Reporting animal cruelty in the U.K. can be difficult. When reporting animal abuse in Britain, most people think of RSPCA or Scottish SPCA first when reporting animal abuse – this agency has become the default agency as those responsible have failed to get involved with investigations or prosecutions of animal…
How do we define pet animals, and which species make ideal companions? Attempts have been made to pinpoint when and where the term ‘pet’ first originated as an umbrella term to refer to any animals kept captive as companions as opposed to being kept for food or work purposes, though…
Our crass behavior and ignorance about how to behave around wild animals is killing them. Many people do not know how to behave around wild animals. Our crass behavior and lack of knowledge about how to behave around wild animals is killing and stressing them. Our fascination for getting close to…
The killing of Harambe, the gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo on May 16, 2016, based on the assumption that he may have injured a person was a reminder of the fact that the life of a human will always take precedence over an animal’s no matter what the circumstances. Harambe…
How can we define pet animals, and which species make the ideal pets? It is difficult to ascertain where and when the term “pet” first originated as an umbrella term to refer to captive animals kept as companions instead of food sources or working animals; however there are various accepted…
Recently, I had the pleasure of spending a day with a group consisting of 14 Asian elephants in the Kulen elephant forestin Cambodia. This is a new retirement home for the Angkor Wat Elephants that spent their entire lives providing tourist rides around the temples. In Cambodia, wild elephants are in…
The conservation hype should not fool visitors to animal attractions. The Born Free Foundation criticized Longleat Safari Park in October 2018 for importing five southern Koalas from eastern Australia, half way around the world, to stock its new “Koala Creek”. Longleat has strongly denied that this was a money-making venture and…
Without being aware of it, our daily decisions and attitudes towards animals are heavily impacted by animal law. Three major drawbacks exist with animal legislation. One is that animals always come out worse because they’re treated as possessions; another is they don’t enjoy legal rights for themselves and finally prosecutions…
Estimates suggest that annually in the UK thousands of rescue dogs from Europe – predominantly Romania – are imported as rescue pets; is this process safe and equitable for the animals involved? There has been an increased trend of rescuing dogs and cats from foreign countries and transporting them into…
The scandal of starving horses is a forgotten one. I started a new job in 1975 as the Chief Inspector for the Bahamas Humane Society, located in Nassau. I didn’t know that I would soon be alone, in a derelict horse stable at the famous Hobby Horse Hall Racetrack, waiting for…