Zoos Not The Place For Wild Animals: Tiger Gets Coronavirus At New York Zoo
A tiger held in captivity at the Bronx Zoo, in New York, has fallen ill with the coronavirus. Chief veterinarian at the zoo, Dr Paul Calle, believes that she caught it from a zookeeper. Nadia, the four-year-old Malayan tiger, lives with four other tigers in the zoo’s Tiger Mountain enclosure. All but one of them […]
Washington lays down the law on wildlife trafficking
A 71-year-old man is one of the first to be charged under a new ivory-trade law in the US state of Washington after authorities seized 1,600 items, suspected of containing ivory. The man was caught following an undercover operation, in which a detective responded to an online advert on Craigslist – which detailed the sale […]
Online registry of animal abusers, a lifetime victory for animal welfare in North Carolina
A landmark proposal has been tabled in the US state of North Carolina to create an online registry of people convicted of animal abuse. This would be similar to the state’s sex offender registry – that would enable citizens to find out if there is a convicted animal abuser in their neighborhood, or to double-check […]
Global outrage over kangaroo locked in tiny cage
A petting zoo in the US has caused global public outrage after a video emerged of a kangaroo locked inside of a tiny cage. Amid concerns that it might be sedated, the animal walks back and forth inside the cage, occasionally pushing its nose through the wire. The cage is located in an outside pen […]
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 […]
University dubbed ‘worst US primate lab’
The Oregon Health and Science University’s (OHSU) primate lab has been dubbed the “Worst US Primate Lab” for allegedly violating 12 federal laws. The university claims it complies with strict regulations set out by the Health Research Extension Act and the Animal Welfare Act, but in 2018 an inspection report revealed that a primate was […]
