News
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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- Researchers see chimps 'waging war'
- 22 June 2010
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Chimpanzees wage war, mercilessly killing members of neighboring groups to expand their own territory, researchers have reported.
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- The secret talks that threaten two decades of whale conservation
- 22 June 2010
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The future of the international whaling moratorium, one of the world's great conservation achievements, is being decided behind closed doors today and tomorrow, after whaling's governing body went...
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- New EU rules require compulsory labelling of halal meat
- 21 June 2010
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Halal and kosher meat will have to be labelled under new European Union rules.
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- Article about trophy hunting of lions in South Africa
- 21 June 2010
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Visitors from overseas are charged $25,000 to gun down lions in South Africa.
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- Whaling could blow a hole in Iceland's EU talks
- 20 June 2010
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Iceland’s whale hunting tradition despite a ban, which it wants lifted, looms as a major hurdle in its upcoming membership talks with the European Union where all cetaceans are legally protected.
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- Report says bushmeat smuggling in Europe is rife
- 18 June 2010
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More than five tonnes of bushmeat from primates, crocodiles and other rare or protected animals are smuggled in luggage through one of Europe's busiest airports every week.
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- Orangutans speak using language of gestures
- 18 June 2010
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Forty frequently used body language signals were identified by British researchers who spent nine months observing orangutans in three European zoos.
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- Zimbabwe ditches wildlife deal with North Korea
- 17 June 2010
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The Zimbabwe government has aborted a wildlife trade deal with the secretive Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) amid widespread condemnation from pressure groups.
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- Video: Norwegian boat uses exploding harpoons to hunt whales
- 15 June 2010
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Footage from WSPA showing a minke whale suffering from harpoon wounds for potentially two hours before dying. The International Whaling Commission is considering a proposal that would allow Norway to...
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- Japan exposed as bribing smaller countries to gain their votes on whaling
- 13 June 2010
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An investigation has exposed Japan for bribing small nations with cash and prostitutes to gain their support for the mass slaughter of whales.
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