Ban bullfighting

Every year 250,000 bulls die slow and torturous deaths as a result of the bullfighting industry.
Spain’s annual bullfighting season got underway just this week. Help end the inhumane treatment of bulls by banning bullfighting today. »
While many of us imagine the matador piercing the heart of the bull with one quick movement, in reality, the [...]

Read Full Post »

The sad lives of dancing bears

Under the law, the Indian sloth bear is entitled to the same protection as the tiger. Yet crimes against it are committed openly across India as bears are made to dance. By venturing on an undercover operation and witnessing the surrender of a dancing bear, the film seeks to show how [...]

Read Full Post »

Malawi elephants: IFAW did not present all the facts behind funding appeal

Kenyan elephants – Photo: ABBIE TRAYER-SMITH
I have been supporting the IFAW in the past with donations as well as posting their funding appeals because the welfare of animals is close to my heart. One of these appeals was distributed by the organisation at the end of May 2009, and I responded by donating money and [...]

Read Full Post »

Save Elephants from Circus Abuse

Prevent Animal Abuse at the Hands of Circus Crew Members >>

Forward to friends >>

It’s heart-wrenching.
Baby elephants are ripped away from their mothers and forced into a life of abuse and humiliation that is reinforced with bull hooks, whips and electric prods.
Don’t allow animal abuse to continue at the circus! [...]

Read Full Post »

Dog Massacre in China: 30,000 Dead and Counting

You can help us end bloodbaths like this and protect dogs in China from future culls

A death squad pursues a terrified dog.

Please help stop the slaughter.

Dear paul,
A massive cull in the Chinese city of Hanzhong has claimed the lives of more than 30,000 dogs – and now we need your help to make sure that [...]

Read Full Post »

Penguins and Seals Rejoice – South Africa Approves Marine Sanctuary!

Penguins, albatrosses, killer whales and of course people can all jump for joy at the latest news from the Republic of South Africa! The country is set to establish one of the world’s largest Marine Protected Areas (MPA) around its Prince Edward Islands. This inspiring achievement will help reduce the ecological impacts of fisheries, particularly [...]

Read Full Post »

Elephant Evacuation: 70 Elephants could be Shot – Please help to save Them

UPDATE: before supporting this IFAW project, go to my latest post on the controversy surrounding it.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has launched an urgent funding drive to save a large herd of elephants – adults and babies – that face the firing line in the southeast African country of Malawi.
The elephants – in [...]

Read Full Post »

Vivisection: European parliament confirms torturing animals is legal

It is shocking to read how much influence the animal testing industry has on law makers when it comes to sustaining the barbaric practices in research labs using animals. Vivisection is animal torture, and it is cruel and unnecessary, informed purely by greed and a perverted desire to control. The scientists involved in using animals [...]

Read Full Post »

Swine flu: who is infecting whom?

Is it the “Mexican Flu”, the “Swine Flu” or the “Human Flu”?
What are the origins of the pandemic?
by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research

The WHO announced on May 1st that it will be dropping the designation of “swine flu”. The flu will henceforth be designated A H1N1, to be known more broadly as “the Mexican [...]

Read Full Post »

European Parliament bans trade of seal products within EU

The European Parliament has just announced a ban on the trade of seal products within the European Union. This may be the most significant victory in IFAW’s 40 year campaign to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt.
From Mexico City to Madrid to Moscow, tens of thousands of letters, postcards, and e-mails poured in – making a [...]

Read Full Post »

Chimp observed to plan ahead

A male chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to researchers.
Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles. Further, the chimp learned to recognise how and when parts of his concrete enclosure could be pulled apart to [...]

Read Full Post »

Snake farm thrills – not sure though whether I’d wanna work there

more about “Snake Farm Makes Venom, Thrills“, posted with vodpod
Snakes really are magnificent creatures, and by and large they are quite harmless – even the most poisonous ones: if you leave them alone that is. Here in Australia we have many of the most dangerous snakes in the world, and though some of them [...]

Read Full Post »

Is Australia still killing whales?

At first sight the answer seems to be a no-brainer. Australia until fairly recent took a relatively strong anti-whaling stance on the international stage under the former conservative Howard government; one of its  environment ministers was (and probably still is) an active member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Australia also ended its whaling activities [...]

Read Full Post »

Please support a bill to end once and for all the yearly brutal slaughter of baby seals

SUPPORT THE “HARB SEAL BILL”
Help us collect 200,000 letters before April!

A miracle on ice, the birthing grounds of hundreds of thousands of baby seals will turn red with the cruel slaughter of Canada’s commercial seal hunt in just a few short weeks.
Seals as young as three weeks old will be clubbed and beaten. Others will be shot [...]

Read Full Post »

Wildlife on the attack as Indonesia backs logging

It seems wild animals threatened by extinction, like tigers and elephants, are taking are last stand against money hungry Indonesian business tycoons and corrupt politicians. But they of course aren’t the ones suffering; that is the fate of the animals the poverty stricken villagers at the frontline, neither of whom gains any benefits from the [...]

Read Full Post »

Anti-whaling vessel Sea Shepard raided – by Australian Federal Police

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

It’s disgusting but not unsurprising. The vessel’s captain Paul Watson was met by Australian Federal Police (AFP) when his boat docked in Hobart on Friday. AFP officers consequently raided the ship, confiscating the log book, navigation records, video footage and 157 unedited Discovery Channel videos.
The raid throws a spotlight on [...]

Read Full Post »

Please help the animals affected by Australia’s worst bushfire

Volunteers, including those from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, are in a race against time to help the animal victims of Australia’s devastating bushfires. Fortunately many people have chipped in to help the human victims of the tragedy (yesterday I heard a figure of AUD 100 million dollars in donations), but let’s not forget Australia’s [...]

Read Full Post »

Faroe Islands: brutal mass slaughter of whales and dolphins – this is no place for tourism! Boycott products from Faroe!

It took me a while to work myself up to writing this post, especially after having seen these images. Every year the Faroe islanders embark on what they consider is fun: they drive hundreds of whales and dolphins into a bay, trap and brutally slaughter them. Because I can’t even comprehend why someone, leave alone [...]

Read Full Post »

Japanese whalers not succeeding in getting 2008 quota

TOKYO, April 14 (Reuters) – Japan’s Antarctic whaling catch fell far short of its target this season, hampered by a series of skirmishes with anti-whaling protesters, the Fisheries Agency said on Monday.
The fleet caught only 551 minke whales, compared with the planned catch of 850. No fin whales were caught at all, although it had [...]

Read Full Post »