Seen a dog you like at Crufts? 46% of dogs (both crossbreeds and pure breeds*) bought in the last two years have suffered health problems and all of the 50 most popular breeds have some aspect of their body that...
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The RSPCA are raising awareness of pig welfare issues and trying to educate people about the different labels on pork products and what they mean for pigs. A new Facebook word game incorporates facts about...
created by bethgranter | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 253 views | 14 recommendations | 0 comments
More than two years after chicken welfare first hit the headlines with high profile campaigns by Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, new research reveals that people are choosing to buy more...
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I’m writing on behalf of the RSPCA, raising awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. Right now, the government is considering new EU legislation that may increase the number...
opinion by bethgranter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 283 views | 26 recommendations | 2 comments
The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA) have began an advertising campaign to highlight a problem they feel they have with another animal Charity. The Scottish SPCA adverts...
created by mudricky | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1352 views | 38 recommendations | 7 comments
" For 30 years, Christine Gill devoted her life to caring for her parents and helping them run the family farm. She became a university lecturer so she could help out during the busy summer months, spent nearly...
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"Two organizations that revere the lives of animals are about to butt heads in the United Kingdom, as a Hindu temple files suit against the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for killing the temple's sacred cow. The lawsuit claims that the RSPCA...
"Animal welfare groups have welcomed news that battery-farmed eggs will be banned by 2012 - but say it does not go far enough.
The Government this week said it would press ahead with a European Union ban.
Battery...
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"HORSHAM About two hundred Hindus protested peacefully outside the RSPCA’s headquarters over the slaughter of a sick sacred cow at their temple while they were at worship. The RSPCA was accused of secretly...
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The RSPCA euthanized a sacred cow in the midst of a worship ceremony, according to BBC News. The worshippers are none too pleased, organizing a massive protest to take place on December 26th."Gangotri, a Belgian...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 758 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Aside from being needlessly cruel (tank size aside, what about the vibrations from the speaker carrying into the water?), it would be kind of a drag to carry around."The iPond - up to 15 times smaller than the recommended tank size for the fish it contains - is proving a hit...
Working for a firm importing classic American cars, Adam Morrison-Thomas is well-versed in handling exotic arrivals.
But not necessarily eight-legged ones that can kill with a single bite.
The encounter between the mechanic and the black widow spider began when he opened...
As the grip tightens on the purse of public services in the UK, it seems the Lancashire Fire Service is leading the way, with a review of which services they should be providing and which they shouldn't.Under...
created by littleurchin | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 702 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
100 RSPCA inspectors in England and Wales - up to one-third of the total workforce - have been deployed to the country's worst-hit flood areas to help rescue, so far approximately 1,500 animals.Thankfully, most people who have been forced out of their homes have been able to...
created by littleurchin | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 731 views | 30 recommendations | 3 comments
You can see the video here; it's not as gross as you might think."Performance artist Mark McGowan has eaten what he claims was a cooked corgi in a protest over the Royal Family's treatment of animals.
McGowan...
created by AlanEvans | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 871 views | 17 recommendations | 6 comments