For over a week, a herd of 19 lost elephants that escaped a nature reserve in Yunnan province has seized the concentration of the Chinese public. Although the authorities are tracking them via drone and endeavoring to return them to a…
A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that a trio of farmers who admitted to having sex with farm animals need to stay in prison. According to The Patriot-News, the Pennsylvania Superior Court panel upheld 20- to 41-year prison terms…
China’s government will reportedly ban dog meat from being sold at this year’s annual and barbaric Yulin festival. However, it is likely cats will be served instead. Animal rights activists note that previously alleged bans on dog meat have usually not prevented…
For most of the civilized world, the thought of ordering a plate of dog meat at a restaurant is repelling. It wouldn’t matter if the dog were cooked in strategic fashion from recipes handed down through generations, the idea would be…
The New York Times reports, “The grizzly bears that live in and around Yellowstone make up almost half the population in the lower 48 states, and now those bears are at risk. In 2015 their numbers in the Yellowstone area…
A Bharatiya Janata Party leader in India, Sakshi Maharaj, recently called for the death penalty for anyone convicted of “cow slaughter,” a process that may involve the import and export and consumption of the animals. A high court in India…
Not the elephants connected to this story A German hunter killed a 60-year-old elephant angering conservationists around the world. The elephant had at least another 15 years to live. The fee for the legal hunt was $60,000. According to locals,…
Photo Credit: Lynn M. Stone, NPL (Not the panda that was killed). Three men in south-western China accused of selling 35kg (77lb) of meat from a panda they killed are to be prosecuted, a court has announced. Ten suspects were…
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