Animal Welfare
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010The challenge of saving the orangutan – man’s closest relative – from extinction is trickling down to the weekly shop. Many of the biscuits, margarines, breads, crisps and even bars of soap that consumers pick off supermarket shelves contain an ingredient that is feeding a growth industry that conservationists say is killing the orangutans.
Help Make Animal Testing History
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Celebrities are showing their support for an end to animal testing by joining an on-line virtual protest. Comedian Ricky Gervais, actress Joanna Lumley OBE and rockers Brian May CBE and Chrissie Hynde, are joining tens of thousands of people taking part in the virtual march to Brussels where the 20-year old law on animal experiments [...]
US Navy Sonar Killing Whales & Dolphins
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Scientists around the world have proven that military sonar can injure and even kill whales, dolphins and other forms of marine life. To protect marine life from the lethal effects of sonar, The National Resources Defense Council is working nationally and internationally to establish strict regulations on sonar use so that whales and other marine [...]
Help Make Animal Testing History
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Please click this banner to help make animal laboratory testing a thing of the past. This inhumane and barbaric act has gone on for far too long and with todays advancements in technology is no longer required. Show your support now!FOUR PAWS have been busy working on the revision of Europe’s animal experiments law, Directive [...]
Lab Animals at Record High
Friday, December 19th, 2008The number of animals used in UK labs for scientific experiments is now more than three million – a level not seen since the beginning of the 1990s.
Oceans Are Too Noisy For Whales
Monday, September 15th, 2008Levels of noise in the world’s oceans are causing serious problems for whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, a report warns.
African Lion Deaths Linked to Climate Change
Monday, July 21st, 2008Droughts and downpours exacerbated by climate change allowed two diseases to converge and wipe out large numbers of African lions in 1994 and 2001, according to a new study.
Lions regularly survive outbreaks of canine distemper virus (CDV) and infestations by a tick-borne blood parasite called Babesia. But both normally occur in isolation. In 1994 and 2001, [...]