Thai expert’s findings on Mali ‘inaccurate’
By Erika Sauler
Philippine Daily Inquirer
A veterinarian for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has disputed the findings of an elephant expert from Thailand who said that Mali, the 38-year-old elephant in Manila Zoo, looked healthy and well-cared for.
“Properly cared for elephants of the same age as Mali do not have cracked foot pads and nails or overgrown cuticles,” Peta Asia’s veterinary affairs consultant Dr. Manilal Valliyate said in his July 5 letter addressed to the director of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) …
Inquirer.net – 11:39 pm | Thursday, July 11th, 2013
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PETA ad puts consumers with animals being skinned
Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
PETA hopes it can shock consumers into thinking twice about buying leather or fur products with new ads that show graphic images of consumers on-the-scene as animals are being skinned.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is about to shed the sexy models for an in-your-face campaign aimed at eliciting shock — and guilt …
USA TODAY – 7:22 p.m. EDT July 10, 2013
www.usatoday.com/story/money/b…
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Chipping away at the fin whale trade
Blogpost by Arin de Hoog
Somewhere between Iceland and Japan, the fin whale got a little bit safer. The 27 metre long mammal is the second largest in the world. It ranges across the globe and can be found less and less in all the major oceans. It’s a beautiful creature, sleek and grey. It produces a single calf once every two or three years. It’s not so sleek and beautiful, however, when it’s eviscerated and bloody on the docks of an Icelandic port …
Greenpeace International (blog) – July 11, 2013 at 17:44
www.greenpeace.org/internation…
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Whale Meat Registered as Fish, Returned to Iceland
The six containers of fin whale meat that were grounded at the harbor in Hamburg on Friday last week are now being shipped back to Iceland. The meat was registered as frozen fish in some of the shipping documents, as confirmed by local customs authorities …
IcelandReview – 11.07.2013 | 16:25
www.icelandreview.com/icelandr…
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PETA Protest Greets Circus’ Return To STAPLES Center
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A longtime battle between circus organizers and animal rights activists has returned to Los Angeles.
KNX 1070′s Megan Goldsby reports this time around, officials with the Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus are pushing back against allegations of animal abuse …
CBS Local – July 11, 2013 10:00 AM
losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/0…
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Coca-Cola, WWF focus on new green goals
TradeArabia News Service
The Coca-Cola Company and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have expanded their partnership with focus on sustainable management of water, energy, and packaging use as well as sustainable sourcing of agricultural ingredients through 2020 …
Trade Arabia – July 11, 2013
www.tradearabia.com/news/HEAL_…
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WWF wants tax on flights
by Ellen Wallace
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – WWF Switzerland is calling on the Swiss to tax flights, saying the country should do as its neighbours do. The Swiss travel, on average, twice as often by air as do French, Germans and Italians …
GenevaLunch news – July 11, 2013
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