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Your pet is at far greater risk from plastic than you think

July 19, 202416 min

A new report released by Earthday.org, a leader in advocacy for Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22 since 1970, reveals that the exposure of pets to harmful plastics is much higher than many pet owners may have imagined. The report, “Pets Vs. Plastics”, explores the exposure of pets to microplastics and toxic plastic chemicals and follows Earthday.org’s s recent “Babies Vs. Plastics” report, the organization said in a press release. “Pet owners should...

by Sandy Pawpaw

Curious Tales

Welfare group exposes travel giant’s complicity in animal cruelty

July 17, 20247 min

A new report from World Animal Protection, a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation, has exposed the tourism industry’s abusive treatment of animals and accused a popular travel company of being a key partner in this abuse. The report, entitled “Making Memories Misery: How GetYourGuide Profits from Animal Cruelty”, profiles some of the worst animal tourism operators that partnered with it, where captive animals endure abusive training, get inadequate food and...

by Staff Reporter

Curious Tales Wild & Wonderful

Monkey, 3 birds, including Schedule 1 species, rescued from Pune slum

June 27, 20243 min

Four animals, including a monkey and a bird that is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, were rescued from a slum in Pune city of Maharashtra in a joint operation by the state’s Forest Department, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – India, and RESQ Charitable Trust, the website Newstrack reported. The monkey was chained, and the birds were kept in small cages nearby. The animals have been admitted...

by Staff Reporter

All About Pets Curious Tales

Animal welfare group launches ‘Bring Love Home’ campaign to boost adoptions

June 27, 20246 min

Best Friends Animal Society, an animal welfare organization working to end by next year the killing of dogs and cats in American shelters, has unveiled its “most ambitious campaign”, ‘Bring Love Home’. The campaign aims to inspire pet lovers across the country to adopt pets by emphasizing all the positive contributions that rescued pets bring to homes, “at a time when Americans need love, comfort, fun, and zoomies more than ever”, the organization said in...

by A Correspondent

Curious Tales

AI & ML could be the saviours of lab rats, dogs, and monkeys

June 19, 20245 min

For a long time, the practice of testing new products, particularly pharmaceutical drugs, on certain species of animals to determine safety of use in humans has been opposed by animal lovers. Help may finally be at hand, with artificial intelligence and machine learning systems offering a way out, according to a BBC report. Testing of new products on animals is one of the dark realities of scientific research. The testing has continued though in some...

by Sandy Pawpaw

All About Pets Curious Tales

Largest preventive canine cancer vaccine trial ends

June 7, 20249 min

Calviri, Inc., a company spun out of Arizona State University and based in the Phoenix Bioscience Core, has announced the successful conclusion of the Vaccine Against Canine Cancer Study on May 4, a five-year clinical trial investigating a novel preventive cancer vaccine in dogs. This multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the largest of its kind in veterinary oncology, represents a significant milestone in the fight against canine cancer, the company said in a press release. Attempts...

by Staff Reporter

Curious Tales Wild & Wonderful

Despite some success, wildlife trafficking continues unabated, says U.N. report

May 28, 20243 min

While there has been some success in combating the illicit trade in some iconic wildlife species, and cross-border cooperation and recognition of wildlife crimes have improved, the magnitude of the problem remains large, with around 4,000 various plant and animal species being seized between 2015 and 2021, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime reported in Vienna, Austria, earlier this month. “The global scope and scale of wildlife crime remain substantial as the seizures indicate...

by Staff Reporter

All About Pets Animal Farm

ASPCA decries passage of U.S. House Farm Bill gutting protection for animals

May 26, 20249 min

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee has passed its long-awaited $1.5 trillion Farm Bill, including what the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had called dangerous provisions that would directly hit “billions of farm animals, dogs, cats, and other animals”. The ASPCA denounced passage of the House Farm Bill, which it says would overturn existing state and local animal welfare laws, with disastrous consequences for farm animals and higher-welfare farmers. Additionally, it says,...

by Sandy Pawpaw

Curious Tales

Former ASPCA CEO explains why it’s better to give to local charities

May 23, 20244 min

The Center for the Environment and Welfare has set the cat among the pigeons by releasing an advertisement featuring Edwin Sayres, former chief executive officer of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and current CEW senior adviser. In the brief video, released on Wednesday, Sayres explains that national animal charities, such as the ASPCA and The Humane Society of the United States, are not affiliated with local pet shelters and those...

by Staff Reporter

All About Pets Animal Farm

American Kennel Club applauds Farm Bill’s protections for dogs, owners

May 22, 20249 min

The American Kennel Club, a not-for-profit organization, world’s largest purebred dog registry, and leading advocate for dogs, has lauded the draft bill for the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 released by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. This must-pass bill reauthorizes U.S. Department of Agriculture programmes for five years and typically serves as a vehicle to address federal priorities in the federal Animal Welfare Act. “We appreciate the tireless and bipartisan efforts of...

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