Swiss exemption for pelts from body-gripping traps smells like Limburger GENEVA, Switzerland––Switzerland, effective July 1, 2025, will become the first country in Europe and likely the world to ban the import and sale of fur taken from animals by means defined as “cruel production methods.” The new Swiss law, introduced by the Swiss Federal Council […]
Why is Vantara hiring flacks & lawyers instead of just explaining itself?
Vantara founder Anant Ambani may have good reasons for doing things differently from the international conservation establishment, but he has not done a good job of explaining why JAMNAGAR, India––Somewhere between 5,000 and 7,500 years ago, Biblical tradition and Mesopotamian texts have it, a man named Noah built a huge ark, he claimed under orders […]
Indonesia busts dog meat traffic, tests oral rabies vaccination
226 dogs saved from slaughter; thousands more could be saved by eradicating rabies SEMARANG, Indonesia––Indonesian police on January 6, 2024 intercepted and rescued 226 dogs found with their legs bound and mouths tied shut from a truck hauling them through Semarang city to slaughter in the neighboring city of Surakarta, Agence France Presse reported. “The […]
Soi Dog Foundation shuts down a Vietnamese cat slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouse operated in open defiance of 1998 cat meat ban HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––“In a ground-breaking victory against the dog and cat meat trade in Vietnam, a cat slaughterhouse has been forced to cease operations,” announced Soi Dog Foundation director of international advocacy Rahul Sehgal in a March 23, 2022 appeal to potential donors. […]