Agriculture departments do not do their job of protecting animals because this is not the job they exist to do ALBERTON, South Africa; GENEVA, Illinois––Can an arm of government established to promote animal agribusiness ever be trusted to enforce humane laws? For example, will agriculture departments ever adequately enforce laws governing the shipment of […]
Behind the veil: live animal shipping & the Islamic New Year
Why what goes on quietly matters more than public slaughter after Ramadan JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia; GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa––Tonight, August 9, 2021, nearly two billion Muslims worldwide will quietly celebrate Hijri 1443, the Islamic New Year, marking 1,443 years since Muhammed led his disciples from Mecca to Medina in 622 Anno Domini on the Christian calendar. […]
Fatal dog attacks & dogfighting explode in South Africa
Pit Bull Union of South Africa executives convicted on related charges CAPE TOWN, South Africa––Faith Hendricks, 18 months old, was on September 1, 2016 killed in her parents’ yard by the family pit bull in Mount Pleasant, South Africa, a suburb of Port Elizabeth on the Eastern Cape. Marchen Hoffman, age 6, was killed […]