These stories first appeared in the Daily Mail, MailOnline, the Telegraph, The Independent or The News Hub:
From The Independent:
Pigs raised for Parma ham sold in British supermarkets kept in squalid, illegal conditions
Animals forced to live alongside dead and sick, undercover investigation has found
From the Telegraph:
Revealed: industrial-scale mega-dairies spreading ‘by stealth’ across UK
Rise of US-style factory farms will cause cows to suffer, claims charity
Photo: Gunnar Richter
From the Daily Mail and MailOnline:
Caged big cat TV stars ‘forced to perform as if in Victorian circus’
Chris Packham slates ‘abominable’ animal-hire firm used by BBC, top brands and pop stars – as campaigners fear for animals’ mental wellbeing
Plans for UK’s largest factory farm, housing 30,000 pigs, raise a stink
Thousands of opponents fear giant scheme will harm human and animal health and open the doors to industrial-scale mega-farms
Tesco reported to advertising watchdog over ‘buying milk helps cows’ claim
Thousands object to supermarket giant’s slogan, saying taking calves from mothers is cruel
From the Telegraph:
Use Brexit to end live exports agony, demand activists
Protesters around the world join forces on day of action against long-distance animal transport
Fury as breeding centre for vivisection dogs gets go-ahead
Campaigners consider legal action but breeders dismiss cruelty fears as ‘tosh’
Chicken farm accused of neglect aims to expand, prompting planning battle
Dead birds piled up threaten human health, say witnesses, as plans say thousands will die in sheds
TB in cattle can be wiped out – but not by culling badgers, say scientists
Regions that don’t kill wildlife on course to eradicate disease and culling has little impact, study finds
EU ‘failing to prevent animal slaughter horror in Gaza’
European cattle killed at ‘hellholes of suffering’ in Palestinian territories with ‘illegal’ and cruel no-stun methods
Mass ritual slaughter not over yet, warn experts
Animal advocates celebrating end of Nepal’s Gadhimai festival are warned the tradition of sacrifice of living beings runs deep in many Hindu areas
The day the world united in defence of superior species (and humanity)
Animal lovers around the world demonstrate their outrage at the pointless annihilation of elephants and rhinos
Luna Lovegood gets mad: Harry Potter star acts against live exports
Evanna Lynch hopes to cast a spell to end ‘grotesque’ trade
Auction houses face pressure to ban ivory sales
Cameron faces calls for crackdown but dealers battle to retain trade
Superstars of screen and science fight for endangered lions
Virginia McKenna and Stephen Hawking issue plea to Cameron over body parts
COMMENT:
Cruel and undemocratic: Government inaction over ‘performing’ animals is a proper circus
As Thomas Chipperfield stages new events with big cats, ministers must take the chance to heed the overwhelming views of the public and MPs on using wild creatures for ‘entertainment’
The one word doing the greatest harm of all to animal welfare
Comment: People’s fear of attracting this label keeps brutal factory farming systems alive
The final roar: why and how Cecil’s tragedy must be a turning point
Comment: Outrage at lion’s murder must spur us into halting the decline in the ‘crown jewels’ of Africa and the natural world
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