Shrine
circuses across the country are working with animal abusers. Bears, elephants,
tigers, and other animals are whipped, jabbed, and threatened in order to make
them perform circus tricks. You can help them by never going to circuses that
use animals.
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THE PETITION: Help Queenie, stop this cruel animal circus
Forced to perform, Queenie the
macaque is clearly suffering from psychological damage, but the UNESCO-backed
facility insists she is healthy and well-treated.
By Animals Asia’s
Animal Welfare Director Dave Neale
Animal welfare is a complex issue.
Providing a captive animal with a happy and healthy life involves a lot more
than ensuring they have enough to eat.
Those who hold animals in
captivity have a huge responsibility to meet the individual animal’s physical
and their psychological needs. If we meet these needs the animal will be able to
perform their natural behaviours as they would do in the wild.
Poor
Queenie, the macaque (as we’ve nicknamed her) whose plight as part of an animal
circus in a UNESCO-accredited national park in Vietnam has shocked people across
the world, is a sad example of what goes wrong when an animal’s needs are not
met.
Taiwan
becomes first Asian nation to ban human consumption of dog and cat meat
In many parts of Asia, dogs and cats can be traded for their meat, ending up
as food on a plate. In an attempt to lead the continent in a more compassionate
direction, Taiwan has announced the ban of all cat and dog meat, the first Asian
nation to do so.
On April 11, Taiwan passed legislation that will ban
the consumption of dog and cat meat, and level offenders with heavy fines for
variations of all violations. For instance, penalties for animal slaughter and
cruelty have now been raised to up to two years in prison that come with fines
of up to nearly $66,000. Eating cats and dogs can now earn offenders fines
between about $1,600 and $8,200. The same fines are handed out for the selling
of dog and cat meat. Not only do those who refuse to adhere to the law get
slapped with fines, but their names and photos may be publicized.
Animals
Suffering at Tregembo Animal Park
At
a North Carolina roadside zoo, a guenon monkey was limping and several animals
were documented exhibiting signs of psychological distress. PETA alerted the
USDA to these issues and provided this video evidence.
London:
40 unlikely protesters stand strong against TK Maxx
Watch
what happened when FOUR PAWS UK staged its first ever #GeeseMarch outside TK
Maxx in London, calling for the high street retailer to commit to proper
traceability of its down products to guarantee cruel practices such as
live-plucking and force-feeding are ruled out.
The action was part of our
40 Lives campaign which has called on the bedding industry to do more to ensure
animal welfare standards are met across the supply chain of their bedding
products. Of the companies we targeted, only TK Maxx is yet to
budge.
Join us in calling on TK Maxx to guarantee cruel practices such as
live plucking and force-feeding are totally excluded from their down supply
chain: https://help.four-paws.org/en-GB/tkmaxx
Garden
Bros. Circus Forces Lame and Distressed Elephants to Perform
At
a recent Garden Bros. Circus performance, two elephants exhibited by Carson
& Barnes Circus and handled by notorious trainer Habib Omar were forced to
perform and give rides even though they had stiff joints, which likely was
painful and is an indication of chronic joint disease. One elephant, named
Libby, was seen swaying back and forth repeatedly when she wasn't performing,
which indicates psychological distress. The elephants were also left unattended
at times behind an inadequate barrier, putting the public at risk.
Since 1993, IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary has come to the rescue of thousands of abused and exploited animals across America;s Deep South, providing care and kindness when others would not. But rescue work is not our only mission. Since 2004, IDA has published its annual list of "Top 10 Worst Zoos for Elephants," shining a bright light on the sad plight of captive elephants, who rely on us to be their voice. From our sanctuaries in India and Africa to our Ditch Dog Meat campaign in South Korea, to our new Community Cats program (and so much more), so often it is our Animal Advocates who make it possible to act on a dime and safe lives. Please, consider joining our great team of Animal Advocates.
Canadian
Seal Slaughter Footage Is So Graphic We Had to Blur It
Every
year, nearly a million seals worldwide are subjected to painful and often
lingering deaths, largely for the sake of fashion.(1) Despite a worldwide outcry
over the cruelty of the slaughter and a ban on seal products in many countries,
the massacre continues.
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