Animal Protection

OTTAWA — A federal bill banning the keeping of whales and dolphins in captivity jumped its last parliamentary hoop, and will become Canadian law by the end of June. Bill S-203, the so-called “Free Willy” bill, was passed by the House of Commons at third read…

Whales and dolphins can no longer be bred or kept in captivity under new legislation that was passed in the House of Commons Monday. The legislation, dubbed the Free Willy bill by its proponents, marks a new era in animal-rights law. For the first time, Cana…

I was giving a talk at a conference in Oklahoma about the public health dangers of industrial animal farming, or factory farming as it is commonly called. Each year, more than 64 billion animals are raised and killed for food globally. In the United States al…

Charlie the cat A 1-year-old cat was stoned to death in an east Denver neighborhood Thursday night or Friday morning and investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward. A person who lives in the East Colfax neighborhood found the cat’s bod…

As shareholders and retail business leaders began to arrive they had an opportunity to view and experience the cruel confinement of mother pigs with a human-size gestation crate. Additionally, World Animal Protection staff explained how failing to institute a…

A British animal protection group is looking for a woman accused of straddling a swan and strangling it to death in a public park. The Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals is investigating the strange death after witness testimony claims a …

A woman strangled a swan to death at a park in County Durham, prompting the RSPCA to launch an investigation.  A passer-by called police and the animal welfare charity to say the wild bird was being choked by a woman in Riverside Park, Chester-le-Street.  P…

By Sharlene RoodTwo malnourished lion cubs rescued from a breeding farm in Lichtenburg have shown incredible signs of progress. The cubs were rescued by the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) back in April. Spokesperson Meg Wilson told News24 that the farm h…

PRADA DROVE ANOTHER nail into the coffin of a dying, barbaric industry recently when its artistic director, Miuccia Prada, announced that the Italian fashion house and its brands will stop using fur. The Prada Group is committed to innovation and social resp…

By Collins OmuloCity Hall has embarked on an exercise to eliminate and impound stray and roaming dogs in 70 wards across the capital city. The campaign, which is aimed at taming the growing menace of the canine in the county, enters its second week after sta…