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#Animal Rights
# animal-rights - Sunday 3 February, 2019
OPW sold carcasses of Phoenix Park deer culled by state-hired marksman to game dealer
Annual culls are carried out by the OPW to manage the number of wild deer in the park.
# animal-rights - Sunday 22 April, 2018
'There are horses across the main N2 road, at Darndale, and they are in bits'
It’s not as bad as it was years ago but residents in Dublin still see problems with unlicensed horses.
# animal-rights - Sunday 16 July, 2017
'If you go to Pamplona to be chased by a bull, you’re participating in his long, painful death'
If your idea of fun is running with the bulls in Pamplona, you need to rethink your ethics, writes Grace McKeown.
# animal-rights - Tuesday 14 March, 2017
Zoo deaths: 'In the wild, gorillas don't eat their own vomit and pull out their hair in frustration'
Even in the best circumstances, it’s impossible for zoos to meet all the unique needs of the various species they hold captive, writes Elisa Allen.
# animal-rights - Thursday 20 October, 2016
Bullfighting ban in Catalonia is cancelled as it is 'part of Spain's heritage'
Catalonia’s regional parliament voted to abolish bullfighting from January 1, 2012 after animal rights groups garnered 180,000 signatures for a petition.
# animal-rights - Tuesday 26 July, 2016
Dublin City Council backs ban on animal circuses
Councillors voted in favour of the motion last night.
# animal-rights - Tuesday 22 March, 2016
Clothing designer Armani to go fur-free and stop 'cruel practices' against animals
The designer brand made the announcement today.
# animal-rights - Thursday 15 October, 2015
Danish zoo criticised for dissecting a lion in front of a crowd of children
Zoo officials have defended it as educational.
# animal-rights - Friday 25 September, 2015
WATCH: Outrage after animal rights group steals puppy from homeless man
The activists have defended their actions, and claimed the dog was being mistreated.
# animal-rights - Tuesday 1 September, 2015
'Some people just care about money': Thailand under pressure over bizarre animal shows
The country’s treatment of animals is coming under increasing scrutiny from animal rights groups.
# animal-rights - Thursday 6 August, 2015
This year's King Puck has been picked... But what exactly happens at the Kerry fair?
The organisers of the Puck Fair have responded to criticism from animal rights groups.
# animal-rights - Monday 11 May, 2015
Video: Lobsters 'liberated' from Dublin restaurant by animal rights activists
The activists say they have ‘no regrets’.
Watch the moment animal rights activists 'liberated' nine lobsters from a Dublin restaurant
The lobsters were later released into the sea in Clontarf.
# animal-rights - Thursday 23 April, 2015
Denmark has banned bestiality to stop "animal sex tourism"
But a lot of people were against the law.
# animal-rights - Tuesday 30 December, 2014
Zlatan sparks controversy after allegedly shooting a moose
The incident is not the first time the 33-year-old striker’s love of hunting has been made apparent.
Man sent to jail... for buying and eating three tigers
He bought the tigers for “a huge amount of money”, Chinese media says.
# animal-rights - Saturday 13 December, 2014
Thanks given to Benjy the gay bull supporters as he sets sail for the UK
Sam Simon of Simpsons fame was one of the 321 people who helped save Benjy from the chopping block.
# animal-rights - Friday 28 November, 2014
Realistic-looking dead foxes used to confront shoppers on issue of fur farming
In case you saw them from across the street earlier, and were wondering what was going on.
# animal-rights - Wednesday 29 October, 2014
'Shocked and horrified': Bodies of 11 greyhounds found on Irish ferry
It is believed the dogs suffocated in transit during the 14-hour journey.
# animal-rights - Monday 20 October, 2014
Kildare may have seen its last ever animal circus in the county
The motion, which goes before Kildare County Council, has the support of Mayor Fiona O’Loughlin.
# animal-rights - Tuesday 14 October, 2014
Dog of Texas nurse with Ebola won't be put down
There was uproar when it was suggested that the dog of a Spanish Ebola patient be put down.
# animal-rights - Tuesday 7 October, 2014
Ebola: Outrage as Spanish authorities plan to euthanise pet dog of infected nurse
A petition to stop it has tens of thousands of signatures already.
