PETA expose the rabbit in the headlights
Written by: Chloe Wynne
For months, everyone has been investing in snug and cosy Topshop jumpers, thick John Lewis scarves and other comfy accessories to keep warm and stylish for winter. Why not?
One ingredient in the material mixture of such garments, ‘angora’, is something that we should seek to avoid when buying our clothes though. Angora is a breed of rabbit, one that is particularly soft and woolly, making it a desirable animal for Chinese manufacturers to pluck, and for our retailers to use in their winter collections.
The well-known animal rights organisation PETA have recently uncovered the totally abhorrent and inhumane process involved in collecting angora fur in China …
The Boar – February 5, 2014
theboar.org/2014/02/05/peta-ex…
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Student Corner: Who cares about Animal Rights?
Daily News Egypt / February 3, 2014
“Animal rights are of no concern to me until human rights are abided by” is the opinion of many, if not most, Egyptians. But what if people knew that sexual harassers, serial killers and child abusers all started off as animal offenders?
Animal rights are an integrated part of human rights, as violence is a cycle. If children are not brought up and disciplined to care about all God’s creatures, every time they harm one, a little black dot is formed in their heart, until all of it is darkened and blinded from any living soul.
Be it stray or not, violence against animals has reached a gruesome point in our society.
www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/02…
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Halal meat consumers urged to consider animal welfare
By Athar Ahmad BBC Asian Network
The owners of one of the UK’s first halal organic farms are calling on British Muslims to become more aware about where their meat comes from.
Willowbrook Farm in Hampton Gay, Oxfordshire, spans 45 acres (18 hectares) of land. Everything produced, from the goose eggs to the grass-fed lamb, is organic.
The Radwan family decided to set up the business in 2002 after becoming disillusioned with the lack of organic meat options available to Muslims.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-…
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2000 dogs and cats’ll be killed for the Olympic Games (Sochi 2014)! Please help to stop this.
The Russian city of Sochi city has hired a private company to exterminate stray dogs during the 2014 Winter Olympic games. Claiming that it has an “obligation to the international community,” one politician from the regional parliament, Sergei Krivonossov, says that there is “an obvious problem with animals living on the streets” and that “exterminating is the fastest way to solve the problem.”
The city of Sochi stands to make 42,500 euros on the killing of the animals.
Animal activists have been protesting the Sochi government’s decision to cull stray animals and called on other solutions, such as sterilization and the creation of shelters. While the authorities have said they would build shelters, activists contend that there is no evidence that any have been built.
In 2012, reports about the killing of stray dogs in Poland and Ukraine in advance of another major sports event, EK 2012, led to international outrage and even a boycott of the tournament.
We need to take action now and stop the massacre!
www.thepetitionsite.com/972/01…
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(RU – Sochi) ‘God forbid a dog at the Sochi opening ceremony’ etc.
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/winter-o…
‘God forbid a dog at the Sochi opening ceremony’
Thousands of stray dogs have been living amid the mud and rubble of Olympic construction sites in Sochi, Russia, roaming the streets and snowy mountainsides, and begging for scraps of food. But as the games drew near, authorities have turned to a company to catch and kill the animals so they don’t bother Sochi’s new visitors – or even wander into an Olympic event.
www.torontosun.com/2014/02/03/…
SOCHI 2014
Stray dogs being killed to clean up Sochi for Olympics
SOCHI – The first day I arrived in Sochi, I was immediately struck by the number of stray dogs hanging around the media complex.
Sadly, today I can report there are very few.
Though you are still likely to encounter some of the stray animals almost everywhere you go in Sochi or in the mountain village of Krasnaya Polyana, the numbers are quickly dwindling as a pest control company has been hired to exterminate them.
www.pawnation.com/2014/02/03/s…
Stray Dogs in Sochi Targeted During Winter Olympics
A pest control company in Sochi, Russia, told the Associated Press that it has a contract to kill stray dogs throughout the Winter Olympics. The city, apparently overrun with strays, has had this deal in place for years, as reported by ABC News.
www.couriermail.com.au/sport/m…
A PEST control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years says it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the Olympics.
Alexei Sorokin, director general of pest control firm Basya Services, said his company is involved in what he described as the “catching and disposing” of dogs. Mr Sorokin refused to specify whether they shoot or poison dogs or say where they take the carcasses.
www.bostonglobe.com/sports/201…
Rescuers mobilize as Sochi tries to kill off stray dogs
SOCHI, Russia — At the bottom of a steep muddy path to a fetid swamp, a rudimentary plywood-and-posterboard kennel looked like the last place anyone who cares about dogs would want to keep one.
But for the 14 formerly stray dogs bouncing and barking in the kennel Tuesday, these makeshift quarters represent salvation. The city of Sochi has hired a pest-control company to kill homeless animals by the hundreds, all in an effort to clean up the streets in advance of the Winter Games.
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Lands’ End Bans Use Of Angora Fur After Watching PETA Video
Hunter Stuart
Lands’ End has agreed to stop making clothes using Angora fur after company executives saw disturbing footage showing cruel treatment on Angora rabbit farms.
“We take the treatment of animals very seriously at Lands’ End“, company spokesperson Michele Casper told The Huffington Post. “We have made the decision that we will not be sourcing or developing any new merchandise at Lands’ End that includes Angora.” …
Huffington Post – 02/04/2014 6:59 pm EST
www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02…
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