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The Chinese Year of the Dog - by Kim Cooling
Dog rescue crusader Kim Cooling has given a harrowing account of her recent trip to China where she witnessed the barbaric slaughter of dogs in the southern Guangxi province. Armed with a video and stills camera, Kim's heart-rending story presents a snapshot account of the slow death that thousands of dogs and cats go through every day across China, killed for human consumption. ...more
Real Fur is Back in Fashion - plus Cats and Dogs being Farmed for fur in EU An insensitive new
generation of fashion followers are buying and wearing real fur clothing
again. In a shocking report by the BBC's Money Programme, young people
say that "Moral objections are old hat" Seal Hunt
Croatia's Animal Friends Launch Anti-fur Campaign Croatia's
most famous export, actor Goran Višnjic, star of the TV series ER, and
Animal Friends Croatia (AFC) have joined with PETA to launch its first
anti-fur campaign in Eastern Europe
Special
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Special Report The Kim Cooling Story
In 2000, LGVN published
a brief report about the astonishing work of an ex nurse from London,
who had single handedly brought a halt to the annual slaughter of tens
of thousands of street animals in Bangkok. Until now, Kim's groundbreaking
work in Thailand has been rarely documented through the media. Looking-Glass
and VeggieGlobal realigns this oversight and exclusively brings you the
story of Kim Cooling, a true heroine of animal compassion Special Report Brazil ... while the world can only watch in horror As a country of rich
bio-diversity on which the entire planet largely depends for environmental
stability, Brazil continues to display an astonishing disregard for both
it's natural habitat and animals Special Report EASTERN EUROPE ... they have a lot of catching up to do For economic reasons,
former Soviet Union and Balkan countries might well be jostling to become
part of the European Union. But there are now increasing numbers of incidents
and reports emerging from this edge of the European continent, all relating
to appalling abuse on animals and their surrounding environment. Special Report Animal Nation... Behind the façade of an animal loving UK From the effects of
Foot and Mouth Disease to the appalling treatment of animals used for
sports in Great Britain and Ireland, cruelly discarded or killed when
they cannot supply any further financial reward
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non-killjoy firework campaign UK Non-profit Web Retreat Aids Croatian Welfare Bill Campaign Looking-Glass and
VeggieGlobal have been helping Croatia to establish a major new animal
welfare bill Animals in distress around the world... act now! Animal
Testing - Blood Sports - Animal Trafficking - Live Animal Exports. All
these issues are covered by a voting system designed to call on all world's
governments to create "Global Green Laws". "NOVA" Ethical Labeling Campaign
Compassionate web
sites VeggieGlobal and Looking-Glass have launched a major campaign and
investigation into ethical labeling of food and consumer products
Whether it be peace
time or in conflict, animals are suffering horrific deaths and injuries
caused by human-waged destruction Animals and Landmines In the pre 9-11 Afghan
war, Afghans suffered a total loss of more than 75,000 animals due to
mines ... more than 50% of the total number of livestock.
