Tag: Animal Welfare
Australians Benefiting From Cruel Live Export To Middle East
A significant number of Australians benefit from the live export trade to the Middle East where animals – sheep and cattle – are treated cruelly. These Australians are guilty by association and financial benefit from these activities. Check out the video below and see for yourself: WARNING: this video contains footage of Animals Australia’s November [...]
Execution of the Exmoor Emperor: sadness after giant red stag shot dead
It is with sadness I read today of the execution of the Exmoor Emperor – a magnificent giant red stag. The Guardian writes…. End of the Exmoor Emperor: sadness after giant red stag shot dead Of course, I have no idea who killed the beautiful stag. I do however have some views on the situation, [...]
Australians pride themselves on giving people a fair go – what about chickens?
Why aren’t Australians giving chickens a fair go? Perhaps because many of them don’t know about the torment suffered by factory farmed chickens. Such horrific cruelty. Australians pride themselves on giving people a ‘fair go’, so hopefully chickens will benefit as more people become aware of what is being done to chickens in their name. [...]
Are you poisoning your pet?
No doubt you mean well, or are just plain unaware of the poisoning risks to your pets. Check out this excellent resource: Animal Poison Control Center …..it’s part of the American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA) site, which contains lots of other helpful and interesting information for animal lovers. And by [...]
Pet's Wish List
This list is common around the Internet in various forms. I am unsure of who is the author of this version. The list is called the “Pet’s Ten Commandments”. Personally I prefer to call it a ‘Pet’s Wish List’. We should all be doing these things as a matter of course, however many items can [...]
Give Mom a really wild gift this Mothers Day
Mothers Day here in Australia is on Sunday May 10th, as in many other places around the world. This Mother’s Day why not show how much you care by giving her something a little more interesting and memorable than your average gift? WSPA Wild Gifts are a unique way of showing how much you care [...]
Have you ever felt ill after a plane flight?
Commercial airliners are very safe right? I mean they have all those engineers testing stuff, pilot checks and procedures, air traffic control, pre-flight safety briefings and so on. It is easy to get the impression that safety is a key concern, if not obsession. But have you ever felt unwell after a plane flight? Have [...]
Why didn't they use a tranquilizer round?
A lioness escaped from her enclosure and was moving towards a public area of a NSW zoo. So they shot her dead. I cannot understand why they would not have used a tranquilizer round, instead of a lethal one. The zoo claims: She was part of the Mogo Zoo family and a very important animal [...]
One year old boy saved by cats & RSPCA's new ad campaign.
Yesterday I came across two interesting articles to do with cats: A BOY aged one has been found living rough on the streets — being kept alive by CATS. An amazing story about how 8 cats saved a one year old child. I liked the story for obvious reasons but also because during my healing [...]
Pet Rescue in Australia
This article is mostly relevant to Australian readers of this blog. That said, it is about a terrific idea to help pets and perhaps I can suggest that if you are reading this article in a country or area that does not have a similar service; that you consider what you might do to encourage [...]
Help pets, or charity, while you search the web!
Search engines — most people use them to find things on the web. These days Google is the most popular search engine and I expect that many people use nothing else. I remember the days before Google and whilst it is my search engine of preference, I do at times use others. I have just [...]
