🚨 ALERT: Approximately 26,000 beagles are still imprisoned inside Marshall BioResources.
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Norway just made a decision that will be remembered for years.
The country has officially ended fur farming nationwide. No more mink or foxes will be bred, kept in cages, and killed for clothing. An industry built on animal suffering is now gone.
This took years. Investigations exposed what life in fur farms looked like. Animals lived in small wire cages. They could not run, dig, or behave naturally. Many showed clear signs of stress. People saw the reality and spoke up.
Public pressure grew. Animal welfare groups kept pushing. More citizens questioned whether fashion could justify that cruelty. Lawmakers responded and passed a ban. Farmers received time to transition and shut down their operations. That process is now complete.
This matters. Thousands of animals will not be born into cages. Fewer lives will be treated like products. Norway chose compassion over tradition and profit.
The impact also reaches beyond Norway. Decisions like this show other countries that change is possible. They push others to look at their own systems and ask if they still make sense.
Consumers are driving this shift too. More people choose alternatives. More brands stop using fur. Demand is changing, and industries are forced to follow.
This is what progress looks like. It builds over time through awareness, pressure, and action. Then one day, what once seemed normal is no longer accepted.
Norway has drawn that line.
Sources:
- Euro Group for Animals: Fur farming ends in Norway as remaining farms close doors
- Dyrevern: Breaking News: Norway bans fur farming
@longdong696921@TaraBull Never ever get a dog or be around dogs cos you haven’t got a frickin clue what you’re talking about. You don’t hit and kick animals in the face. End of conversation.
✏️Morocco's brutal campaign to kill 3 million dogs for its 2030 #FIFA#WorldCup bid is horrific. Children are traumatized & rabies is spreading. Call on FIFA to end this now! Sign the alert to demand action & humane solutions! #StopDogKillings https://t.co/bNvCB6c6mh
🚨AMAZON DRIVER RUNS OVER FAMILY DOG AND LEAVES HER TO DIE
On April 21st at 4:56PM, an Amazon delivery driver in Benson, NC ignored clear instructions, entered a private driveway, and ran over Sadie, a beloved dog owned by Marshall and Valerie Chavis. The driver did not stop, did not check on her, and did not notify the family.
Within minutes, Sadie was rushed to the vet with catastrophic injuries, including severe brain trauma and fractures to her C1 and C2 vertebrae. She is alive, but barely, and now fighting for her life.
In Valerie’s words:
“Immediately upon impact Sadie ran to the front porch as a dog does when they have been hit. She was urinating uncontrollably, trying to stand and repeatedly falling over, her left eye bulging out of her head, both of her eyes bouncing back and forth rapidly, both pupils dilated, and visible bruising and abrasions on the left side of her body from impact. I immediately knew her injuries were severe.”
The Chavis family had done everything right. A clearly marked package drop box at the road. Posted signage. No Trespassing notices. Explicit delivery instructions. Carriers like FedEx and UPS follow these directions without issue. Amazon drivers have repeatedly ignored them.
Now, instead of taking responsibility, Amazon is refusing to step up. The company is demanding the family pay thousands of dollars out of pocket for emergency, life saving care, with only the possibility of partial reimbursement later.
This is negligence. This is unacceptable. And it cannot be ignored.
AMAZON NEEDS TO #SaveSadie.
Share this and demand that Amazon take responsibility and change its practices before another family suffers the same devastation. @amazon
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This is Changchun, Jilin province, China. The 7 dogs (neighbors from one village, incl. a corgi leader + injured German Shepherd) were stolen for the dog meat trade, escaped a moving transport truck on the Changshuang Expressway on Mar 16, and walked ~17km home together over 2 days. Video filmed by local netizen Lu on Douyin
Where is the skill in this, it's an absolute fact that to be a greyhound trainer requires no talent at all. These people don't train dogs they use and abuse them.
Since the war in Iran started we have been inundated with messages and calls about pets being abandoned in Dubai as people flee the country.
We wish we could say this was an isolated incident. It isn’t......
We saw it happen in Afghanistan.
We saw it happen in Ukraine.
And we have seen it over and over again in Iraq over the years.
Now we are seeing it again in Dubai and other parts of the Middle East affected by this war — and unless systems change and attitudes change, we will see it happen again somewhere else in the future.
The reality is that moving animals internationally is expensive. In some cases, it costs thousands of pounds, dollars or euros to get an animal on a flight. Airlines charge extraordinary rates for pets travelling as cargo — it is not unusual for a 25kg dog in a large crate to cost £2,500+ just for the cargo fee. Then add export permits, import permits, customs clearance and other paperwork.
But this is exactly why responsible pet owners should always ensure their pets are ready to move if needed — blood work, vaccinations, paperwork in place, and money set aside.
In a very affluent place like Dubai, where expats are not struggling financially, too often the issue is not ability or lack of funds — it is mindset.
“It will never happen.”
“We’ll deal with it if it does.”
Until it does.
Some owners do try to move their pets and then hit another barrier — transport. They arrive at borders only to be told their animals cannot board buses, coaches or flights. Faced with the prospect of returning to a war zone, self-preservation takes over and the pets are abandoned.
It is something we will never understand.
To us, pets are family........And family is not disposable.
When I left Afghanistan I had a choice — leave my animals behind or stay until they had met the legal requirements to travel to the UK......I stayed.
For three months I lived in a friend's outbuilding with my cats and dogs. I had no job, no income, and had to fundraise the £16,000 it cost to get them home.
Leaving them behind was never going to be an option no matter the situation I was in or how dangerous it was for me to be there.
Some people place their animals into boarding facilities or rescues when they leave, believing the animals will somehow be fine there. Let us be clear — no owned pet enjoys being in kennels or shelters. They miss their family, their home, their routines. They have no idea why the people they trusted, the people they loved, the people who were the centre of their universe have disappeared.
War Paws would love nothing more than to step in and help the rescues currently drowning under the weight of this crisis. But the reality is that our own situation in Iraq means we are powerless to do anything this time. Our resources are already stretched to their limits caring for the animals we have, and we are facing our own eviction. We simply do not have the capacity to extend our reach further right now — no matter how much we wish we could.
Which raises bigger questions......
Should governments and transport providers be required to put better provisions in place so that people fleeing war have viable and affordable options to move their pets?
Should there be emergency quarantine stations at borders where animals can be tested for transmissible diseases?
Should transporters be required to allow animals to travel during humanitarian evacuations?
Should vets be stationed at borders to conduct health checks so animals can travel safely?
And what about accountability?
Most countries require pets to be microchipped and registered — but how often are owners actually held accountable when animals are abandoned?
Right now rescues across the Middle East are overwhelmed with abandoned pets.
Those are the lucky ones — the ones that made it to rescues or were picked up from the streets.
There will be many more left behind at borders who will never be found.
Some veterinary clinics are even seeing owners request euthanasia for their pets before they leave. As distressing as that sounds, there are times when a humane death is the kinder option.
Because one of the worst things imaginable is a once-loved family pet suddenly finding itself alone on the streets — terrified, confused, and with no idea how to survive.
This is not just an animal welfare issue.
It is a human responsibility issue.
-Louise-
Rest in peace HMS Seahorse. 💔
Sadly another horse has lost their life at Cheltenham Festival.
Today he became another casualty of a sport that continues to put entertainment and profit before animal rights.
#ITVRacing#YouBetTheyDie