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Cactus ‘Leather’ Could Save The Lives Of Billions Of Animals
Leather is typically viewed as a “premium” material where we usually see it used in high-end fashion like wallets and handbags. It has also been used to make accessories for phones, cars, and so on. However, while it does have a nice feel to it, the dark side to leather is that it typically involves the killing and skinning of animals.
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Victory! Kenya Bans Killing of Donkeys for Ejiao After Pressure From PETA
At least 1,000 donkeys are slaughtered every day in Kenya for export to China, where their boiled-down skin is used to make ejiao.
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Joaquin Phoenix rescued a calf and its mother from a slaughterhouse days after Oscar speech
Joaquin Phoenix talked the talk all awards season long. Now, he's walking the walk -- and he's bringing a baby calf with him. The recent Oscar winner and champion of animal rights accompanied Los Angeles Animal Save, a nonprofit that holds peaceful vigils at local slaughterhouses, to rescue a calf and its mother from certain death.
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LA makes it illegal to rent wild animals to parties for entertainment
The practice of supplying wild animals to house parties and other private events is set to become illegal, after the Los Angeles City Council approved a ban, Tuesday, Feb. 18, on using exotic and potentially dangerous animals for entertainment purposes. Circuses and abusive animal-training tactics have been banned in Los Angeles, but some companies that train or rent out animals were allowed to supply them to private events — such as a Hollywood Hills party that caught a councilman’s attention back in 2016.
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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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Machine Learning Could Make Animal Tests Obsolete
Every test that’s done on a computer means one less animal caged and experimented on, and that’s something that every animal advocate should celebrate.
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PETA Calls on People to Use Words Like 'Companion' Instead of Pet
If you asked your pet how it feels about being called a pet, chances are you wouldn't receive much of a response.
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Diving into Denver's geese controversy
Last summer, nearly 2,000 Canada geese were killed across four of Denver's largest parks. Implemented to mitigate overpopulation, the move stirred great controversy in the city and culminated in a Washington Park protest as well as a signed petition calling for the city to immediately stop killing geese in Denver parks, among other requests.
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No turkeys. No possums. U.S. to let airlines limit service animals on planes to trained dogs
The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed giving airlines the pow...
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Confessions of a slaughterhouse worker
A former abattoir worker describes her job and the effect it had on her mental health.
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6 Differences Between Llamas and Alpacas
At first glance, alpacas may resemble their larger camelid cousin the llama, but they are quite different.
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Meet the Activists Risking Prison to Film VR in Factory Farms
This animal liberation group actually wants to be put on trial. Their goal: force jurors to wear VR headsets and immerse them in the suffering of animals bound for slaughter.
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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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California governor signs fur sale, circus animal bans
California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances
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Massachusetts Bill Would Outlaw Practice Of Declawing Cats
Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a ban on the practice of declawing cats. Supporters of the measure say declawing is cruel and painful. They say cats rely on their paws and claws to groom themselves and to help protect and defend their bodies. The practice involves amputating a cat’s toes to the first knuckle.
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Why You Need an Emotional Support Animal - MentalWealth
Emotional support animals are animals that are prescribed to you by a mental health professional. They are not trained to do tasks for their owners.
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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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99% Of US Farmed Animals Live On Factory Farms, Study Says
While 75 percent of US adults believe they usually buy 'humane products', only one percent of farmed animals are raised on non-factory farms
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Puppy and kitten farming to be banned under 'Lucy's law'
A law banning puppy and kitten farming, which campaigners hope will end the practice by some unscrupulous breeders of keeping animals constantly pregnant and often in dirty and cramped conditions, is to be laid by the government. The change, expected to come into force in April 2020, will mean young cats and dogs can no longer be sold by a pet shop or commercial dealer unless they have bred them.
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