Why was the U.S. still buying Russian fish while boycotting Russian oil, gas, coal, & even vodka? WASHINGTON D.C.––Fish were the last major category of U.S. imports from Russia not yet embargoed by the U.S. government in protest of the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden on March 8, 2022 […]
Russians bust alleged “whale jailers”
The suspects are already in Siberia ––where else can they go? MOSCOW, VLADIVOSTOK–– Responding to orders from Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Russian agency for border security has reportedly brought criminal charges against four related companies for allegedly illegally capturing and holding more than 90 beluga whales and as many as 13 orcas in […]
Last acts for animal circuses in Russia, India, New Jersey, & Hawaii
Russian law protects Moscow State Circus monopoly MOSCOW, NEW DELHI––New legislation in Russia, whose circuses have for almost a century been the most attended worldwide, and in India, where the circus tradition started, appear to be among the final acts in several thousand years of traveling exhibitions of performing animals. The new Russian “Law […]
Russia bans “dogs of dangerous breeds” under new humane law
Vladimir Putin signs “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” into effect MOSCOW, Russia––Possession and handling of pit bulls and other dogs of dangerous breeds is to be strictly regulated throughout Russia, under a new national “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” signed into effect by Russian president Vladimir Putin on December 26, 2018. The new “Law […]
Russia halts seal hunt
“This bloody hunting is from now on banned” MOSCOW, OTTAWA––Russian minister of natural resources Yury Trutnyev on March 11, 2009 told the world that Russia has halted hunting seals under one year old on the frozen White Sea. “This bloody hunting is from now on banned in our country, as in most developed countries,” Trutnyev […]