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Posts Tagged ‘cruelty’
Animal Rights, Animals, Green living, Science & Technology, Feb 22nd, 2012,
Student of architecture, Andre Ford, has proposed a new system of mass chicken production, in which, according to wired.co.uk, the birds will no longer have the main core of their brains. This means they won’t be able to suffer the atrocity of being packed in vertical yokes in which they are to grow to eventually end up on our plates. The project, named The Centre for Unconscious Farming, is a response to the increase in chicken meat consumption and the cruelty associated with it that is so prevalent on factory farms. Unconscious birds, in a manner resembling growing plants, will be connected…
Tags: brain, chicken, cruelty, farm, project
Health, Pollution, Sep 6th, 2011,
In France, nitrogen fertilizers are being blamed for a proliferation of ‘toxic green algae’ covering beaches in Brittany. Ironically, agricultural pollution in France’s pig farming capital may be resulting in the deaths of wild boars in the region. Most pig farms in Brittany use nitrogen-based fertilizers to grow their pig feed. The green algae, which becomes toxic when it decomposes, has also forced the closure of beaches in Brittany. For more on that story see this video report from France 24. Two animal rights activists in Finland will be put on trial next month for exposing cruelty that occurs legally…
Tags: Brittany, cruelty, Finland, France, hog farm, pig farm, pig farming, USA
Green living, Oct 6th, 2010,
If wool doesn’t come from dead animals, why do some vegetarians and vegans refuse to wear wool clothes? Don’t sheep need to be shorn to remove their excess wool? A: Most people don’t realize that the wool industry involves exploitation of sheep and a lot of cruelty. If you think it’s less cruel than leather or fur production, you are wrong. As you know, wild sheep do not need our help. When winter is over, they shed their coat to stay cool in the summer; then grow it again, just enough to be warm during colder months. Selectively bred sheep,…
Tags: anaesthetics, cruelty, mulesing, mutilation, sheep, wool industry
Green living, Sep 9th, 2010,
Stories of dogs and cats being abandoned due to tough economic times – or cruel indifference because they’ve simply become inconvenient – are unfortunate, but familiar scenarios. The abandonment of pets has even transformed the local ecology in parts of the world: an estimated 150,000 Burmese pythons live in the Florida Everglades and several London parks are chock full of exotic parakeets which originate in Africa and India. Ireland has its fair share of invasive species, but horses are not considered one of them. However, thousands of unwanted horses are some of the latest casualties in the global economic downturn…
Tags: abandoned, abandonment, animal, cruelty, downturn, Dublin, economic, horses, Ireland, Irish, neglected
Nature, Sep 1st, 2010,
I don’t get animal rights activists’ crusade against circuses. The animals are fed well and their lives are in less danger in comparison to their natural environments. They look happy while performig. An hour spent in a circus is also a rare occasion to look at wild animals. Why do some people want to ban them? A: For several reasons. Wild animals are wild, which means they should be born, live and die in the wild. Those that are used for entertainment aren’t really wild – they’re usually born in captivity; neglected, not fed properly and often tortured while being…
Tags: animals, captivity, circus, circuses, cruelty, elephants
Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 30th, 2010,
‘The Performance’ is a disturbing, but important film about animal abuse in China’s zoos, circuses and animal parks. In conjunction with a new report by Hong Kong-based Animals Asia, ‘The Performance’ exposes the cruel treatment of animals such as black bears, big cats, monkeys and elephants for the entertainment of live audiences, who are unaware of the suffering they are supporting. The film is part of an effort to get animal welfare legislation laws – of which there are none in China – drafted and passed. Beaten throughout its life, declawed, de-toothed and kept in unsanitary conditions – this is…
Tags: abuse, animals, Asia, bears, China, Chinese, circuses, cruelty, documentary, film, monkey, park, The Performance, zoos
Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 28th, 2010,
Sticking your fist or head into the mouth of a declawed, de-toothed lion or tiger isn’t very impressive. In Chinese zoos, animal parks and circuses the abuse of animals is widespread. Bears, monkeys, elephants, wolves and big cats are among the animals who are routinely beaten into submission and forced to do absurd tricks for the entertainment of ignorant crowds. There are no animal protection laws in China to prohibit such behavior. The Hong Kong-based animal welfare group Animals Asia visited 13 zoos and animal parks in China and compiled statistics and video footage into a report documenting the abuse….
Tags: abuse, animal, Asia, bear, China, Chinese, circuses, cruelty, lion, parks, show, zoos
