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EU Court backs ban on animal slaughter without stunning
A Belgian ban on kosher and halal slaughter of animals without being stunned has been backed by the European Court of Justice, which rejected objections by religious groups. The EU's highest court backed a Flemish decision to require the use of stunning for livestock on animal rights grounds.
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Revealed: Nasa killed all 27 monkeys held at research center on single day in 2019
Every monkey held by Nasa was put to death on a single day last year, documents obtained by the Guardian show, in a move that has enraged animal welfare campaigners. A total of 27 primates were euthanized by administrated drugs on 2 February last year at Nasa’s Ames research center in California’s Silicon Valley, it has emerged.
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The Meat Industry’s Bestiality Problem
Big Agriculture’s artificial insemination is abusive. Most states have rewritten old laws to absolve it—but some haven’t.
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Truck Driver Charged in Death of Activist Regan Russell
On the morning of Friday, June 19, Regan, a Pig Save supporter and PETA member, was reportedly struck and killed by a truck that was transporting animals to slaughter. The tragedy occurred during a Toronto Pig Save vigil, while Regan and other activists were bearing witness to the suffering of slaughter-bound pigs and demonstrating the love and kindness deserved by all animals.
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'Some of the darkest places in the world': Joaquin Phoenix on a photobook about slaughterhouses
In Hidden, 40 photographers go inside factory farms and abattoirs to create a global indictment of the meat industry. Warning: contains images you may find upsetting
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France to ban use of wild animals in circuses, marine parks
France’s environment minister has announced a gradual ban in the coming years on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses and on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks
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French hunters must stop using glue to trap birds
French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered hunters in southern France to stop the controversial practice of trapping birds on glue-covered twigs. The suspension follows a warning to France from the European Commission that it could face legal action at EU level if the practice continued. France is unusual in Europe for still tolerating the glue method, used to catch thrushes and blackbirds.
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Racism Isn’t Vegan
As if he weren’t unlikeable enough already, Adolf Hitler was a preachy vegetarian. He subjected his guests to rambling lectures on the health benefits of a meatless lifestyle, and he berated his wife for using lipstick containing animal products. He forced his companions to hear his graphic descriptions of the violence in slaughterhouses, and then triumphantly accused them of moral cowardice for being unable to listen. Hitler, a man without an ounce of virtue, took great pleasure in virtue-signaling.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Tells 45 Million Fans That Animals Are Worth More Alive
Famous actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has told his 45 million Instagram followers that animals are worth more alive, as he called for an end to the wildlife trade. DiCaprio recently re-shared an Instagram post by wildlife protection organization WildAid, announcing the news of Vietnam’s wildlife trade ban.
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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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The secretive government agency planting 'cyanide bombs' across the US
The call came over Tony Manu’s police radio one March day in 2017: some sort of pipe had exploded in the hills outside Pocatello, Idaho and the son of a well-known local doctor was hurt, or worse. Manu, a long-time detective with the county sheriff’s office, was shocked. A pipe bomb in Pocatello?
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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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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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After ‘Tiger King,’ Celebrities Rally Around Passage of Big Cat Public Safety Act
After Netflix’s docu-series “Tiger King” became a phenomenon that essentially broke the internet in recent weeks, celebrities are rallying around a federal bill that would protect the kind of big cats that are featured in the show.
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A zoo is struggling so much that it may have to feed some animals to other animals
Faced with disrupted supply chains and steep revenue declines due to the coronavirus pandemic, one zoo is considering a drastic measure: turning some of its residents into food.
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Did Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ Forget About The Tigers?
The crazy, chaotic energy of Netflix’s Tiger King proved the perfect antidote to coronavirus anxiety, as 34 million people watched the series during its first ten days on the streaming platform. Judging from the initial responses on social media, many viewers felt absolutely certain that Carole Baskin murdered her husband (as the documentary strongly implies), while Joe Exotic was hailed as a warped kind of hero, being the protagonist of Netflix’s story.
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China declares dogs are companions and should not be eaten
China has stated that dogs should be treated as pets, not livestock, for the first time – a move campaigners hope could signal an end to the country’s brutal cat and dog meat trade. It comes after Chinese authorities imposed an immediate ban on eating and trading wild animals in response to coronavirus, which is believed – but by no means conclusively proven – to have first spread to humans at a “wet” market in Wuhan.
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Why wild animal suffering matters
Many people have a rosy view of the wild. Some think nonhuman animals live in some kind of paradise in the wild. However, animals living in nature have lives that are far from idyllic, and most of them have to deal with the reality of constant threat of tremendous suffering. Wild animal suffering is widely prevalent.
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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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