All Blog Posts Tagged 'cruelty' (3)

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

I've just read in the news today that KFC is to provide 9,000 new jobs in the UK which for some will come as a welcome boost during these times of recession and mass redundancies happening everywhere. My immediate thoughts were with the chickens and alas not with the relief of people who are in need of jobs. I can't help feeling and wondering if half of the potential employes would indeed take those jobs if they really knew what was going on behind the scenes. However it is really down to the e… Continue