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• Tesco Shareholders Don't Back Improved Welfare Standards

  Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 22:23 in chickens, farm animal welfare, shareholders, UK

  It's too bad the vote failed, but I'm really excited about this article. I hadn't really thought about shareholder activism on animal welfare issues. I don't know why not...shareholders do things on...

• Controversial Panda Moves Anger Activists

  Posted on Thursday May 22nd, 2008 at 20:16 in china, japan, pandas, UK, zoos

  Well, China is at it again. This time it's angering animal activists with a couple of controversial panda trades.First, to Scotland...PLANS to move a breeding pair of giant pandas to Scotland have at...

• Badgers Seen as Possible Cattle Killers in UK

  Posted on Wednesday May 7th, 2008 at 23:02 in cull, UK

  Interesting article about badgers possibly infecting cattle in the UK with bovine tuberculosis. Some people want to cull the badger populations. As usual, this battle pits animal rights against agri...

• British Circus Industry is Struggling?

  Posted on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 at 22:48 in circus, UK

  Interesting article about how the circus industry is supposedly struggling in Britain. The article claims that rising costs, complex licensing and animal rights campaigns have contributed to its decl...