Dutch Scientists Create "Animal Free" Real Meat According to an item in Peta's Animal Times Magazine, Dutch scientists have been growing huge quantities of meat, produced from a small sample of cells taken from a single animal ...more Gene Modified and Cloned Pets on the Horizon Scientists in the
US are close to creating genetically modified cats and dogs for people
with allergies to animals Animals Killed for Food... THE number of animals
killed for food worldwide in 1998 was 43.2 billion
Chimps
Shake Hands and Some Chimp Groups are Vegetarians - plus
Apes have the brains to talk |
It is now estimated
that the earth is losing between 50,000 and 100,000 species a year Palm Oil ... The Ape Killer Animal and environmental welfare organisations call on consumers to question products containing palm oil which destroys Orangutan habitats. Ordinary food shoppers are unwittingly causing the extinction of rain forest animals such as the much-loved Orangutan. ...more US Endangered Species Act Under Attack A shocking report by the IFAW says that the Bush Administration has waged a war to weaken and turn back the clock on more than 30 years of environmental progress ...more Polar bears facing extinction... The ice covering
the arctic ocean has reduced by 40% in the past 40 years. Polar bears
are now under increasing threat as warming is set to continue Giant Pandas not yet out of the woods, says WWF
The disappearance
and fragmentation of its rugged mountain forest home are the "major extinction
threats" to the endangered Giant Panda, says the WWF 75% of Butterflies Species in Steep Decline The destruction of
wildlife habitats is now so severe that most British butterflies have
been unable to capitalise on warmer weather The Future is Red... Endangered species list released The most comprehensive
analysis of global conservation ever was recently published by the World
Conservation Union Regular Update Environmental Threats to the Monarch Butterfly Looking-Glass reports
on the threat to one of the great wonders of the natural world Global Extinction Threat to Amphibians A new form of fungus
could partly explain the dramatic decline in all amphibian species throughout
the world... PLUS Common weedkiller is changing the gender of frogs UK Bird Population Crisis The Willow Warbler, Yellowhammer, Dunnock and Sedge Warbler have all gone on the endangerd species list. Their species have now fallen by 45 percent. In the last 8 years the Ringed Plover, Meadow Pipit, Lapwing, Moorhen, Linnet and Reed Bunting have also gone on the list. For a full report on the declining wildlife population in the UK read "The Wildlife Files" at VeggieGlobal
Hope for India's Captive Elephants
Illegally
caught elephants in India are estimated to number more than 5000,
but help is at hand with the launch of the street Elephant Welfare Project. Welcoming Pigeons Back into our Cities Germany and Holland
show new humane ways that enable people and pigeons in cities to live
side by side. Welcome Home Ratty - Water Vole Update During the UK summer
of 2001 we reported on the release of several hundred water voles into
safe wild areas in an atempt to re-generate the population. Seal Hunt Looking-Glass
News provides the latest stories about the notorious Canadian Seal Slaughter
... the largest since 1970
The
practice of bears tortured and forced to dance for the public is hoped
to be stamped out within ten years, say a wildlife rescue organization
in India. THE number of animals
killed for food worldwide in 1998 was 43.2 billion Terrible Abuse on Family Pets A compilation of web
reports from the past and present pages of LGVN Greyhound Rescue News Marks and Spencer used Greyhound Racing to promote mens fashion ...more Mass grave of Galgos and Greyhounds found in Spain ...more Irish President turns a blind eye to cruel dog racing industry ...more Cameroon Cat Eaters Evidence of barbaric
animal cruelty has been uncovered by a BBC news reporter. Domestic cats
are being bought from unsuspecting owners, then beaten to death and eaten UPDATED REPORT Proven Link Found Between Animal Abuse, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
Recent statistics
are showing that links between animal abuse and domestic violence exist.
And pets are found to be one of the common denominators in family violence Is China Puting a Compassionate Foot Forward? plus Thailand Dog and Cat Slaughtering plus Free Dog Meat for World Cup Fans plus Piglets Buried Alive in Korea plus UPDATE on The Chinese Bears The beginning of 2000
saw the launch of a 10 day campaign to crack down on the thriving illegal
trade in endangered species, which end up on Chinese dinner plates Animal Exports Shocking Report A recent report and film by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) revealed further evidence of terrible suffering involved in live animal exports ...more
News from local animal rescue groups in your part of the world Romanian Animal Rescue Charity ROLDA is
set to save the lives of thousands of strays and at the same time educate
its people about animal welfare A Romanian children's
newspaper run by children set their sights on the stray dogs and cats
in their towns and cities. Spanish Dog Horror ... Mass Grave Found A mass grave of slaughtered
dogs has recently been found in a small Spanish village. This and similar
atrocities involving dogs used for hunting and sports has triggered of
an appeal by an animal welfare group in Belgium Malta seeks funds to build its first animal hospital If you are holidaying
in Malta, spare a thought for the many stray and sick animals that need
care and shelter Petitioners seek justice against man who barbecued kitten alive A man was arrested
in Liberty, Missouri, on July 16, 2002 for burning a 7-week-old kitten
on a barbecue grill, while others watched with amusement
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