Germany gasses or shreds 45 million newborn chicks each year. And it’s not alone.
This article, by Angela Waters, originally appeared at GlobalPost ( www.globalpost.com/article/663… )
This country loves its eggs, but there’s a horrifying fact they’d probably rather not discuss over breakfast.
German chicken hatcheries send 45 million baby chicks to the shredder each year, for the simple crime that they can’t lay eggs, because they’re male …
The Week Magazine – August 20, 2015
theweek.com/articles/572362/ge…
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Wick severs links with Faroe Islands over whale slaughter
Xantha Leatham
A HIGHLANDS town has severed its links with the Faroes in protest at the islanders’ annual “bloodbath” of whales and dolphins.
Wick, in Caithness, has been twinned with Klaksvik – the second largest town on the Faroe Islands – for 20 years and there have been regular visits.
But in a letter on Wednesday, Wick councillors wrote to the mayor of Klaksvik saying they would be severing all contact as a result of the “cruel”, “barbaric” and “unnecessary” tradition …
Deadline News – August 20, 2015
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Will Cecil’s death stop the people who kill animals for fun?
By Philip Mansbridge
If it had been any other lion, Cecil’s killing would have been legal.
It’s been a few weeks since Cecil the lion was shot and became a posthumous celebrity and an unwilling martyr against trophy hunting.
Trophy hunting happens every day. This doesn’t make it right. It is cruel, barbaric and cowardly – hardly a man versus beast battle. But, rarely does it make the news.
What was different with Cecil the lion is that he was well known in Zimbabwe, a local celebrity. No longer was this seen as a ‘victimless’ crime… for once the truth got out …
Gay Star News – August 20, 2015
Will Cecil’s death stop the people who kill animals for fun?
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