Animal welfare
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Chinese police stop lorry carrying 386 dogs to slaughter at canine-meat festival – video
Chinese police pulled over a lorry carrying 386 dogs to slaughter at the annual dog-meat festival in the south…
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386 dogs rescued from truck heading to China dog meat festival
Activists found creative ways to save dogs being killed for Yulin dog meat festival Chinese police have interc…
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Cats, dogs and Musy the donkey: welcome to Kashmir’s first animal rescue centre
A husband and wife team who opened the region’s only sanctuary now care for more than 1,000 rescues and have h…
- Animal welfare, Animals, Environment, Plastics, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Waste, World news
Two more elephants die after eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan dump
About 20 elephants have died in eight years after eating plastic in open landfill siteConservationists and vet…
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Pen Farthing: ‘Animals in a cargo hold never got in the way of people getting on a flight’
Continuing our series looking behind the headlines of 2021, the former Royal Marine on his perilous evacuation…
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South Korean president suggests ban on eating dog meat
Moon Jae-in, a dog-lover, says ‘time has come’ for traditional practice to endThe South Korean president, Moon…
- Afghanistan, Animal welfare, Animals, Ben Wallace, Immigration and asylum, Military, Ministry of Defence, Politics, Refugees, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Fresh hope for ex-marine’s efforts to rescue 200 cats and dogs from Kabul
UK defence secretary says Paul Farthing, his team and animals can leave on chartered planeA former Royal Marin…
- Animal welfare, Animals, Asia Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Polar regions, Wildlife, World news
Chinese hotel with polar bear enclosure opens to outrage
Harbin hotel keeping threatened species in pen overlooked by bedrooms angers animal welfare groupsA Chinese ho…
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Rooster fitted with blade for cockfight kills its owner in India
Bird with knife attached to leg ready to take on opponent inflicts fatal injuries to man’s groin A rooster fit…
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Three men filmed beating dolphin to death arrested in India
Outpouring of disgust after brutal attack on endangered Gangetic dolphin in Uttar Pradesh went viralThree men …
- Animal welfare, Animals, Asia Pacific, Environment, India, South and Central Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, World news
How Covid has plunged Asia’s captive elephants into fresh crisis
Stripped of tourism money, keepers in India and Thailand are struggling to keep their elephants alive Coronavi…
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Cher greets ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ in Cambodia
US star joined campaign for Kaavan to be moved from Islamabad zoo accused of substandard careAn elephant descr…
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‘World’s loneliest elephant’ heads to Cambodia after Cher campaign
Kaavan, an overweight 36-year-old elephant, to be rehomed after outcry at conditionsAfter years of public outc…
- Animal welfare, Animals, Asia Pacific, Coronavirus, Environment, National parks, Thailand, Wildlife, World news
Gimme shell-ter: Thai hermit crabs face housing crisis
Population of crustaceans at one national park has exploded amid drop in tourist numbersHermit crab numbers in…
- Animal welfare, Animals, Asia Pacific, Japan, Loneliness, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, World news
Tiny Japanese home ‘filled’ with 164 starving dogs
Experts say extreme animal hoarding cases are linked to poverty, isolation and ageing populationHealth officia…