Similar to Indonesia, a market in Vietnam is reportedly still selling rats and reptiles, spiking concerns about coronavirus. Scientists believe the coronavirus pandemic started when the virus was transmitted from an animal at an exotic animal market in China to a human. According to the Mirror, Thanh Hoa Bird Market outside Ho Chi Minh City […]
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Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong
Customs officials in Hong Kong have seized 26 tons of shark fins from an estimated 38,500 sharks classified as vulnerable and protected species — the biggest shipment ever to be intercepted in the region, according to a press release published May 6. This is more than double the amount of all fins seized in 31 […]
Female trophy hunter poses with slaughtered bears and boasts about skinning them
A woman who hunts bears and boasts about loving to skin them has hit back at online trolls, calling them uneducated hypocrites. Hunter Alexandra Tyutchevam, 23, has been labelled a “cruel killer” online, while others have told her “I wish it was you lying there instead of the bear”. Alexandra is unapologetic about her hobby […]
Petition: Facebook Allows the Sale of Pangolins, the Endangered Species Thought to be the Animals Who Transmitted Coronavirus to Humans
Pangolins are highly trafficked animals and therefore are in danger of extinction. All eight species are endangered with their status ranging from vulnerable to critically endangered. Ten thousand pangolins are illegally trafficked each year. The illegal wildlife trade has certainly come back to bite humans where it hurts — pangolins are actually believed by scientists […]
Petition: Monkey Strangled to Death in California Lab
A federal complaint has alleged that a research monkey in California was found strangled to death in 2018. The USDA complaint details a monkey’s death in a Sorrento Valley laboratory. The company alleges the monkey was strangled by his cage mate. Details were released by animal rights group Stop Animal Exploitation Now. The company behind […]
Petition: Black Cats Killed and Ground Up into Paste as Misleading Coronavirus Treatment
Reports from Vietnam show black cats are being killed and eaten after rumors spread that their ground-up bodies are effective coronavirus treatments. Animal rights activists in the group No to Dog Meat said that black cats were being sold for paste, per South West News Service. Julia de Cadenet of No to Dog Meat said […]
Breaking News: Badger cull to continue despite coronavirus crisis, admits Government
The badger cull will continue this year despite the coronavirus crisis, the Government has vowed. Campaigners had called for the controversial killing scheme to be scrapped for 2020 because of the risk marksmen could fuel the spread of Covid-19 as they hunted the animals. But, in a letter seen by the Mirror, Environment Minister Lord […]
Breaking News: Alarm over deaths of bees from rapidly spreading viral disease
A viral disease that causes honey bees to suffer severe trembling, flightlessness and death within a week is spreading exponentially in Britain. Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) was only recorded in Lincolnshire in 2007. A decade later, it was found in 39 of 47 English counties and six of eight Welsh counties, according to data […]