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animal-cruelty

Editorial 2 years ago

Save the tigers, save our souls

Financial difficulty makes a poor excuse for not saving the lives of these tigers. Especially when the country is spending so much money on the coming elections.

Environment 4 years ago

Sri Lanka TikToker fined for taunting elephant

A Sri Lankan tourist guide who taunted a wild elephant and posted the video on TikTok has been fined for animal cruelty in a case that triggered a public outcry.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Loved and condemned: Indonesia’s internal battle against dog meat cuisine

Opposition toward dog meat has been rising in recent years, but the cuisine proves to be hard to erase in Indonesia.

Archipelago 4 years ago

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Yogyakarta court jails dog meat trader in landmark case

A court in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta on Monday sentenced the suspect to 10 months in jail and slapped him with a 150 million rupiah ($10,000) fine.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

Frosty reception for China hotel with polar bears on show

A Chinese hotel built around a central polar bear enclosure for the non-stop viewing pleasure of its guests opened Friday to immediate condemnation from conservationists.

Environment 5 years ago

PETA accused of cultural racism and double-standards

US-based animal rights protection group PETA has been accused of double standards and cultural racism after it claimed that the use of monkeys in harvesting coconuts in Thailand is cruel, and its call to ban Thai coconut products.

World 5 years ago

Rights group welcomes draft rules that could end China dog meat trade

China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs published a list of animals that can be traded for meat Wednesday that included pigs, cows, chickens and sheep, but excluded dogs and cats.

National 6 years ago

'Reckless' and 'wrong': PETA lambasts Bandung Mayor for 'chickenization' policy

An animal rights organization, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is lambasting the Bandung administration in West Java for handing out chicks to schoolchildren to get them off their phones, citing “animal cruelty” and “potential health risks” for the kids.

News 6 years ago

Cambodia to ban elephant rides at Angkor temples

Cambodia will ban all elephant rides at the country's famed Angkor temple park by early next year, an official said Friday, a rare win for conservationists who have long decried the popular practice as cruel.

Food 6 years ago

Anger at Singapore restaurant 'grab-a-crab' machine

A Singapore restaurant Thursday suspended a bizarre promotional stunt where customers use an arcade-style machine with a mechanical claw to catch live crabs after it sparked uproar online.

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