Foxes and mink have been found in appalling conditions on fur farms in Finland, which exports millions of pounds of fur products to the UK. Investigators found animals in tiny cages suffering from ear infections and damaged eyes, and with ears and limbs bitten off. One raccoon dog had even been impaled through the eye […]
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Footage Shows Baby Seal Being Hit with Rocks by Tourists
A baby seal was hit with rocks in Kazakhstan according to footage filmed by a local. Per the Daily Mail, the seal pup came up on the beach and then was attacked. The video shows the baby pup approaching the beach curiously and then getting hit with rocks and stones along the eastern shore of […]
Why can’t we leave them alone? The troubling truth about selfies with sloths
Nobody seems to know quite how the sloth became the rock star of the animal kingdom. From high in the Latin American rainforest, the absurd mammal is the focus of a frenzied obsession that shows no sign of abating. Sloths are on bank notes, adverts, T-shirts, internet memes and Instagram fan pages. “People are obsessed,” […]
Baby elephant’s legs chained together ‘when it’s not forced to beg for money’
Shocking pictures have emerged showing a baby elephant unable to move with its legs chained to a pole. Brit traveller Ross Martin said he first came across the isolated calf in a makeshift shack in Phuket two years ago. He claims the elephant, named Meena, was being forced to beg tourists for money and tied […]
Animals electrocuted, strangled and skinned alive: The true face of China’s fur farms
In new footage that is sure to disturb those with even the strongest disposition, animals – including dogs, cats and rabbits – are seen mercilessly tortured to death. Undercover investigators found that many animals were still alive and struggling desperately when workers flipped them onto their backs or hang them up by their legs or […]
Need Another Reason to Stop Buying Fur? Watch this Sad Footage of Mink Attacking Each Other at a Lithuanian Fur Farm
Upsetting news from the Daily Mail has found that mink on a fur farm in Lithuania are attacking and eating each other in their terrible conditions. The animals were filmed by an animal rights group. The video shows the mink jumping up and down in their tiny cages and leaping in distress. One part of the video shows an animal has been ripped […]
Pigeons Wearing Cowboys Hats Glued to Their Heads Found and Rescued in Las Vegas
The pigeons that went viral in December for wearing cowboy hats have been rescued. The Las Vegas birds with hats attached to their heads led to a conversation about animal abuse. Many users tweeted to ask that they be freed from their hats. In early December, a Facebook video posted by user Bobby Lee went […]
Depressed Captive Dolphin Repeatedly Slams his Head Against Tank in Aquarium in Singapore
During a visit to the Resorts World Sentosa’s (RWS) S.E.A. Aquarium in Singapore last year, a visitor was so disturbed by something they saw that they decided to capture it on video. They sent the footage to Empty The Tanks, a United States-based organization focused on ending dolphin and whale captivity. Recently, Empty the Tanks […]
