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Animals News tagged with Europe

Europe's Cruellest Destinations
Animals  (tags: europe, tourists, cruellest destinations, animal advocates, overseas, animal protection )

Simone
- 57 days ago - peta.org.uk
Going on holiday and visiting popular tourist haunts is a blast for us, but some European destinations are dangerous for our friends in the animal kingdom. Animal prisons posing as fun-packed and educational attractions, such as zoos and aquaria,
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Better Conditions for Cab Horses Requested
Animals  (tags: malta, europe, tourists, animal rights, cab horses, welfare, legalisation, suffering )

Simone
- 92 days ago - independent.com.mt
The Animal Rights Group together with 19 other organisations have joined forces, signing a petition that appeals for more adequate facilities for cab horses to be implemented with urgency. The organisations said: "We cannot understand why such a
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Replace Animal Testing in Europe ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, testing, Europe, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, suffering, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 101 days ago - ad-international.org
More than 12 million animals are used in experiments in European laboratories annually. The legislation regulating these experiments is over 20 years old and is being revised. We need your support for our call for progressive measures to protect animals
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New EU Rules May End Slaughter of American Horses
Animals  (tags: animals, American, horses, meat, Mexico, Europe, EU, diners, food, disease, killing, slaughter, sadness, cruelty, investigation, abuse, suffering )

Tom
- 117 days ago - examiner.com
USDA statistics show that, in 2008, the US exported 56,731 horses to Mexico and 77,073 horses to Canada for slaughter, resulting in the second highest slaughter total since 1995. Diners abroad eat American horsemeat shipped from plants across our borders.
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Europe to Hunt More Whales Than Japan, Figures Show
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, killing, Europe, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, suffering, wildanimals )

Cher
- 161 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Europeans are killing whales in increasing numbers as Norway, Denmark and Iceland propose to hunt 1,478 whales compared to Japan's 1,280 in 2009.
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Tree Bumblebee Spreading North
Animals  (tags: bees, Europe, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 207 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The European tree bumblebee is the latest species from Europe to spread across England and the first new bee in the UK in 150 years, according to scientists.
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Europe's Worst Guests: Ducks and Furry Rodents
Animals  (tags: animals, invasive species, Europe, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 222 days ago - mnn.com
About 1,000 invasive species have disturbed ecosystems, threatened native animals and created some hefty damage bills.
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Call on the European Parliament to Help Millions of Animals in Laboratories ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, laboratories, testing, Europe, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 225 days ago - action.peta.org.uk
Right now, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU governments are considering the proposal and making changes before it is finalised. Around 12 million animals are used and killed in laboratories across Europe each year, and this law will be
5 comments
I Vote »Yes« for Stray Animals ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, strays, protection, Europe, AnimalWelfare, environment )

Cher
- 244 days ago - gopetition.com
Despite the existence of animal protection laws stray animals have become a questionable source of income in many European countries: their capture, custody and killing offer good business opportunities by involving public money originally designated to
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Please Take Action: Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe
Animals  (tags: horrific animal cruelty, campaignns, europe, blood fiestas, bulls set on fire, evil cruelty )

Simone
- 264 days ago - tinyurl.com
Each year, during the fiesta of San Juan in Coria (Cáceres - Extremadura), which lasts for several days, two fighting bulls a day are darted with blowpipes by the public. Their favourite targets are the eyes and testicles. In the end they are covered
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Birds Facing Dire Future Under Warming
Animals  (tags: europe, wildlife, birds, climate change, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 269 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Birds in Europe are already feeling the heat from climate change, with three species suffering reduced ranges or population for every one that benefits from warming, said a study published Wednesday. Researchers found a strong match between data colle
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Climate 'Hitting Europe's Birds'
Animals  (tags: birds, climate change, Europe, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 270 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Climate change is already having an impact on European bird species, according to British scientists.
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European Bison at Risk With Small Gene Pool
Animals  (tags: europe, wildlife, wild animals, bison, gene pool, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 276 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
As if straight out of prehistory, dozens of bison emerge timidly from the dark trunks of a primeval forest, their imposing bulk masking their vulnerability. Step by step, the huge beasts with their thick hides enter a clearing where foresters have serv
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Save Their Skins! Please Take Action!!
Animals  (tags: seals, seal hunt, Europe, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, killing, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 277 days ago - kintera.org
In just a few weeks the East Coast of Canada will host one of the world's most beautiful wildlife spectacles when hundreds of thousands of female harp seals will gather to give birth to their pups.
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Sign Petition: Against Cruel Killing of Strays Within the European Union
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, stays, Europe, cruelty, killing, suffering, sadness, protection )

Tom
- 281 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Current methods accepted by the OIE for eliminating stray populations range from insertion of a captive bolt into the head followed by pithing (brain scrambling) prior to exsanguination (bleeding to death) - to death in gas chambers or electrocution.
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