The addition of a new feral cat category in an annual hunting competition in rural New Zealand has sparked public outrage, prompting organisers to scrap the category. Organisers of the North Canterbury Hunting Competition expressed their disappointment at the withdrawal, a move they said was made to avoid further backlash. Under the category, kids under…
Feral Cat Hunting Competition Cancelled After Animal Rights Activists Raise Concerns
Canada’s Seal Exports Dip Below $300,000
Canada’s seal industry once worth millions annually brought in only thousands in 2021. “In 2021, we are recording export of a value of approximately $275,000 which was mainly seal oil and fats to Asian markets,” said Jordan Reeves, director general of trade at the Department of Foreign Affairs, according to Blacklocks Reporter. He was testifying…
UK Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Enshrining Animal Feelings in Law
A UK bill that recognises animal feelings passed its second reading unopposed in Parliament on Tuesday, but not without misgivings from a number of Conservative MPs, who consider the bill unnecessary. One MP called the bill a “Trojan horse” and accused the Conservative government of “driving a coach and horses straight at” the party’s core…
NO to ‘Elephant Rights’ and ‘Water Rights’
The anti-humanists are on the march! Today, I want to discuss subversive advocacy campaigns to expand rights from the human realm to animals, and indeed, the rest of the natural world. One of the most important examples is currently pending in New York. “Happy,” an elephant, has sued for a writ of habeas corpus to…
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