Animal Welfare

LONDON, Sept. 18 (Reuters) – The British Foreign Secretary on Saturday held emergency meetings with the heads of the UK’s largest energy suppliers and operators to discuss a looming gas price hike a number of industries and could disrupt the country’s supply of meat. The food industry has called on …

ORLANDO, Florida (Nation Now– More than 20 cats were killed when flames ravaged an Orlando animal shelter on Wednesday night, officials said. Dramatic body camera video, released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, shows deputies, firefighters and animal welfare officers frantically trying to save the animals inside. The Pet Alliance …

ORLANDO, Florida (Nation Now– More than 20 cats were killed when flames ravaged an Orlando animal shelter on Wednesday night, officials said. Dramatic body camera video, released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, shows deputies, firefighters and animal welfare officers frantically trying to save the animals inside. The Pet Alliance …

Three rescued cubs San Andreas, Calif .– Three orphaned cubs have a new, albeit temporary, home at the Performing Animal Welfare Society or PAWS San Andreas San Andreas. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has received reports of three bears wandering near humans, without their mothers. PAWS officials …

Looking to add a new member to your family and do something good for the Southbury community at the same time? Adopt a dog, cat or other animal from a shelter or local organization! Many facilities are still working to find forever homes for dozens of cats, dogs and other …

Earlier this year, I interviewed Cameron Meyer Shorb, Acting Executive Director of the Wild Animal Initiative. Founded in 2019, WAI is dedicated to improving the lives of non-humans in nature. Animal Charity Evaluators recently named the nonprofit one of its main charities, noting that WAI was one of the few …

Does keeping pigs in mobile, self-contained animal facilities look futuristic to you? Not according to a recent Canadian initiative. Canadian farmer and technologist Daniel Badiou from Ukko Robotics designed an outdoor mobile unit for pig production. He and his partner Katrina Jean-Laflamme had already developed a “robotic barn” to house …

US Senator Cory Booker recently reintroduced The Agricultural System Reform Act restrict the growth of new factory farms and protect family farmers. Approximately 20,000 Contained Animal Feeding (CAFO) operations are currently operating in the United States. CAFOs are large-scale industrial facilities that rear thousands of animals under conditions that are …

Poster by Ponniyin Selvan A complaint has been filed against the production company Madras Talkies of Mani Ratnam by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) following reports of the death of a horse on the sets of Ponniyin Selvan, the filmmaker’s next historical film. Based on this complaint, …

LONDON, September 1, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Customers Now Have the Green Light to Buy and Wear Natural Fur with Confidence With the Launch of a Comprehensive Global Certification and Traceability System That Ensures Animal Welfare and Environmental Standards, Furmark®. In the industry’s biggest upheaval to date, the fur …