UK urged to ban fur imports from China over animal abuse claims Michael Standaert
Campaigners are urging the UK government to ban fur imports after an investigation appeared to show widespread animal abuse and disregard for Covid-19 health protocols at more than a dozen fur farms in China.
Videos and photos from 19 farms visited in northern and north-eastern China last November and December appear to show foxes and raccoon dogs packed tightly in unsanitary cages and animals being electrocuted in ways that prolong their pain before death, often in front of others awaiting the same fate.
Investigators from Humane Society International (HSI) also documented farms selling carcasses to restaurants in violation of China’s rules forbidding the consumption of meat from wildlife. Those bans were put into place last year due to suspicions that the coronavirus pandemic emerged from the wildlife trade in the city of Wuhan.
Leading animal protection organisations urge European Commission to recognise wildlife crime as a serious offense
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Tikki Hywood Trust
BRUSSELS At an online event on the revision of the EU Environmental Crime Directive organised in collaboration with MEPs for Wildlife Humane Society International/Europe and International Fund for Animal Welfare issued a call for wildlife crime to be recognised as a serious criminal activity.
Dr. Joanna Swabe, senior director of public affairs for HSI/Europe, said:
“Tragically, wildlife trafficking is often seen as a low-risk and highly profitable activity which makes it highly attractive to transnational organised crime networks, especially those with smuggling capabilities. Many law enforcement agencies treat wildlife trafficking and other forms of wildlife crime as a low priority and many EU Member States still only invoke relatively weak penalties. In its EU Biodiversity Strategy, the European Commission
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Italy extends mink fur farming ban in response to COVID-19, says Italian Health Mister Roberto Speranza
Humane Society International urges Italy to permanently ban fur farming to protect people and animals
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Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals
ROME The Italian government has announced last night it will extend suspension of mink fur farming until 31 December 2021. The decision comes in the wake of the SARS-CoV-2 virus having been found on two mink farms so far in Italy. Italy has six fur farms with approximately 60,000 mink, 26,000 of whom were culled following the previous ordinance published in November last year by Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza. Eleven countries in total (including nine EU member states) have now officially identified COVID-19 positive animals on mink farms: Denmark (290 farms), Netherlands (69 farms), Greece (23 farms), United States (16 farms), Sweden (13 farms), Spain (3 farms), Lithuania (2 farms), Canada
Victims slain while they slept, shooter then turns gun on himself, Tavares police say
41-year-old man, 39-year-old woman identified as shooting victims
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Crime scene tape outside a home where three people were killed in a murder suicide, according to Tavares police. (Image: Amanda Castro/WKMG) (WKMG 2021)
TAVARES, Fla. – A 41-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman were shot and killed while they slept early Thursday and then the shooter took his own life, according to an update from the Tavares Police Department.
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Leesburg police were working a missing-endangered case searching for Joseph Mcguirl, 47, who had been making suicidal statements via text, according to authorities. Leesburg police were able to obtain his vehicle’s GPS data tracing it to Lakecrest Drive and Shorewood Drive near a home owned by Delgiorno.