Live export ship Ocean Ute to dock at Port Taranaki this week stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Despite only eight people turning up to protest the live export trade continuing for two more years, animal advocate said the public support has grown.
Advocate: Rights or not, caged chimp deserves better
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Tommy, a chimpanzee in Mayfield, in a photo provided by the Nonhuman Rights Project. The chimp is owned by Patrick Lavery, who declined to provide a photo or allow the Times Union to visit the animal.
Mayfield
Meet Tommy. He s a chimpanzee living in Mayfield. And, quite suddenly, he s famous.
That s because he s the unsuspecting plaintiff in a groundbreaking case that seeks legal rights for animals. The Nonhuman Rights Project has filed a writ of habeas corpus on Tommy s behalf and is asking a state Supreme Court to release him to a sanctuary for primates.
Published 14 March 2021
Ahmed Indimi, son-in-law of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has shared pictures of a white lion on the leash on social media with the caption “my new pet.”
It is not immediately clear if Mr. Indimi is in a petting zoo.
The white lion is a rare color mutation of the lion, specifically the Southern African lion,
Wikipedia reports.
“White lions in the area of Timbavati are thought to have been indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries, although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was in 1938,” it says.
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Animal Welfare – More cows to be exported from Port Taranaki livenews.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from livenews.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.