Tag: animal welfare

    Fight against the fur industry in a pandemic year: small victories in a big deal

    2020 will be remembered by all as a difficult year and it is, to put it mildly. Mankind has faced considerable difficulties, particularly those caused by animal husbandry (COVID-19 pandemic, bird flu outbreaks on foie gras farms in France). Nevertheless, activists from around the world have made every effort to ban the fur business in […]

    October 4: let’s celebrate World Animal Day

    World Animal Day is an international day dedicated to draw humanity’s attention to the problems of the rest of the inhabitants of planet Earth. This date is celebrated annually on October 4. It’s celebrated around the world since 1931; its goal is to draw attention to the problems of other inhabitants of the planet. And […]

    Arabian oryx numbers rise by 22% since 2007 in UAE

    The number of Arabian oryxes in a 6,000-square kilometer protected reserve in Abu Dhabi has grown by 22 % since 2007. Aerial surveys have been adopted to count the Arabian oryxes to ensure the broadest possible coverage of the Arabian Oryx Protected Area within the shortest time possible. Conservationists upgrade species status from ‘Endangered’ to […]

    Predators in the wild, fluffy at home: let’s celebrate International Cat Day

    Probably the first people who managed to adopt cats 9,000 years ago were farmers in the Middle East. Curious about it? Let’s get to know the details and celebrate International Cat Day. About this celebration: it takes place on August 8th, every year. It was created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare […]

    Beauty does not need sacrifices. Stories of fashion houses that refused to sell fur

    No matter how interested you are in fashion, it affects our lives in one way or another. The same story is with politics and environmental conservation, states Olena Baran, representative of the UA Plant-Based campaign, in her article for Rubryka. In “The Devil Wears Prada,” the protagonist, editor of a fashion magazine very similar to […]

    “Seaspiracy”: let’s treat fish not as seafood, but as wildlife

    We’ve already written about the significant movies on the environmental and animal protection issues here and here. Let’s check George Monbiot, The Guardian columnist, opinion about the “Seaspiracy” documentary (2021). When the BBC made a film about the crisis in our oceans, it somehow managed to avoid naming the greatest cause of their ecological destruction: […]

    Dubai Police, municipality team up to enforce the law on ‘Regulating Possession of Dangerous Animals’

    The Dubai Police General Command and the Dubai Municipality have unveiled a joint task force to implement Federal Law No. 22 of 2016 regulating the possession of dangerous animals, WAM reports. The task force formation is aimed at maintaining a happy and sustainable city that embraces a healthy and safe environment free of animal transmitted […]