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Refusal to put terminally ill pet down not cruelty, rules U.S. court

December 26, 20244 min

Pet owners have the right, after all, to refuse treatment for their terminally ill pets. That’s the upshot of a ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in the USA earlier this year in a case of animal cruelty brought against a woman who refused to have her terminally ill dog put down. Mary Ann Russo from Weymouth in the commonwealth of Massachusetts took her 14-year-old cocker spaniel, Tipper, to an animal hospital twice...

by Staff Reporter

Wild & Wonderful

John Abraham urges Nepal to end elephant abuse festival

December 21, 20246 min

Film actor-producer John Abraham has backed the campaign of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and called upon the Himalayan republic of Nepal to end the animal cruelty and abuse that is commonplace at the Chitwan Elephant Festival. In a letter to Nepal’s Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey, the movie star wrote, “As someone who has witnessed the beauty of elephants in their natural habitat, I can tell you...

by Sandy Pawpaw

Curious Tales

New Zealand lays out plan to end greyhound racing

December 12, 20246 min

There is some good news for those who love greyhounds and are aghast to see them used and abused to enrich gamblers. The government of New Zealand has said it plans to ban greyhound racing because of the “unacceptably high” rate of injuries to the dogs, the BBC reported on Tuesday. “Despite significant progress made by the greyhound racing industry in recent years, the percentage of dogs being injured remains persistently high,” Racing Minister Winston...

by A Correspondent

Curious Tales

Aussie greyhound trainer pleads guilty to shocking cruelty

December 4, 20247 min

You have Australians who speak to their pet animals as if they were human and let them sleep in their beds. And then you have the likes of former greyhound trainer Leslie Bates. The greyhound racing business in Australia, as elsewhere in the world where it survives in the face of growing opprobrium, is increasingly getting exposed for what it is in reality: a cruel human attempt to find enjoyment in and profit from animal...

by Staff Reporter

Curious Tales

Training course available for animal-free testing of cosmetics

December 2, 20246 min

A new online Master Class course to train scientists in testing cosmetics and chemicals without using animals is being hailed as a game-changer for cruelty-free testing. Featuring real-world case studies to walk scientists through animal-free testing step by step, the curriculum launched by the Animal-Free Safety Assessment collaboration has attracted over 1,200 participants from nearly 70 countries since its debut in 2023, highlighting a global interest in innovative, ethical testing methods, the Humane Society International...

by A Correspondent

All About Pets Curious Tales

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

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

All About Pets Features Interviews

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...

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