# animal-rights - Tuesday 16 September, 2014
Joan Burton reprimanded by animal rights group after "skin a cat" comment
Joan. Cat menacer.
# animal-rights - Monday 11 August, 2014
Video: Would you eat meat from the offspring of clones?
Good sense or Frankenfood? The issue is coming up for debate again in Europe.
# animal-rights - Saturday 9 August, 2014
Aaron McKenna: Animal circuses are a shameful cruelty that you should avoid funding
Hopefully in 100 years we’ll look back on animals in circuses like we now do about Victorian ‘freak show’ performances using disabled people.
# animal-rights - Monday 4 August, 2014
Ireland culled up to 39,000 badgers in six years
The Department of Agriculture is trialling a vaccination programme in a number of counties to see how effective it is but most badgers captured are shot.
# animal-rights - Saturday 12 July, 2014
Australian minister questions PETA tactics over video of sheep being beaten
The video shows shearers beating and throwing the animals, stamping on their necks and stitching wounds apparently without anaesthetic.
# animal-rights - Monday 7 July, 2014
Activists 'alarmed' after circus camel walks into traffic
It’s led to new calls for a ban on wild animals in circuses.
'Bloody' demonstrations to be held against badger culling
The Department of Agriculture has tendered for organisations to capture and vaccinate badgers.
# animal-rights - Saturday 8 February, 2014
Duffy's Circus brands criticism of their use of sea lions as "misleading and hurtful"
The circus has said that they treat their animals’ welfare as a “top priority”.
# animal-rights - Monday 20 January, 2014
Annual Japanese dolphin hunt documented in 'The Cove' begins amid US criticism
The hunt in the fishing village of Taiji in western Japan has come under international criticism and was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film “The Cove”.
Video column: Is there a viable solution to ivory poaching?
There were approximately 10 million elephants in Africa at the turn of the 20th century. Today, thanks to widespread poaching, that number has dropped to 500,000.
# animal-rights - Saturday 18 January, 2014
Aaron McKenna: We’re a nation of mass dog murderers
About 5,500 dogs are euthanised in Ireland every year – most are perfectly healthy. The only reason they have to die is because otherwise ordinary people are happy to turn a blind eye to the appalling consequences of their actions.
# animal-rights - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
Bereaved pet owners "should be entitled to compassionate leave"
Figures from the UK suggest bereaved pet owners cost the economy £1 billion and a call for compulsory leave is being made here.
# animal-rights - Thursday 19 December, 2013
Poll: Should TV programmes be allowed to show the slaughter of farm animals?
Tonight’s Ear to the Ground programme will show its presenter killing a turkey. An animal rights group has called for the scene to be removed. Do you agree?
# animal-rights - Wednesday 4 December, 2013
Cross animals off your list of gifts this Christmas, says animal rights group
ARAN have launched a new campaign, supported by Senator David Norris.
# animal-rights - Saturday 23 November, 2013
"Friends not Food": Chinese diners urged to reject cat and dog dishes
As pet-ownership grows among China’s expanding middle-class, an animal rights group is urging people to re-evaluate the practice of eating the animals.
# animal-rights - Monday 7 October, 2013
Animal rights charity calls for Love/Hate boycott after cat shooting scene
A scene that showed a cat being shot set tongues wagging on social media, but one animal rights group is not happy with Nidge and the lads.
# animal-rights - Sunday 25 August, 2013
Animal rights activists unhappy as Department issues licences for hare coursing
Around 90 hare coursing meetings will be held in Ireland in the coming months, with each event using around 100 hares.
# animal-rights - Thursday 15 August, 2013
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Poll: Have you attempted a barbecue so far this year?
WELL, THE SUN is shining yet again as we begin the first day of June.
Met Éireann has said temperatures could reach as high as 27 degrees today.
With Covid-19 restrictions still in place, and with the warm weather set to stay, many people may be making more use of their back gardens than usual, be it for a bit of gardening, some sunbathing, or some barbecuing.
Today we want to know: Have you attempted a barbecue so far this year?
Poll Results:
Yes (5615)
No (2076)
Not, but I'll give it a try today sure (184)
No opinion (116)
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