#animal-welfare

#animal-welfare

Melanie Kaplan: I'm a long-time journalist and a pretty curious person, so when I found myself living with Hammy-a really special creature who'd lived in a lab for several years-I felt I had no choice but to tell his story. I realized much of what I felt with Hammy- bonding with a pet, wanting to understand the background of someone I'd fallen in love with, questioning things that seemed unfair-was universal, so I thought people would relate to what I'd experienced.

A military horse which bolted through central London after being startled by construction work has retired. Images of the frightened animals were broadcast worldwide. Service personnel were thrown from their horses when the animals got loose. The horses smashed into vehicles, including a double-decker bus, and caused a number of injuries. Ambulance crews treated four people in three separate incidents in Buckingham Palace Road, Belgrave Square and at the junction of Chancery Lane and Fleet Street, in the space of 10 minutes.

Three new laws will implement more stringent health and transparency rules in the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits including prohibiting pet sales by brokers in an effort to stop the flow of animals coming from out-of-state breeding operations into California, according to a news release from the California State Legislature. The three bills collectively known as the Stop The Puppy Mill Pipeline legislative package, titled for the infamous dog-breeding operations were signed into law Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Hoger points to a troubling legal loophole: "There's a thriving black market for trading protected species. Exotic animals are openly advertised in WhatsApp groups and at pet fairs even those strictly protected in their countries of origin. Because Germany doesn't recognize their protected status, these animals can be sold legally here, despite having been smuggled out illegally in the first place."

This welfare law was in place for the protection of chickens and if the government was able to so clearly ignore it, or even worse, dilute it, it sets an unsettling precedent. The government quietly weakened the few rules that exist to protect chickens rather than tackle the enforcement problem. When the UK left the European Union, the public was promised higher animal welfare standards as a benefit now the opposite is happening.

Ryan Easley lost his life in an accident involving a tiger under his care, the Growler Pines Tiger Preserve said in a statement posted to Facebook. This tragedy is a painful reminder of both the beauty and unpredictability of the natural world. Ryan understood those risks not out of recklessness but out of love, it said. Describing Easley as a passionate advocate for wildlife conservation, Growler Pines said he had dedicated his life to protecting and caring for big cats.

More than 450 neglected animals have been rescued from a farm in Nottinghamshire, with several having to be put to sleep to end their suffering. Farm owner Lee Hayes has been handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence and a lifetime animal ban after 19 different species of animals were rescued, which included around 70 horses and donkeys, more than 50 dogs and 170 guinea pigs.

Ryan Easley, the operator of the Growler Pines Tiger Preserve near Hugo, Oklahoma, was mauled to death on Saturday in what the site portrayed as an accident with a tiger under his care. Easley who once had conducted business with Joseph Maldonado, better known as Joe Exotic and the star of the true crime television series Tiger King was evidently killed by a tiger he owned at his roadside zoo.

I'm an animal rights activist with the Italian League for Bird Protection a major environmental organisation in Italy dedicated to wildlife conservation. I rescue animals in distress; I don't feed them for a hobby. I rescue pigeons and other animals like cats and dogs, she said. I put out the food in order to save them. Obviously, if I put food out for one pigeon, others were bound to come. But there have been so many lies, slanders and threats against me.

One of Ireland's leading livestock marts was fined €4,250 for animal welfare breaches after a Department of Agriculture review was triggered by an RTÉ Investigates programme into the mistreatment of calves. The programme broadcast in 2023 was entitled Milking It and involved both photographic and video evidence of young animals being mistreated.

The University of Toronto's law school is introducing a new program focused on animal law. "It does, a bit, feel like a long time coming," said Angela Fernandez, a law school professor and director of the new program. "We've kind of gotten to a point now with the resources and the projects ... we've tipped over now into something that really just deserves a full sort of name as a program,"

Pure joy, the feeling I have when I ruin the sale of a horse carriage guy,

In a 2024 study by the Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT), Dairy Queen received a failing score - or "F" rating - for lack of transparency about its animal welfare standards and use of antibiotics in its beef, as well as for numerous customer complaints about burger quality. As FACT explains, "superbugs" are dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacteria that affect livestock, leading to unhealthy, subpar quality meat.

India's top court has ordered the sterilisation of all stray dogs in the capital after an increase in bite cases. But the ruling has prompted broader debate: Does India even know how many strays it has? India's Supreme Court in early August issued a dramatic order calling for the removal of all stray dogs from the streets of the national capital, prompting outrage from animal rights activists.

Prosecutors said that around 6 p.m. on Aug. 23, Fyffe was seen on 133rd Avenue near Gwen Ifill Park in Locust Manor wrapping duct tape around a white and tan pit bull's snout, eyes, front legs, and back legs. When confronted by a witness and another individual, Fyffe allegedly pulled out a knife and waved it at them. The pair immediately called police and recorded the incident, later posting the video on social media, officials said.

But what surprised her, she said, was how the change in diet affected her health. Previously, she used a daily asthma inhaler and "had allergy shots twice a week." "I was taking antibiotics three times a year, at least, for bronchitis. I had acne. I had all these things that are, like, normal in our society," Silverstone said. Once she went vegan, "all of that went away," Silverstone said.

"They had been sleeping outside in the child's playhouse, so they weren't in the home, so [the family] couldn't manage it, and then they were brought here for us to take them in," said Suzanne McGovern, DSPCA director of operations.

Changes to policy at Oakland Animal Services involve managing a 95% increase in animal intakes by keeping free-roaming cats in their areas, reducing shelter stay times for strays, and waiving certain fees. Volunteers are concerned about the lack of public input.

Workers at Somerby Top Farm reportedly hit pigs with boards, paddles, and fists, deliberately targeting areas such as snouts and eyes. Welfare checks often ignored visible injuries and suffering, with one inspection of 1,000 pigs lasting just 90 seconds.

A woman was arrested after attempting to take a 10-month-old baby from his stroller near Aquatic Park, according to police reports.

Haddix, who ran a primate facility in Festus, pleaded guilty in March to perjury and obstructing justice, related to the treatment of the chimp, Tonka.

Killing healthy animals and feeding pets to zoo residents raises serious scientific and ethical questions, demonstrating that zoos often view animals as disposable or surplus objects.