All Blog Posts Tagged 'animals' (4)

Many gardens unintentionally contain items that can be hazardous to wildlife. Every year thousands of birds and other creatures sustain injuries from hazards that could easily be prevented. Typical problems reported to charities like the RSPB and RSPCA include birds crashing into windows, getting feet and beaks trapped and drowning in water butts, baby birds being abandoned because of hedge cutting and hedgehogs being injured when piles of leaves are swept away. So what can you do to m… Continue

2,000,000 defenceless cats and dogs are skinned alive every year in China. That's 5,479 every day, 228 every hour or nearly 4 every minute all dying in excruciating agony. Why - "Because" say the Chinese fur skinners "it's cheaper and easier to skin a live, warm animal thats convulsing in agony than a dead body. The whole skin comes off easily and in one piece" The skins are then sold for $1 each and are mislabelled as another animal (not cat, rabbit or dog etc) or even labelled as artificial fu… Continue

ADI: Peru moves closer to animal circus ban

Thursday, 05, Mar 2009 12:00 Animal Defenders International (ADI) is delighted that a ban on the use of animals in circuses is within reach in Peru. A bill proposi… Continue

Being a pet sitter is not for the feint hearted and at this time of year, there is not a moment to spare! I also have my 4 month old German Shepherd Dog Luika, Melody (one of our rescue cats), who loves to play chop sticks on my computer keyboard, and Edna, who delights in playing stock car racing inside one of the many boxes currently in our office. We are also in the midst of a recruitment drive, targeting areas such as Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, where we desperately re… Continue