Verdict for the first time upholds 1991 law BUCHEON, South Korea––Upholding parts of the Korean Animal Protection Act which have been on the books since 1991, but were never before successfully prosecuted, a Bucheon city court judge has fined a dog meat farmer the equivalent of $2,050 in U.S. dollars for “killing animals without […]
China: Stopping dog trucks is the easy part. Saving dogs is harder.
Some dogs die from their ordeal, but more than 80% are saved GUANGZHOU, China––The hardest part of rescuing a truckload of suspected stolen dogs en route to slaughter in Guangzhou, China on June 19, 2017 had only just began when the cages of dogs were unloaded. The cargo, initially believed to be about 800 […]
World Animal Protection bakes Mike Baker
Head of former WSPA out after six years LONDON, U.K.––The World Animal Protection board of trustees, on the eve of the two largest international animal protection conferences of 2015, abruptly removed six-year director general Mike Baker from office. What this might mean for the future direction of World Animal Protection, formerly […]
Dog meat trade spreads rabies in Vietnam
YEN BAI, Vietnam––Closing the Vietnamese border to imports of dogs for human consumption as a rabies control measure may have come two years too late for Yen Bai province, high in the ethnic Hmong region of the north. At least 1,900 Yen Bai residents were bitten by suspected rabid dogs during the first five […]