Great potential for happiness: People and animals

Why not have some fun together?

Children and animals do understand each other well and share great affection..

Also for adults taking an interest in our non-human friends is beneficial and can even prolong lives: According to the recent US study 'People who volunteer for selfless reasons, such as helping others, live longer than those who don't lend a helping hand'...more


October 2011

Unfortunately harmony isn't always plentiful in this special relationship, as some of the latest headlines demonstrate:

Running of Bulls - now also in USA! ... more

USA: Rodeos are dangerous - not only for the animals! ... more

Euro-2012 mop up: Stray dogs 'slain' in Ukraine ... more

Capital punishment for the crime of being born -- A estimated number of cats and dogs euthanized by US shelters annually: 3-4 million (HSUS), some estimates are even much higher ! ... more

USA: S. Fla. Rescue Saving Dogs Dumped In The Everglades... more


ANIMALS FIGHTING BACK

Spain: Gored matador Juan Jose Padilla insists on continuing his bull-killing career ... more

Belgium: The chased stag fought back! ... more

Mexico: This bull .. killed arena assistant ... more

France: Cow downs hunter... more


FUR - LEATHER

Who wants to sit on the skin of a dead cow? ... more

Raccoon dogs, animals closely related to domestic dogs, are farmed in China... more


MEAT

Popular in some restaurants: Moving menus -- '4 Paws' instead of '4 Stars' ... more

Finland: Animal cruelty on pig farms exposed - the investigators facing prison? ... more

USA: Every two weeks, hundreds of pigs are shipped to Hawaii for slaughter, from as far away as Iowa --on a horrendous transcontinental and overseas journey ... Petition


PROTESTS, WELFARE EFFORTS AND RESCUES

Nanditha Krishna: Animal sacrifice represents the ultimate arrogance ... more

HSI Launches Petition for Legislation to Reduce the Suffering of Animals Raised for Food in Brazil ... more

FAO: Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare law ... more

Saboteurs Cut Nets and Release 40,000 Fish In California ... more

USA: Over 1,000 Mink Liberated in Iowa ... more

China: More truck loads of dogs rescued from the pot ... more


VIVISECTION

Pigs - martyrs animals ... more

USA: Victory! Army to Discharge Monkeys From Lab ... more

Lufthansa joins BUAV's list of airlines that do not transport monkeys for research ... more

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QUOTE: "Sowing seeds of enslavement, cruelty, and terror in millions of animals who are confined and killed daily for food, we also sow the seeds, unfortunately, of our own oppression and demise."
----> Dr. Will Tuttle in A Poignant Riddle: Are Cows Herbivores or Omnivores?

Source: Compilation EVANA
Author: div

Link: Occupy Europe Animals
Link: USA: Canine football fan entertains teams and crowds - Video
Link: USA: Do wild turkeys make good neighbours? - Video
Link: USA: Elephants Reunited After 20 Years - Video