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Collisions on roads between cars and deers have been reduced by 90% in Austria due to poles on roads which flash and emit sounds when they are activated by a car’s headlights.1 Poles are placed roughly every 50 meters and have been called “disco poles” due to their rhythmic sounds and flashing blue and yellow …

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The WTO has just upheld the European Union’s seal products ban on moral grounds after it was appealed by the governments of Canada and Norway. According to the AP report, the WTO’s Appellate Body affirmed that moral concerns can override commercial interests. “It also agreed that the EU’s ban on seal products is necessary to …

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A healthy young bear cub was killed last month at the Dählhölzli zoo in Bern, Switzerland.1 The cub, known as Baby Bear Three, had been born to two Russian brown bears, Masha and Misha, and was killed on the claim that his father Misha was battering him and was posing a very serious threat to …

Animals killed at zoos: a bear cub is killed in a Swiss zoo; Marius the giraffe and four lions are killed at the Copenhagen Zoo Read More »

Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan of Our Hen House were in Basel, Switzerland recently for “The Animal Turn and the Law” conference. While they were there they met with Ruairí Donnelly to discuss Animal Ethics, our duties to wild animals, and antispeciesism. The discussion touched on several issues related to how we can help wild …

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