Stores ban Angora over viral video of live rabbits being plucked
Online retailer ASOS is the latest brand to join high-street stores Marks and Spencer, Next, and H&M in stopping the sale of angora products after a video exposing the cruelty that rabbits suffer went viral online.
China is currently responsible for 90 per cent of the world’s angora wool supply.
Investigators claim to have witnessed animals being abused at the ten different angora farms they visited …
New Zealand Herald – 3:57 PM Tuesday Dec 17, 2013
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Caviar from endangered sturgeon not suitable for Christmas
Caviar should be crossed off Christmas gift lists whenever possible to give highly endangered sturgeon a chance to recover in the wild.
Sturgeon worldwide are teetering on the brink of extinction because of the persistent trade in their valuable caviar …
WWF International – Posted on 17 December 2013
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Iceland signs death warrants of 770 endangered fin whales
Posted by: Kevin Heath
Last Friday the Icelandic government quietly signed off the quota of whales to be killed over the next five years. The total includes 770 endangered fin whales and 1145 minke whales. Despite Iceland’s only whaling company having increasing difficulty in finding a market for whale meat the government has decided to continue to issue annual quotas for the killing of whales …
Wildlife News – Posted on 17 December 2013
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