Animal Cruelty

  Say No to Elephant Rides and Baths  The most common and highest-selling tourist attraction in Thailand, Sri Lanka and India is elephant rides. However, experts suggest that elephants have severe spine issues as their backs are not suitable to carry humans or seats. In an interview in 2016 with  The Dodo , president of Elephant Aid International, Carol Buckley, explained elephants have jagged bony protrusions that rise upwards from their spine instead of smooth, circular spinal discs which makes it painful and difficult for them to carry tourists. This report  highlights shocking abuse of elephants at tourist sites.  A report by  National Geographic  in 2016 showcased the plight of temple elephants during a festival in Kerala where the animals are compelled to walk three times around the temple before being taken in front of the altar or in front of the temple, to bow down. Three or four males are already perched atop elephants as well as a large plaq...

  In the U.S. today, 99% of   animals used for food   live on massive industrial factory farms. Most won’t even feel the warmth of the sun on their back or breathe fresh air until the day they’re loaded onto trucks headed for slaughterhouses. Chickens on a transport truck are on their way to the slaughterhouse. When they’ve grown large enough ( far more rapidly than they ever would naturally, because of antibiotics and genetic manipulation ) or their bodies have become worn out from producing milk or eggs, animals raised for food—even those who lived on so-called  “humane” farms —are crowded onto trucks and transported for many miles through all weather extremes, typically without food or water. At the slaughterhouse, the throats of those who survived the transport are slit, often while they’re still conscious. Many remain conscious when they’re plunged into the scalding-hot water of the defeathering or hair-removal tanks or while their bodies are being skinned or ha...

  Last month, Animal Equality UK grabbed headlines when it demanded Morrisons explain the “extreme cruelty to chickens that is taking place in its supply chain”. Morrisons quickly denied these allegartions, and a spokesperson from the Big 4 grocer told  Retail Gazette  that it “cares deeply about animal welfare”. “All our regular chicken is raised to above Red Tractor standards; we are also the only retailer in Europe to ask our fresh chicken suppliers to require chicken to be born into the barn in which it will be raised by 2025,” the spokesperson said. “Eighty per cent of our fresh chicken meets this standard already. “We also actively monitor for any malpractice in our supply chain; we will never tolerate it or look the other way. And if we ever find it, we will act swiftly and decisively. “Our position on chicken is clear: We offer free range, organic and regular chicken in our stores.” Despite this, Morrisons isn’t the only British retailer – not just in grocery, but...