Demand an end to child labour in the mining industry • author: Michael Taylor • target: Switzerland’s Metalor, Dubai’s Kaloti, and India’s Kundan Coughing up blood, exposed to toxic amounts of mercury and working in dangerous pits that often collapse – this is the life of child labourers working in artisanal gold mines. Despite mining being …
After 45 miserable years in captivity, the tide may finally be turning for Lolita, the world’s loneliest orca. Public opposition to keeping orcas in captivity is growing, and just last month the U.S. government ruled that she should receive endangered species protection, along with the rest of her pod, which lives off the coast …
Dozens of lions, tigers, zebras and camels are still used in travelling circuses in the UK. A new law to ban this use of wild animals in circuses is being repeatedly blocked by three Conservative MPs, despite the personal support of David Cameron, the government, Labour and over 90% of the British public. The British …
The Asiatic Black Bear, also called the Moon Bear, is held in captivity to harvest bile, a digestive juice stored in the gall bladder. When extracted, the bear’s bile is for sale as an ingredient in Traditional Chinese Medicine. To facilitate the bile milking process, the bears are kept in extraction cages, also known …
When Canadians buy a vacation package through itravel2000, Canada’s most popular on-line vacation portal, they are immediately offered a large variety of excursions, including swimming with the dolphins, and trips to amusement parks where dolphins, killer whales and belugas are held captive. This practice promotes animal abuse. These dolphinariums are cruel forms of entertainment, and …
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