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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- 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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- New road threatens Africa's 'wonder of the world' wildebeest migration
- 13 June 2010
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A new commercial highway is to be built which will cut through key migration routes and could permanently change this marvel of nature.
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- Iraq: One million stray dogs to be shot in Baghdad
- 11 June 2010
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A new kind of death squad has taken to the streets of Baghdad in an attempt to wipe out the estimated one million stray dogs that roam the capital.
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- Dogs 'too reliant on humans to think for themselves'
- 10 June 2010
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Researchers believe that years of domestication have robbed the animals of the problem solving skills they once had in the wild.
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- French politicians unite against bullfighting
- 10 June 2010
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Two French politicians from opposing parties are to present a bill to parliament outlawing bullfighting in France and they already have the support of a dozen other parliamentarians from across the...
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- India: Government frames rules on dog breeding and sale
- 09 June 2010
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In order to check illegal trade in pet dogs, the environment and forests ministry Wednesday finalised the rules for breeding and selling canines.
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- Black market in dogs is big business in Germany
- 09 June 2010
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Lured by lower prices for pedigree puppies, German dog lovers are turning to Eastern Europe to find their pet dogs. But often the cut-price pooches come with diseases and behavioral problems, and...
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- End of moratorium on whaling threatens more blood in the seas
- 01 June 2010
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The moratorium on commercial whaling, one of the world's major environmental achievements, is in danger of being abandoned after 24 years at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)...
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- New Zealand bans kosher slaughter
- 01 June 2010
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New Zealand has become the fourth country to outlaw Jewish ritual slaughtering, authorities said Sunday, after Iceland, Norway, and Sweden took similar measures in the past.
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