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Control Kruse: USDA sued for licensing breeder’s cruelty

October 2, 202410 min

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the assistance of Holland & Knight, a well-known multinational law firm, has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture accusing it of acting contrary to law by issuing a dog dealer licence to an Iowa-based dealer with a decades-long history of animal welfare violations. The Animal Welfare Act was enacted to protect animals that are used in for-profit businesses, including high-volume...

by Staff Reporter

Animal Farm Dairy Others

British ban on export of live animals comes into force

August 1, 20244 min

The ban on exporting live animals from Great Britain for fattening and slaughter has come into effect from last week, the website FarmingUK.com reported. The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act, brought in by the previous Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and passed by Parliament in May, applies to journeys from, and transit journeys through, Britain to destinations outside the U.K., the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. Northern Ireland, which has...

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 Sandy Pawpaw

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Dogs are family friends, not racing machines, says anti-race activist Dorchak

July 7, 202425 min

Christine Ann Dorchak, Esq, is a woman on a mission to end the so-called sport of greyhound racing worldwide. Ms Dorchak is president and general counsel of GREY2K USA, an organization that was set up to campaign against dog racing and rescue the animals trapped in the cruel enterprise. Greyhound racing originated in the USA over a century ago and spread to different parts of the world, mostly white Anglophone countries. While supporters claim it...

by Staff Reporter

All About Pets Curious Tales

Greyhound toll rises in U.K. for first time since records began

July 3, 20244 min

The greyhound toll at racetracks in the U.K. rose last year for the first time since records began to be kept seven years ago, leading to renewed calls to ban the alleged sport, The Independent newspaper reported. A total of 109 dogs died at the U.K.’s 20 official tracks, the paper said, quoting statistics from the Greyhound Board of Great Britain. An additional 427, or 7.2% of the known racing population, died away from the...

by A Correspondent

Curious Tales

Women who crammed 172 animals in home face jail term, lifetime ban

June 28, 20244 min

Two New Jersey women who were arrested in December 2022 after police found them to be keeping 129 dogs and 43 cats in the house where they lived with the teenage daughter of one have pleaded guilty to two counts of cruelty to animals, the website NJ.com reported. Two dead dogs were also found in the home on the day of the search. Michele Nycz, 60, of Brick, pleaded guilty to the two charges on...

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 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 Staff Reporter

Animal Farm Dairy Others

Britain bans live export of farm animals for fattening, slaughter

May 25, 20245 min

Britain’s Parliament has passed the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill, which bans the live export of farm animals for fattening and slaughter from the country. The legislation, introduced in December, fulfils a five-decade long-standing commitment to enhance animal welfare standards and leverages the regulatory freedoms gained after Britain pulled out of the European Union in 2020. The bill specifically prohibits the export of cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats, among other livestock, for these purposes. While...

by Staff Reporter

All About Pets Curious Tales

Animal Cruelty Task Force rescues 22 dogs from horrific conditions in Missouri

May 25, 20247 min

The Humane Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force, one of the USA’s largest animal-rescue and disaster-response teams, rescued 22 dogs, including several pups ranging in age from five days to six months old, from Coonies Coonhounds, an unlicensed breeder in Gasconade County, Missouri, on Thursday. The emergency rescue was prompted by concern from the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office. The task force removed the dogs under a warrant. The dogs, mostly large-breed Coonhound mixes, were...

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