South Africa's Wildlife Forensic Academy aims to fight poaching by teaching investigation skills to rangers, conservation officers and law enforcement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/world/society/south-africa-wildlife-school-poachers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #animals #endangered #animalwelfare #southafrica #giraffes #rhinos #elephants #poaching #africa
"People who say things like "I can't worry about animals when there are humans who need help", tend to do fuck all to help humans either."
-- Ricky Gervais
Chlorinated chicken... an American moral issue? Worse if the #UK gets cursed by it if a trade deal goes ahead... https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1105&view=getnewpost #chicken #food #ethics #animalwelfare #farming #agriculture #foodsafety #debate #usa #uspol #science
Remembering Oscar
Rescued in 2015 from the salt lakes near Torrevieja, Oscar was skeletal, overworked and barely standing. One of the worst abuse cases our vet had seen.
Then came the threats – his former owners tried to take him back. With your support, we built a wall to keep him – and others – safe.
Oscar lived seven peaceful years with us. A survivor. A symbol of why we do this work.
Thank you, Oscar. 
#Police in #Essex raided a house for #drugs and found a small #alligator - the couple in the house were #nicked both on suspicion of drugs dealing, and not having a valid #licence for the alligator (you can get one, they are only about £250 a year but require providing full details of your enclosure, vet's details and what steps are being taken to ensure #AnimalWelfare
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/police-find-small-alligator-drugs-10116825
Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park rushed to protect their young as Monday's 5.2 magnitude #earthquake shook Southern #California.
Video provided by park operators shows the elephants forming what is known as an "alert circle" around the herd's youngest elephant.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
This is a great way to help wildlife deal with human interference.
#wildlife #freeway #AnimalWelfare
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/la-wildlife-freeway-crossing
In the egg industry, a horrifying 45 million male chicks are killed each year. 
With proven technology already in use across Europe to prevent this needless culling, there is no excuse for the UK to lag behind. Please sign the petition: https://hatchanddispatch.vegsoc.org/
#Animalwelfare advocates critical of ‘weak’ #AGRITRAN draft report [Advocacy Lab Content]: Cross-border travel time, space and temperature inside trucks, are issues neglected in the draft report say animal advocates. https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/animal-welfare-advocates-critical-of-weak-agri-tran-draft-report/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
The African Movement To Keep Chickens Out Of Cages
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2025/03/30/the-african-movement-to-keep-chickens-out-of-cages/
‘Among the worst conditions’: Florida theme park raided after dolphin deaths https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/dolphin-deaths-florida-gulf-world-theme-park 
#Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #AnimalAbuse #EmptyTheTanks #CaptivityKills
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And on I go moving my stuff to #PeerTube
Today's clip is something special, as it was originally produced for the short-lived Fediverse home of our sanctuary.
Many of the donkeys and mules in our care get to spend the summer at a nearby nature reserve.
This video shows two of them reunited with their friends.
It's underlaid with "Little Glitch", a track from Schall und Stille's debut album "The Drunken Fisherman".
Fish farming - a false economy
Salmon farming is a drop in the ocean of Scotland’s economy, 0.2 per cent according to the Scottish government, yet its impact is disproportionately devastating. This is not a sustainable homegrown industry, it is Scottish taxpayers subsidising foreign-owned corporations whose loyalty lies not with Scotland but their bottom line.
FUR INDUSTRY
Global Fur Production in Drastic Decline
by Katharina Buchholz | Feb 3, 2025
While output in producing countries has decreased recently due to the culling of animals as a precaution against the spread of the avian flu and Covid-19, #fur farming has been identified as an industry in crisis more generally. Some countries - mainly in #Europe - have recently ended their production entirely, citing #AnimalWelfare reasons.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
They're nicking the #wombats ! #USA #tourist #influencer and #hunter causes a shitstorm in #Australia after taking a baby #wombat from its mother (she should surely be arrested under #animalwelfare laws?)
#AnimalWelfare #AnimalAbuse #Animals #Wildlife #Australia - #US > shared via Aussies Against Animal Abuse
American hunting enthusiast, Sam Jones filmed herself taking a defenceless baby wombat from the side of the road for photos.
The mother wombat was distressed, chasing after them to get her baby back while they laughed about it. The juvenile wombat was also distressed, hissing and calling back to the mother.
If anyone recognises her friend recording and enabling, please let us know. She posted the video to @samstrays_somewhere on Instagram but has since removed it.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/us-influencer-removes-joey-wombat-from-mother/105041800
