”.
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Bull gets its revenge as it leaps out of arena and gores president of French bullfighting association
Dominique Perron, president of his local Paul Ricard bullfighting association, suffered serious injuries after being charged at the Bayonne Festival, in south west of France, on Sunday night.
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US judge overturns Idaho law banning secret filming of animal abuse at agricultural facilities
A US federal judge has ruled that Idaho’s law banning secret filming of animal abuse at agricultural facilities is unconstitutional, giving animal rights activists across the country hope that the decision will pave the way to overturn similar laws in other states.
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Judge overturns Idaho's 'ag gag' law in victory for animal rights campaigners
Ban on undercover surveillance inside factory farms – introduced after a 2012 secret video exposed cruelty and neglect – has been ruled unconstitutional
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