2009
The list below shows news from around the world regarding animals and animal welfare. Click on the links to read the full article.
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- Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture
- 28 December 2009
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Researchers say the overuse of antibiotics in humans and animals has led to a plague of drug-resistant infections that killed more than 65,000 people in the U.S. last year.
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- Man jailed for eating rare tiger
- 23 December 2009
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A man who killed and ate what may have been the last wild Indochinese tiger in China was sentenced to 12 years in jail.
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- Africa in fresh bust-up over ivory sales
- 22 December 2009
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Three months before a major international conference on endangered species, African countries are divided over whether a round of ivory sales should be allowed.
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- 30,000 animals perish as ‘cargo ship’ sinks off Lebanon
- 18 December 2009
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At least 34 people are missing and 30,000 sheep and cattle have drowned after a Panamanian-flagged livestock carrier ship Danny sank 11 miles off the coast of Lebanon
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- USA: Californian animal shelters seeing large rise in numbers of chihauhuas abandoned
- 15 December 2009
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The once-fashionable little canines are replacing pit bulls as the breed most often left at shelters in California.
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- EU institutions agree new lab rules but measures fall short of robust animal protection
- 10 December 2009
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Many compromises to animal protection have been made in order to placate an industry that refuses to be regulated
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- World’s leading marine scientists call on WTO ministers to stop overfishing subsidies
- 07 December 2009
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Nine leading marine scientists have called on WTO ministers to combat global overfishing by controlling government subsidies to their fishing sectors.
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- Anger as Norway raises whale kill
- 07 December 2009
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The Australian Government has condemned as provocative a decision by Norway to sharply escalate its whale kill while attempts are under way to hammer out an international peace deal over the...
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- New report models future food production against different diets
- 03 December 2009
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Feeding the world’s population in 2050 without intensive agriculture would not only be good for animal welfare but also provide environmental benefits such as promoting biodiversity and reducing...
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- 'Global surge' in rhino poaching
- 01 December 2009
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Rhino poaching around the world is on the rise despite efforts to protect the animals, a report warns.
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