With swine flu now in at least 22 countries and the World Health Organization announcing that you may be able to get sick from eating pork from infected animals, pigs appear to be on people’s minds 24/7. Here are some facts about pigs that you might not catch on the nightly news:
1. Pigs snuggle close [...]
Ten good reasons not to eat Piggies
EU nations agree ban on seal products
By Pete Harrison
BRUSSELS, April 24 (Reuters) - European ambassadors approved a European Union plan to ban imports of furs and other products from culled seals on Friday, moving the 27-nation bloc one step closer to a trade clash with Norway and Canada.
Both seal-hunting nations have warned the EU in recent weeks that they could challenge [...]
Born to die…
Every year, an estimated 5 to 10 million pets are euthanized in animal shelters in the United States. Why? Because there is no place for them to go, no homes for them. Yet, we continue to let animals roam freely, unneutered and producing more unwanted animals. Their offspring often go from birth to the shelter [...]
Crime Doesn’t Pay: Wildlife Hotline Targets Bear Bile
A Wildlife Crime Hotline run by Vietnamese member society Education for Nature (ENV) is getting real results for bears. Tapping into public determination to stop the bear bile trade, tip offs have led to bears being removed from bear farms.
Radio, television and print advertising for the WSPA-funded hotline are clear: the bear bile trade is based on extreme cruelty and buying or selling products made from bears is illegal.
Bloody Waters
What you see below has nothing to do with surgery. It’s pure slaughter.
Photos of the Faroe Islands whale slaughter , taken by Mark Cox.
EFSA Releases Expert Opinion on Marine Biotoxin Testing
Image source flickr
A revised version of Directive 86/609 was formally proposed
by the European Commission on 5th November 2008. Since
the directive was issued in 1986 Member States have passed
national laws on animal experiments with varying standards.
The review was started six years ago with the intention of
unifying standards and including modern technology. The
Commission have responded to demands [...]
Animal rights activists or extremists
In September, Dutch daily De Telegraaf warned that an extreme animal
rights group had move its operations to the Netherlands to target
Euronext Amsterdam (the Dutch branch of NYSE Euronext exchange group),
other financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies and shops that
sell fur.
Meanwhile, the ‘NYSE Euronext bomb squad’ have claimed on an animal
rights website that it placed six explosives under [...]
Animal Testing - Cruel and Unreliable
You may remember that last week I sent you an e-mail in which I wrote about the terrible plight of Daisy, a dog who was fed a “plant growth regulator” in a gruesome laboratory experiment.
I’m sure you were as horrified as I was when I learned that this toxic substance was given with her food, [...]
The PETA Principal
By Suzanne Glass
The coffin lay open in the middle of Times Square. Inside, naked and very much alive, Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), sported “just a spray of flowers on my naughty bits”. The stunt was part of Peta’s“I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” campaign, [...]
Breaking News: 2009 Energy Report
We have just completed our first ever “2009 Energy Report”. The report is currently not available to the public.
As you already know the prices of energy are skyrocketing every year and unless things change drastically we don’t expect that to change. This is a must read for anyone who is concerned about the current energy crisis, and how the coming changes might affect your monthly energy bill.
Great Apes Debate Leads To EU Testing Ban Proposal
Photo source: flikr
BRUSSELS - Europe’s environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind’s closest relatives — chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orang-utans — in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and [...]
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