Animal Advocacy Animal/Rights/Welfare thread
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This is Porridge who arrived at Heathrow yesterday.
He is currently in quarantine at the kennels for 4 months due to a corrupt vet and rescue in Egypt, from where he comes from. So, his new owner is going to visit him for the first time today and will be bringing him plenty of treats and toys. They can't replace love, but there is no alternative for him before he commences his future life in the UK.
Poor boy, he won't be able to understand what's going on and must be wondering why he's in a strange place.
RIP Sweet Frankie. Humans have failed you.
Peacehaven couple's pet dies after dog walker left him in hot car
This group of men do the most astonishing work on the coast of Namibia saving seals who are entangled in plastic/wire etc.
''Ocean Conservation Namibia is dedicated to safeguarding marine life along the Namibian coastline. Our team conducts daily patrols to rescue Cape fur seals from entanglement in fishing lines and nets. Through public awareness campaigns, scientific research, and collaborations, we strive to ensure the conservation of our oceans.''
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The Ocean Conservation Namibia rescue team saves Cape fur seals from entanglement, protects marine life, and raises awareness through outreach, education, and global support.
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Baby Seal DEFENDS his buddy from rescuers:
This is how real friends behave when 2 huge rescuers ran after a buddy!
"A bit of sad/funny situation in this rescue done by Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN): this poor little pup was caught in a snoek fishing hook with big heavy weight on it. While trying to free him, his little buddy really could not leave us alone and kept Antoine busy trying to shoo him away, while Namib_Naude began to cut the seal loose with his Leatherman tool. "
I have been watching them for a long time now - they are awesome and if you watch the commercials it definitely helps them out.
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Meet The Team | Ocean Conservation Namibia
Learn about The Ocean Conservation Namibia Trust and Ocean Conservation International 501(c)3 and the seal rescue team how they discovered that there is an entanglement problem and how they are fighting it every day.
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This team do the most rewarding and difficult work trying to remove hooks/fishing lines/plastic from these seals bodies.
This particular adult seal was very lucky indeed as the hook was near his eye and there was also one in his mouth. The pain must have been horrendous.
I cannot imagine what his quality of life would have been if the hooks hadn't been removed.
''It took 45 minutes to rescue this seal from not one, but two fishing hooks. It was the longest and physically most demanding rescue of Ocean Conservation Namibia's rescuers up to date. Nobody could have predicted such a long and painful process to pull two hooks from the seal's face. The guys showed amazing team work, the focus was 100% on the rescue and the seal's well being and survival. We have to make do with what we've got here in Namibia.
Most of our rescues are quick catch and cut situations, unlike this one. If we had the facilities, we would have sedated this seal and taken him to a proper vet to have this painful procedure done under anesthetics - but we don't. We made the best out of a difficult situation, and although painful - the seal is strong and feisty and will make a quick recovery. In this case, the happy ending justified the less than ideal means."
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This particular adult seal was very lucky indeed as the hook was near his eye and there was also one in his mouth. The pain must have been horrendous.
I cannot imagine what his quality of life would have been if the hooks hadn't been removed.
''It took 45 minutes to rescue this seal from not one, but two fishing hooks. It was the longest and physically most demanding rescue of Ocean Conservation Namibia's rescuers up to date. Nobody could have predicted such a long and painful process to pull two hooks from the seal's face. The guys showed amazing team work, the focus was 100% on the rescue and the seal's well being and survival. We have to make do with what we've got here in Namibia.
Most of our rescues are quick catch and cut situations, unlike this one. If we had the facilities, we would have sedated this seal and taken him to a proper vet to have this painful procedure done under anesthetics - but we don't. We made the best out of a difficult situation, and although painful - the seal is strong and feisty and will make a quick recovery. In this case, the happy ending justified the less than ideal means."
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Please intervene and tell them to stop chasing them, when you witness them being unkind.
Campaigners demand justice for sheep in protest outside court
A group of campaigners held a protest outside a court this morning (Monday 10 November) demanding that two men be
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The hearing has since been adjourned until Friday 19 December when Ashby, 22, of Beckett Road, Ashford, Kent, and Hollands, 20, (2 ex pupils of an agricultural college)of Mussenden Lane, Horton Kirby, Kent, will learn their fate.
