Behind gangster lines: Saving the street dogs of Hillview
Network for Animals (NFA) and The Emma Animal Rescue Society (TEARS) traveled to Hillview, a poor and dangerous area in Cape Town, South Africa, to rescue dogs in need of medical attention. Hillview was recently devastated by a fire that swept across the suburb, leaving many residents destitute and no longer capable of caring for […]
Network for Animals rescues dog run over for fun
The life of a street dog can entail unimaginable suffering, particularly in South Africa’s urban slums where poverty is rife. Summer is just one of those dogs. Her life changed forever when she wandered onto a road in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, searching for food. She was mowed down by a motorist, who left her […]
The Netherlands outlaws dog shock collars
The Netherlands has banned the use of shock collars on domestic pets – effective from July 2020 – in a move to improve animal welfare. Those who utilize shock collars after 1 July 2020 could face a fine of up to 20,000 euros ($22,437) or even a prison sentence of three years. This banning of […]
Horses forcibly “purified” in Spain’s bonfires
A 500-year-old Spanish tradition that “purifies” horses by forcing them to leap into several raging bonfires, needs to be scrapped. Year after year, terrified horses are burnt and suffer smoke inhalation, as well as trauma associated with the Las Luminarias annual festival in San Bartolome de Pinares in Spain. Before the event, children use tree […]
Remember not to ride donkeys in Santorini
Last year, Network for Animals (NFA) highlighted the terrible abuse donkeys on the Greek island of Santorini suffer. Donkeys, horses and mules are forced to carry tourists up and down 600 zigzag steps leading from a cliff base to a town 400 metres (1300 feet) high. As many as 17,000 tourists disembark from ships and […]
Tied up dog left to starve in airport garage for days
There is no such thing as an ’animal lover’ who ties up a dog in a Dallas airport garage and leaves it to starve for four days. This is what former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Frank Shamrock did, when he could not find someone to look after his mother’s dog. He tied Zelda, a […]
Gruesome cat cannibalism report emerges
A watchdog report released this week claims that US government scientists have been participating in disturbing and gruesome experiments on cats, including feeding their remains to health laboratory cats for “research”. Other experiments carried at the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) lab in Maryland included feeding dog remains to cats, and injecting cat remains into mice. […]
Teen arrested for dragging chained dog on a road
A US teenager has been arrested after dragging his dog down a street in Nashville, Tennessee. The Pit bull had a chain around its neck and was being kicked while dragged for almost a mile and a half (2,4 kilometers). The three-year-old male dog was taken to the Metro Animal Care and Control (MACC) facility […]
Puppy left dangling from a window by its neck as punishment for ‘soiling in the house’
The recent suffering of a cruelly-abused dog in China has highlighted the lack of animal welfare laws in the country. A dog was rescued after it was found dangling from a window by a rope tied around its neck in Guangzhou, south China. The exhausted and distressed dog was being punished by its owner for […]
Victory in Spain as court outlaws bullfighting at famous festival
Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled against the torture of bulls at Toro de la Vega, a medieval bull festival held in the town of Tordesillas, central Spain. Following years of pressure from local Spanish animal activist groups, no bull will ever again be stabbed to death by a cruel spear-wielding crowd in the Castilla y […]