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Foie gras ban lifted
GOURMETS in Chicago can order foie gras again after the city council today repealed a two-year restaurant ban on a delicacy that critics say is produced at cruel expense to geese and ducks.
The aldermen voted 37-6 to drop the ban on restaurants serving foie gras, an ordinance that had passed with a single dissenting vote in April 2006.
The city had issued a few warnings to restaurants for flouting the ban and one defiant eatery was fined.
Global warming changing nature of world
HUMAN-generated climate change made flowers bloom sooner and autumn leaves fall later, turned some polar bears into cannibals and some birds into early breeders, a vast global study has found.
Hundreds of previous studies have noted these specific changes and most suggested a link to so-called anthropogenic (human-generated) global warming, but a new analysis published in the journal Nature has correlated earlier studies with changes in temperature, the study's lead author said.
Pony who thinks she's a dog
LUCY the Shetland pony thinks she's a dog - she can fetch, heel and even play dead.
This weekend Lucy, who lives at the RSPCA in Malaga, will be showing off her dog talent surrounded by about 10,000 real ones.
Lucy is expected to take part in next Sunday's Million Paws Walk through Sir James Mitchell Park -an important event to raise awareness and much-needed funds for the RSPCA.
Ferrets, camels, cows, horses, cats, rats and a ‘geep’ (a cross between a sheep and a goat) are all attending the usually pooch-dominated event.
Couple on run with 100 dogs
A SOUTH Australian couple on the run from authorities with up to 100 dogs in a trailer has numerous convictions for animal cruelty around Australia
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Rally backs MP's no-puppies Bill
Rally backs MP's no-puppies BillANIMAL welfare workers rallied outside an Australian parliament today in support of an MP's bid to ban pet-shops from selling kittens and puppies.
The protest outside the NSW Parliament was in support of a Bill proposed by Independent MP Clover Moore.
Doggie Rescue managing director Monika Biernacki said the ban, if made law, would slash the estimated 60,000 dogs put down each year in NSW pounds and animal shelters.
Poaching animals more lucrative than drugs
POACHING and trafficking in wild animals such as monkeys and parrots is reaching critical proportions in Brazil, a non-profit group has said.
The trade is so attractive that it is even prompting drug traffickers to turn their attention to animals.
Police confiscated more than 50,000 captured animals in one part of Brazil's Atlantic rain forest in 2005, up from 15,000 five years earlier, according to a report by the National Network Against Wild Animal Trade, or Renctas.
Mothers Day Message from Animals Australia
This Mother's day—and every other day—there are over 200,000 mother pigs confined in barren metal cages little bigger than their own bodies. Day after day these pregnant and nursing mothers are forced to stand on hard cement floors—not even afforded the space to turn around or lie down properly.
Animals Australia is working tirelessly to expose the cruelty of factory farming—but how effective we can be depends on you. Our Mother's Day appeal allows those who share our goal to free animals from cruelty to help by giving a thoughtful Mother's Day gift or donation to support our work.
Global retail giants to ban Australian wool
STRUGGLING graziers have been kicked in the guts by foreign animal rights activists trying to shut down one of our iconic national industries.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has persuaded two more major European retailers, AB Lindex and RNB Retail and Brands, to boycott Australian wool from mulesed sheep because it claims there are more humane methods to protect sheep from flystrike.
Tofu makes you gay?
FEELING blue? Mung beans, asparagus, sunflower seeds, pineapple, tofu, spinach and bananas could lift your spirits.
A diet high in tryptophan — an amino acid converted by the body into the feel-good chemical serotonin — can improve mood and wellbeing, a pediatrician and natural health expert, Caroline Longmore, said.
The body cannot produce tryptophan so unless we get enough through diet, we may suffer a deficiency, leading to low serotonin levels, which is associated with mood disorders, anxiety, cravings and irritable bowel syndrome.
WSPA counters abandonment of cats in China
In March 2008, WSPA began investigating claims that a mass 'cat cull' was planned in China in advance of the Olympic Games, as was reported in several news sources.