Zimbabwe ignores pleas, catches 20 baby elephants and will ship them off to China
Godfrey Marawanyika, Bloomberg
It will also fill further orders for the animals to France and the United Arab Emirates.
ZIMBABWE has captured 20 elephants and plans to send them to China while further shipments of the animals will follow to France and the United Arab Emirates.
The country has no option but to export the pachyderms despite opposition from animal rights activists because it has too many of them, a government minister said …
Mail & Guardian Africa – March 21, 2015 at 05:53 pm
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WTF: Pigs with Disney tattoos are selling for more than £50k
Duncan Lindsay for Metro.co.uk
What the pork!?
Someone is really bringing home the bacon by selling hog skins covered in Disney tattoos for more than £50,000 a piece.
Are they gammon a laugh?
Okay, the hammy puns will stop now but seriously, while these pigs certainly look the biz, is it not a bit cruel? …
Metro – March 21, 2015 at 04:40 pm
metro.co.uk/2015/03/21/wtf-pig…
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Rockliffe Hall removes foie gras from menu following social media backlash
by Hannah Bryan, Reporter (Darlington)
A FIVE-STAR resort has taken foie gras off the menu following a social media protest.
Rockliffe Hall, in Hurworth, near Darlington, has taken the controversial product off the menu of its flagship restaurant, The Orangery, after dozens of protestors took to the hotel’s Facebook page to complain about its use.
Foie gras is made from the enlarged liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed corn through a tube in their throats.
Although foie gras is considered a delicacy to some, particularly in France, the practice of force-feeding birds is banned in more than 17 countries in Europe, including the UK, on cruelty grounds …
Darlington, Aycliffe and Sedgefield Advertiser – March 21, 2015
www.darlingtonaycliffesedgefie…
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In Defense of Animals (IDA) – Animal News Weekly – March 20, 2015
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