How Domination Underpins Slavery, Genocide, the Exploitation of Women, & the Maltreatment of Animals Lantern Publishing & Media, 128 Second Place, Brooklyn, NY 11231; www.lanternpm.org. Available in both Kindle and paperback editions. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Many ANIMALS 24-7 readers will remember Supremacist Syndrome author and New Hampshire attorney Peter Marsh as an occasional presenter […]
Is mink farming “too dirty to die”? Or is pending bill the coup-de-grace?
Some in the U.S. mink industry see COVID-19 as a growth opportunity WASHINGTON D.C.––Will the COVID-19 delta variant finally kill mink farming in the U.S., after COVID-19 in all forms has killed more than 633,000 Americans? Or will HR 4310, dubbed the MINKS Act as acronym for “Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces Are Superspreaders Act,” […]
South Africa debates end to “canned lion” industry & ivory sales
“High-Level Panel Report on Lions, Rhinos, Elephants & Leopards” recommends turnabout in national wildlife policy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––A South African government wildlife policy study recommends an end to breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots of captive-bred and raised lions, and exports of lion bones for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The paper also […]
Factory-farmed pigs get a break from vaccine breakthrough
For factory-farmed pigs, avoiding African swine fever may be about as good as the grim news gets GREENPORT, New York––With all eyes on the progress of vaccination against the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has to date killed nearly 3.5 million people, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service in early May quietly announced a breakthrough […]
New Zealand ends live sheep & cattle exports by sea––two years from now
Export directly to slaughter banned since 2008 WELLINGTON, NZ––New Zealand agriculture minister Damien O’Connor on April 14, 2021 announced a permanent halt to live animal exports by sea, effective in 2023. O’Connor, though his announcement was not a complete surprise, left New Zealand agribusiness, the international animal welfare community, and rival nations in the […]
China keeps a promise on behalf of animals used in cosmetics testing
Chinese-made beauty & personal care products were already exempt from animal testing requirements. Now most imported beauty & personal care products are exempt as well. BEIJING––The National Medical Products Administration of China on March 4, 2021 quietly kept an eight-year-old promise on behalf of animals, announcing that after May 1, 2021 it will no longer […]
Diseased pigs & mink gave the world COVID-19, scientists suspect
Forthcoming World Health Organization report is expected to confirm Chinese investigators’ suspicions BEIJING, BOSTON, WUHAN––Will a World Health Organization report expected to be released within days indict the Chinese mink industry for infecting the world with COVID-19? Beijing University researchers have already suspected for more than a year that mink farming was likely […]
Lara Trump’s theme: bash China, boost Donald, in the name of dog rescue
Donald Trump hotel gets 45% cut of expected take from Big Dog Ranch Rescue fundraiser for dogs to be brought from China PALM BEACH, Florida––Does anyone really believe former U.S. president Donald Trump just happened to show up at a fundraiser for Big Dog Ranch Rescue, organized by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, held in his […]
Did Namibia sell 170 elephants to China to make way for oil drilling?
Murky Namibian elephant deal might involve as much as $22 million paid to someone, even if oil rights are not involved WINDHOEK, Namibia––Two weeks after the Namibian government sold 170 elephants to five undisclosed buyers, to be transported to parts unknown, Namibian minister of environment and tourism Pohamba Shifeta has yet to reveal the details […]
Did Chinese zoos buy 170 Namibian elephants sold at secret auction?
Namibian officials say disclosing purchasers might jeopardize the deal WINDHOEK, Namibia––Who bought 170 elephants, auctioned off by the Namibian government against international law, despite months of protest? Suspicion is growing that Namibia will not disclose the elephants’ buyers until the elephants have already been flown to their destinations, probably Chinese zoos, the buyers of […]
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