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 […]
Johnson & Johnson bans swim tests on animals
In an unprecedented move, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has banned water tank tests on small animals following discussions with animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). This is a huge victory for animals, as the multinational company committed to neither conduct nor fund the forced swim test, in which small […]
Police shoot three dogs for no reason in Bahamas
An animal rights group in the Bahamas has lashed out strongly at authorities following an incident in which two dogs were shot and seriously wounded by police officers. “These disgusting acts were cynical, sadistic and carried out in cold blood, seemingly just for the fun of it,” the Bahamians Against Animal Mistreatment (BAAM) said in […]
Namibia’s wild desert horses face extinction
Since 2013, Namibia’s wild horse population has plummeted from 286 to just 77 horses. In 2013 alone, hyenas killed a hundred horses, fifty of them foals. The urgency of the matter surfaced again in 2018 when the Namibia Wild Horses Foundation (NWHF) sought government help to protect five foals born in May that year. Months […]
NFA rejects turning elephants into pet food
Botswana wants to make this… really By Andrea Matthee Conservationists are deeply concerned that the government of Botswana is considering lifting the ban on elephant hunting and turning culled animals into pet food. A government committee report presented to the Botswana president, argued that hunting would promote tourism, whilst controlling the elephant population. Frans Van […]