Around 200 activists from all over the country have stormed a pig farm as part of a protest against the factory farming industry in the UK. Activist group Meat The Victims UK arrived at Sandilands Pigs near Laughterton, Lincoln, in their droves at around 11am and have been at the farm all day. The group say that they want to ‘expose the reality of factory farming’ to the public and 100... 

Australia’s peak animal rights groups have demanded an end to halal and kosher slaughter practices where livestock have their throats slit while they are conscious. The RSPCA and PETA want animals to be stunned first before they are killed, after the Flanders region in northern Belgium outlawed traditional Muslim and Jewish abattoir customs. Complicating the issue is how Australia in March 2017... 

Canada’s Supreme Court has legalized oral sex with pets as long as no penetration is involved in a ruling slammed by animal rights groups. The court ruled 7-1 in favor of a British Columbia man convicted of 13 counts of sexually assaulting his stepdaughters who also “smeared peanut butter on the genitals of his victims and had the family dog lick it off while he videotaped the act,” court documents... 

Dog’s dinner: Although human consumption of dog meat is mostly associated with Asian countries such as China, pictured, Swiss farmers confessed to breeding dogs for their meat. Animal rights activists have drawn up a petition to ban the ‘barbaric’ practice of eating pets in Switzerland, where cat meat often appears on traditional Christmas menus in rural areas. The animal protection group,... 

Poland’s chief Rabbi has linked the Polish parliament’s decision to uphold a ban on ritual slaughter to Nazi propaganda, but there has been no anti-semitic rhetoric associated with this long-running debate. In a statement responding to a vote on Friday that blocked a government-sponsored attempt to overturn the ban on ritual slaughter, Rabbi Michael Schudrich said: “The completely untrue... 

In the wake of an Australian investigation into cosmetics’ brands and inaccurate information provided to consumers, Humane Society International urges companies to join forces with its global campaign Be Cruelty-Free and end animal testing. An investigation by Australian consumer watchdog group Choice appears to show representatives of major cosmetics brands such as Lancome, Dior, Clarins and... 

Porton Down Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in Wiltshire, Britain. The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is conducting top-secret tests in its Porton Down military research base in Wiltshire using animals that are exposed to disturbing and cruel experiments, it has emerged. After raising concerns about the facility in parliament last month by Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock, junior defence... 

Justice: Nine Wyoming farm workers who were spotted by an undercover investigator beating pigs and tossing piglets in the air were arrested and charged with animal abuse Nine former Wyoming farm workers have been charged with animal cruelty Monday after an undercover investigation has revealed that pigs were allegedly being beaten, punched and tossed in the air. The probe began in April when an employee... 

The making of ‘The Hobbit’ movie for release this month has resulted in the deaths of at least 27 animals, wranglers involved in the film say. The main cause seems to have been poor accommodation and treatment of animals away from the set. According to the American Humane Association supervising the way animals are treated on films, the animals were not harmed during the actual filming, Associated... 

Maverick Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who has described himself as “Israel’s greatest friend” has found out the hard way that his “Jewish friends” are not in the slightest way loyal to any Gentile, even those who genuflect before their Zionist paymasters. Wilders, who is best known for his anti-Islamist campaigns, has made a critical error by deciding to support a bill in the Dutch parliament... 

Australia has suspended exports of live cattle to a number of killing facilities in Indonesia following exposure of brutal practices in some of the country’s abattoirs. Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said the decision was based on footage collected by Animals Australia that showed cattle being mistreated before slaughter. “I have decided to halt the trade of live animals to the facilities... 

Activists rescued 500 dogs that would become food in China. A truck intercepted carrying the dogs shows the strength of the movement for animals in the country…dogs rescued were treated at the headquarters of the animal protection association Activists rescued about 500 dogs destined to become food in China, in a case that shows the growth of the animal rights movement in the country. Volunteers... 

The government has so far refused to vaccinate pigs against the disease. South Korea has been heavily criticised for burying up to one million pigs alive as it grapples with a foot and mouth disease outbreak. Since the first case of the disease was confirmed in November the country has embarked on a mass cull. Foot and mouth disease affects all cloven hoofed animals such as pigs, cattle and goats,... 

Brigitte Bardot has often been in the spotlight for her controversial views on immigration and homosexuality Brigitte Bardot, the Sixties sex symbol has announced she may run for president in France’s next elections as the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, “took me for an imbecile” over animal rights pledges. Miss Bardot, once a screen icon now an animal rights campaigner, said she had... 

The $3million vessel was destroyed in the collision and Mr Bethune was delivering a bill for its replacement to the Shonan Maru 2 captain. A Tokyo court on Wednesday convicted a New Zealand activist of assault and obstructing Japanese whaling ships in the Antarctic Ocean, and sentenced him to a suspended prison term. Peter Bethune was also found guilty on three other charges: trespassing, vandalism...