Animals

France bans import of meat from animals on growth antibiotics

PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - France adopted a decree on Tuesday banning imports of meat from animals treated with growth antibiotics - a practice prohibited in farming within the European Union since…

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Malta: Graffitti registers opposition to zoos: ‘They are an act of cruelty’

Zoos are cruel irrespective of whether they are regulated or not, the Graffitti Movement said as it registered its opposition in a public consultation exercise on proposed regulations. “Zoos are inherently an act…

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Paris to build memorial for heroic animals killed at World War I

After heroically delivering a message in World War I, French pigeon Le Vaillant died of gas poisoning. A century later, it looks as though he and the thousands of other…

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Bulgaria reports outbreak of swine fever (pig-flu)

Euronews reports that Bulgaria reported its first outbreak of African swine fever on Friday, with authorities saying seven backyard pigs at a farm close to the Romanian border had been…

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Number of Canadian cities go for silent fire-works not to terrify wild and domestic animals

The Globe and Mail: Canada Day fireworks in Banff this weekend went off without a bang. The town switched to a pyrotechnics display like you might see at a rock concert…

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Two lions, two tigers, a bear and a jaguar escape from a German zoo

Updated: The five big cats reportedly on the run from the Eifel zoo, had in fact never left their enclosures, according to the mayor of Arzfeld, Andreas Kruppert, who spoke…

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