31/03 in the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee MEPs have backed a series of amendments that seriously weaken proposals from the European Commission to regulate animal testing across Europe. Some measures could set animal protection back decade

Canada's annual seal hunt is set to start in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence on Monday March 23,despite the continuing outcry of animal rights activists and an international effort to ban imported seal products.

Environmental groups on Saturday condemned Canada's decision to boost its annual quota for seal hunting, warning that with an expected European ban on any seal products the increase makes little sense.

For the first time in history, a Canadian politician is proposing a law to end the suffering of baby seals. Please help us reach 200,000 emails and letters in the next few weeks: one for every seal killed this year.

Today a groundbreaking new documentary revealing the all too visible distress that lab primates face on a daily basis is revealed by Animal Defenders International (ADI). The 'Save The Primates' investigation exposes every aspect of the global

Four animals rights activists have been found guilty of blackmailing companies who supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences.

We have been offered the chance to move them to a sanctuary in Holland. They must be moved before December 31 or they will be euthanized. Euthanization in Romania is brutal. (PLZ SEE COMMENTS FROM NADIA)

The Catalan Parliament has admitted a proposal for consideration of a Public Legislative Initiative to abolish bullfights. The promoters will have 120 days to collect 50,000 valid signatures! Plataforma Prou are awaiting confirmation of the start date for

Their job is to make sure breeders are adhering to the minimum standards set forth by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). They can look at a facility with hundreds of dogs in small cages, desperate for human attention, and note no violations. THANKS TO DALIA

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