This is so sad to see; a London seafood bar that is serving octopus kebabs! Shame on them.
However, not everyone appeared to take to the kebab as much as the content creator did.
One took to the comment section, writing, 'Can't imagine what texture an octopus would be having been slowly cooked all day.'
A second added, 'This is so sad, octopus are incredibly intelligent animals and can never be humanely slaughtered or farmed.'
Another referenced a Netflix documentary about a diver encountering an octopus, writing, 'After watching the Octopus Teacher I will never eat one of them again, I'll pass on this one thanks.'
A fourth added, 'In today's episode of 'Food that should be made illegal' we have…Octopus kebab? No, no, no, no and no.'
London restaurant divides the internet by serving a octopus kebab
While most Britons are familiar with a chicken, lamb, or beef kebab, Pescobar in Camden Market is switching up the norm and offering a one-of-a-kind kebab made from octopus.
Young dog used for breeding and dumped at a bus stop in Liverpool. At a pound and her 7 days are up. Any rescue can offer space who can deal with a dog with issues? She's terrified and guarding her kennel.
Update: Rescued by a sanctuary.
''She has started to decompress and feel more comfortable around people.''
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A thumbs up and all of my gratitude to these groups who intervene to disrupt fox hunting in the British countryside.
North London Hunt Saboteurs.
A job well done in preventing the Puckeridge from killing foxes near Brentwood today.
Great teamwork with Suffolk Action For Wildlife Public Page, Norfolk/Suffolk Hunt Saboteurs and Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs. The hunt were not alone for a minute.
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This seal wasn’t going down without a fight! Entangled in tough fishing line, he came out swinging, teeth first. He even tried to bite through Antoine’s rescue scissors! But with calm hands and years of experience, Antoine gets the job done. Just one precise snip, and this wild animal is free again. Something he could never have done on his own. And that’s the heart of the tragedy:
Seals can’t free themselves. They can’t avoid the traps we leave behind. They can’t call for help.Ocean plastic silently cripples marine life. And most of the time, it happens out of sight. Below the surface. In silence. We will keep showing it, not to shock, but to force change. The fishing industry cannot keep operating with impunity.
Someone needs to be held accountable.
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Seals can’t free themselves. They can’t avoid the traps we leave behind. They can’t call for help.Ocean plastic silently cripples marine life. And most of the time, it happens out of sight. Below the surface. In silence. We will keep showing it, not to shock, but to force change. The fishing industry cannot keep operating with impunity.
Someone needs to be held accountable.
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The mystery is finally solved! Over the last few weeks, Naude and Denzil have rescues 2 seals with what they thought were stingray spikes sticking out of their necks. A little while ago they came across this guy on the beach, and they finally had an answer.This young male cape fur seal had a complete young St. Joseph Shark hanging from his neck!
The St. Joseph shark is a member of the chimera family, and is very similar the the ratfish found in the United States. The shark has a large poisonous barb extending through its dorsal fin, and it is this thats getting stuck in the seals.The fur seals don't usually hunt this species, but because of the big die-off of seals we had due to starvation, the seals are getting desperate and targeting fish they would not usually for. While trying to break up the sharks into bite size chunks on the surface, they are getting "spiked", and because of the one-way bards on those spikes, they often break off and stay there.As soon as this seal was freed to proceeded to catch a much bigger seal in their net.
This seal was stuck in thick commercial fishing line, but luckily was freed by the rescuers.
The St. Joseph shark is a member of the chimera family, and is very similar the the ratfish found in the United States. The shark has a large poisonous barb extending through its dorsal fin, and it is this thats getting stuck in the seals.The fur seals don't usually hunt this species, but because of the big die-off of seals we had due to starvation, the seals are getting desperate and targeting fish they would not usually for. While trying to break up the sharks into bite size chunks on the surface, they are getting "spiked", and because of the one-way bards on those spikes, they often break off and stay there.As soon as this seal was freed to proceeded to catch a much bigger seal in their net.
This seal was stuck in thick commercial fishing line, but luckily was freed by the rescuers.
London Animal Rights March September 2025-After march with Mobius Loop
I try to watch at least one of the Ocean Conservation videos a day so that they will get the income from the ads that play.
Emma JC
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