International
Calls and Letters Appear to Have Stopped Dog Cull
Update Sept. 22, 2009: Thanks to your calls and letters and the actions of people all over the world including in China, it appears the dog cull set to begin in Qinhuangdao has been called off.
Signs announcing the cull have been taken down.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Revisited
By Merritt Clifton, editor, Animal People (reprinted with permission)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras--Costa Rican shock artist Guillermo "Habacuc" Vargas may become a real-life Central American counterpart of the Ancient Mariner, whose fictional excess and punishment helped an entire society to consider how to respond to cruelty toward animals.
Horse Slaughter in Mexico's San Bernabe Market
From the Anti-Fur Society:
Extreme brutality is used in slaughtering horses in Mexico - in particular the Market of San Bernabe. Horses - former pet horses - young, old, sick, healthy, stolen, pregnant mares...none are sacred! Most people do not know the torture inflicted upon these intelligent creatures. It is the ultimate betrayal to those which so trust and love us.
Anti Fur Society Calls on the Mexican Government to Stop Horse Slaughter
The Anti Fur Society is going head to head with the Mexican government in an all out bid to stop horse slaughter in that country. Now that horse slaughter in the U.S. has been shut down, horses are transported on long arduous journeys to Mexican horse slaughterhouses, most notably San Bernabe in the city of Almoloya de Juarez.
Nicole Joncas Brings her Fight to the Courtroom
"I Left the Mill that night.. yet it has never left me... and never will.."
Nicole Joncas 12/20/2007
by Doc Wheeler and Laura Allen
Canadian Government Silencing Critics of the Seal Hunt?
Though the Canadian government seems oblivious to the cruelty of the continuing seal hunt, it has decided to put on trial five critics.
Beginning this week 2 Canadians, 2 Americans and 1 Briton will face charged in Isles de la Madeleine in Quebec for coming within 10 meters of seal hunters, a violation of federal regulations concerning marine mammals.
It's Time to Stop the Canadian Seal Hunt!
It is legal in Canada to hunt harp seal pups when they begin to molt their white coats, usually at about 12 days of age.
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Banning Sale of Dogs and Cats by Pet Stores
A way to target the impulse shopper.
Update June 23, 2008: A web site has been set up with information about this bill and how you can help pass it. Click here for more information.
Original report: New South Wales in Australia may ban sales of cats and dogs from pet stores. It wouldn't be the first place to do so. Both Belgium and Croatia recently banned such sales.
Group Organizes to Abolish Horse Slaughter in Canada
The Canadian Horse Defense Coalition, www.defendhorsescanada.org has launched an effort to "end ...equine slaughter in Canada."
Animals Left Starving in Aftermath of Devastating Fires in Greece
Wildfires during the past week in Greece have left little in their wake but a barren landscape. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) estimates the fires killed 66 people and destroyed "more than 4,000 homes in 110 villages and nearly 500,000 acres of countryside and farmland".
It will take at least 6 months to grow new crops. In the meantime the animals, most of which are free range, have nothing for food. Farmers and ranchers generally have no insurance in Greece.
There are also lost or stray dogs and other animals, frightened and hungry.
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