Animal welfare
S. Korea’s President Moon Adopts Abused Pooch
South Korean President Moon Jae-In has welcomed a new member into his family: Tory, a black mutt who was reportedly...
Vietnam To Rescue 1,000 Bears In Bid To End Bile Trade
Vietnam agreed Wednesday to rescue more than 1,000 bears from illegal farms across the country, in a move to end the...
Dog In Forlorn Search For Owner After China Landslide
A droopy-eyed white dog apparently looking for its owner has been found in the rubble of a landslide that buried a...
Local Farmers Produce Only 5% of Chicken Consumed In Ghana
Local poultry farmers only produce five per cent of chicken consumed in the country with 95 per cent imported, an...
China’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival Begins Despite Rumours of Ban
A controversial dog meat festival has begun in the Chinese city of Yulin, despite earlier reports it had been cancelled...
China’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival Opens Despite Rumoured Ban
China's notorious Yulin Dog Meat Festival opened today despite rumours that authorities would impose a ban this year....
China’s Dog Meat Festival Opens Despite Ban Rumours
A notorious Chinese dog meat festival opened on Wednesday with butchers hacking slabs of canines and cooks frying the...
Carrefour Pulls Dog Meat From Shelves In China
French retailer Carrefour has removed dog meat products from two supermarkets in China after an outcry from animal...
Carrefour Pulls Dog Meat From Shelves In China
French retailer Carrefour has removed dog meat products from two supermarkets in China after an outcry from animal...
Hong Kong Activists Dress As Sharks To Protest Finning
Dozens of activists Saturday dressed in bloody costumes sprawled outside one of Hong Kong's most popular restaurants...
Poultry Industry Near Collapse Over No Compensation For Bird Flu
Poultry farmers are yet to be paid after their birds were destroyed due to bird flu attack The constant refusal by...
Talk of China Dog Meat Festival Ban All Bark, No Bite
Animal rights groups say dog meat has been banned at a controversial festival in China, but local restaurants claim...
France Bans Captive Breeding of Dolphins and Killer Whales
Campaigners hailed the move as the beginning of the end of "marine circuses" France has banned the breeding in...
Taiwan Bans Eating Dogs and Cats
Taiwan has banned the eating of dogs and cats, lawmakers said Wednesday, as pressure grows to improve animal welfare...
Taiwan Bans Eating Dogs and Cats
Taiwan has become the first Asian country to completely ban the eating of dog and cat meat. New laws passed on Tuesday...
Taiwan Bans Consumption of Cats and Dogs
Taiwan’s parliament has approved a bill banning the slaughter of cats and dogs for human consumption. The bill also...
Taiwan Bans Eating Dogs and Cats
Taiwan has banned the eating of dogs and cats, lawmakers said on Wednesday, as pressure grows to improve animal welfare...
Ghana Considers Opening Dog & Cat Meat Factories
There have been calls on government to consider as part of its the one-district, one factory policy to identify...
Once-Banned Bloodsport Takes Wing
A boisterous roar sweeps through the crowd as a pair of roosters spar in a sandy pit, their spurs kicking, wings...