On Sunday night, September 12th, a super-pod of 1428 Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins was driven for many hours and for around 45 km by speed boats and jet-skis into the shallow water at Skálabotnur beach in the Danish Faroe Islands, where every single one of them was killed. Photos by Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd believes this […]
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Whale’s head impaled on spike as brutal slaughter returns to green list islands
Ten pilot whales were slaughtered in the first hunt of the year in the Faroe Islands, with campaigners worried that 2021 could be a particularly bloody year with whales and dolphins slaughtered with knives on the green list country’s beaches Hundreds of people will be taking part in months of animal slaughter in a green […]
Norway Releases 2021 Hunting Quota for Over 1200 Minke Whales
According to the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Norway has issued a kill quota for over 1,200 whales for the 2021 whaling season. This issuance is despite a global moratorium on whaling. During Norway’s 2020 season, over 500 whales were killed. The government also relaxed several whaling regulations so additional vessels could join the hunt. Whalers […]
Trophy hunters have slaughtered nearly 1,400 bobcats in Illinois since 2015. A new bill would stop the carnage
Since Illinois reopened its bobcat hunts in 2015, after a 40-year hiatus, trophy hunters and trappers have killed nearly 1,400 bobcats using some of the cruelest methods imaginable, like steel-jawed leghold traps. These devices are so painful that the animals sometimes gnaw through their own limbs to escape. If they aren’t dead after hours of […]
British hunter’s sick boast: Come slaughter animals in South Africa during Covid
A British trophy-hunting boss is offering deals to shoot endangered animals which he boasts are “plentiful” during the Covid crisis. Carl Knight, 47, who runs Take Aim Safaris, makes the claim in his grisly sales pitch to 3,000 potential customers, including fellow Britons. He urges clients to travel to South Africa, which is in the grip […]
Mallard ‘massacre’ as 100 ducks shot ‘for fun’ and left to die along banks of River Hull
Over one hundred ducks have been brutally “massacred” on an East Yorkshire river, with some left to die among the reeds. That is the claim of posters that were put up along West Beck near the northern end of the River Hull at Driffield, after a “mass slaughter” carried out “for fun”. One worried resident […]
Short Film from Hollywood Moviemakers Exposes Nike’s Role in Kangaroo Slaughter
(HOLLYWOOD) – An innovative and disturbing short film by Hollywood producer Gavin Polone and director Derek Ambrosi, released on 4 February 2020, exposed the hidden truth behind Nike soccer shoes made from kangaroo skins, according to the Center for a Humane Economy. The 60-second short film lays bare an element of Nike’s supply chain that […]
Petition: California Introduces Bill to Ban Black Bear Hunting
A bill introduced in California would end trophy hunting of black bears in the state, according to news from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Introduced by State Sen. Scott Wiener, it would be the first of its kind in the United States. The ban would set an exceptional precedent as well as […]