1. Why animals matter in a disaster
their lives if their working animals are killed, injured or lost. Without healthy animals, people are unable to travel and have no long-term source of income. The loss of domestic pets can add to people’s psychological distress.
Helping
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2. World Animal Week comes to life in La Paz
Paz gathered to enjoy local culture, local food, and – for this week only – see over 100 local children enthusiastically celebrate animals.
A serious message made fun And the winner is … the River Caiman, made of recycled
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3. Animal friendly travel
Don’t accept culture as an excuse for cruelty. Cockfights, bullfights and the use of animals in religious or other festivals can all be considered part of a local culture, but culture is no excuse for cruelty. Don’t be
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4. WSPA helps Nicaragua enact strict animal welfare laws
and Welfare of Domestic Animals and Domesticated Wild Animals’ creates the new crime of “biocide†for unwarranted killing of domestic Animals or domesticated wild Animals, punishable under the Penal Code and incurring a jail
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5. A convert from cruelty
for the Protection of Animals
WSPA's work
Latest news
News 2010
News 2009
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6. Catalonian parliament edges towards bullfighting ban
for the Protection of Animals
WSPA's work
Latest news
News 2010
News 2009
News 2008
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7. Participate in Fur Free Friday
endured by the one billion animals killed annually, mainly on farms, but also in the wild with traps. Fur farms now produce about 85 % of the world’s fur, of which China, with no legal animal welfare protection and appalling conditions
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8. Kenyan animal welfare network prevents showcase of cruelty
creating awareness that animals are sentient and protected by law." Let’s protect animals worldwide Kenya’s animal welfare laws and willingness to enforce them meant this bloody event could be stopped. But not all nations have
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9. WSPA Partner provokes Vietnamese crackdown on bear bile tourism
Departments of Sports, Culture and Tourism are to promote awareness raising activities and the responsibilities of businesses in protecting wild animals. They are to seriously implement the recommendations from international communities and
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10. Catalonia makes history by banning bullfights
hoping for: the suffering of animals in the Catalan bullrings has been abolished once and for all and by an absolute majority.†“Catalonia is leading the way for bullfighting countries around the world to embrace a modern culture
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