• Britons dump their pets as credit crunch bites Britons may have a reputation as animal-lovers but they are increasingly dumping their pets as they struggle to cope with the impact of economic downturn. The Royal Society for the Prevention of...
• US military blew up pigs to test body armour American military researchers have blown up live pigs dressed in body armour in an attempt to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. Researchers strapped pigs and rats into...
• A monkey who was forced to climb palm trees by his owner took revenge by killing him with a coconut The animal threw the missile from the top of a tree after becoming frustrated with his tiring labour, according to reports.
Leilit Janchoom, 48, had employed the monkey to pick coconuts which he...
• FBI Arrests Four Animal Rights Activists, Claims “Terrorism” Federal authorities have arrested four animal rights activists suspected in anti-vivisection actions in Santa Cruz and Alameda counties, a federal terrorism task force reported Friday.The Joint...
• PETA Urges Obama to Give Kids Vegetarian School Lunches Well, President Obama this week said he was "open to any idea, whether it comes from a Democrat or a Republican or a vegetarian." So, here comes People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals with its...
• Video: Kittens used as bait for sharks and marlin! A fishing guide and former live fishing reporter for one of our local news stations finds out about this on a trip to Venezuela. He says many of the participants are American. Please help him bring...
• First US count finds 1 in 200 kids are vegetarian Sam Silverman is co-captain of his high school football team -- a safety accustomed to bruising collisions. But that's nothing compared with the abuse he gets for being a vegetarian. "I get a lot of...
• The Rights Of Animals The notion that animals should have rights was widely ridiculed when it was first advocated in the 1970s. Now it is getting more respect. The movement has gained tens of millions of adherents and has...
• Animal Rights Yesterday, the millions of animals used each year in Europe's laboratories finally got some hope for a better future. After seven years of delay, the European Commission has at last published its...
• Proposal to kill wild horses angers US activists A proposal to kill thousands of mustangs roaming the western United States has angered animal welfare groups, which say horses are paying the price for years of bureaucratic mismanagement. Around...
• EU moves to ban seal products derived from 'cruel hunting' In a long-awaited decision that may have significant consequences for Canadian sealers, the European Union on Wednesday moved to ban imports of products derived from seals that are inhumanely killed....
• Animal rights group protests over Pope's fur One of Italy's leading animal rights groups said Monday it was launching an Internet petition to demand Pope Benedict XVI stop wearing fur during religious ceremonies at the Vatican. Lorenzo Croce,...
• China bans dog meat from Olympic menu China has ordered dog meat to be taken off the menu at its 112 official Olympic restaurants in order to avoid offending foreign visitors. Restaurant workers are advised to "patiently" suggest other...
• Animal Welfare Institute: Bush Administration Supports Plan to Kill Humpbacks The Bush Administration hit a new low yesterday by supporting a proposal in favor of killing humpback whales, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) reports. By giving its support, the United States...
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