Military rejects animal death concerns
AAP
The killing of animals to make Australian Defence Force medicos battle-ready is a breach of national health guidelines, says a welfare group.
In a letter to Defence Minister Stephen Smith, PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals) says it is “of grave concern” that Australia’s military has failed to adopt synthetic models that could save thousands of pigs, which are used in trauma training before being killed …
Ninemsn – 1:58 pm August 17, 2013
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PETA Protesters Take On Gordon Ramsay Over Foie Gras At NYC Restaurant
By Christopher Zara
Gordon Ramsay is in hot water with PETA.
The outspoken animal-rights group is planning a protest in Midtown Manhattan outside the restaurant Gordon Ramsay at the London. According to an email sent Friday by PETA, the group wants Ramsay’s chain of fancy eateries to drop foie gras ( secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?… ), a controversial delicacy made from duck or goose livers. Creating the dish involves a painful process in which the birds are force fed through a steel tube until their livers become inflamed and diseased …
International Business Times – August 17 2013 11:09 AM
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Notorious Ivory Trafficker Arrested in Africa
By James A. Foley
A notorious ivory trafficker was arrested this week in Gabon for the third time in as many years, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Messimo Rodrigue is allegedly responsible for the deaths of “hundreds of elephants,” the WWF reports, adding that Rodrigue was arrested in the southeastern city of Franceville along with three accomplices. The suspects were in possession of enough ivory to fetch tens of thousands of dollars on the black market …
Nature World News – Aug 16, 2013 01:50 PM EDT
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