Abolish intensive livestock farming (and look seriously at veganism)

How time flies! Monday will mark exactly one year since Switzerland voted to abolish factory farming. For us, this anniversary is associated with mixed feelings.On the one hand, we're still disappointed that we were able to win "only" 37 percent of the population for our cause. This is due in no small part to the …

Cruelty to animals: big cats in captivity, they urgently need our help! * Crudeltà verso gli animali: grandi felini in cattività, hanno urgente bisogno del nostro aiuto!

Rescued big cats in South Africa need urgent veterinary care and food. Captive lion breeding is one of wildlife’s biggest scandals in South Africa. Forced breeding sees lion cubs born in cages, petted by tourists until they are too big, and then shot by trophy hunters who think it's clever to shoot a defenseless animal. If not hunted, they …

Isn’t over… biodiversity is still in danger

It was a decisive weekend for biodiversity in our little Switzerland. This doesn't mean that the problems for some species of animals are over. There will always be hunters aware that in order to practice their bloodthirsty "sport", they will kill pregnant ungulates or undersized one’s mistaking them for some other species... they will kill …

La vergognosa politica * The shameful politics

In queste settimane, gli animi si sono accesi parecchio, e a far discutere è la modifica della Legge sulla Caccia! Quale ecologista amante degli animali, non sono l'unica ad essere stata più volte attaccata verbalmente come pure su scritti apparsi sulla stampa del cantone Ticino. Sono piovute parole spregevoli e ai limiti della denuncia... Ma …

Let’s mobilize to prevent the slaughter of animals * mobilitiamoci per impedire stragi di animali

See the post in the blog "amici del lupo svizzera italiana" This is the translation of a derogatory article against the “protectors of Nature”. It is really true that apples never fall far from the tree: if I remember correctly, Mr. Berta, who wrote the article of 5.8.2020 “Wolf, predations and true solutions”, or “I …

Undercover worker inside a slaughterhouse * sotto copertura in un mattatoio

(KEYSTONE/Martin Ruetschi) ****Testo in italiano, dopo la seconda immagine**** Source The Doe by Alan G. activist/Progressive/Millennial https://www.thedoe.com/narratives/inside-a-slaughterhouse A scathing look at the animal cruelty inside a slaughterhouse, from an investigator, vegan and activist. “I can’t cave any of them.” That’s what I reminded myself, day after day, as I looked upon the faces of the …

Holland: must kill 10,000 minks to stem SARS-CoV-2 cases

The above pictures are taken from the web, shows the pitiful state of the little animals, caged in small wire boxes. The horrible situation of stress which pushes the animals toward cannibalism and violence one against the other. Devastating decision: more than 10,000 minks for fur, will be killed in Holland following the discovery of …

Spain: stop the executions of galgos World Animals Voice

(Original post:  World Animals Voice) In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the notifications of bestiality perpetrated by humans against animals do not end. Spain, which today complains of more than 230'000 covid-19 cases, does not yet have laws that can protect animals. I share chilling images and videos that show the horror perpetrated against …

La fauna selvatica non dovrebbe forse essere patrimonio nazionale?

(Corriere del Ticino 22.10.2019) Nel 1800 sono scomparse in Svizzera diverse specie, sterminate poiché ritenute pericolose o semplicemente poiché l’uomo ha sottratto loro lo spazio vitale: nel 1871 in Ticino è stato ucciso l’ultimo lupo, nel 1894 in Vallese l’ultima lince, nel 1904 in Grigioni l’ultimo orso. Nel 1985 si è estinto il gipeto barbuto, …

What you wouldn’t want to see * ciò che non vorresti vedere

Estratto dal blog  Serbian Animals Voice  see here for the English text - by Venus "Il noto dolore al petto è tornato, posso solo camminare, loro non possono." (Jo-Anne McArthur, fotografa e investigatrice del benessere degli animali). Gli attivisti che hanno esposto la crudeltà verso gli animali alla più grande fattoria di suini in Francia hanno …

Acts of criminality towards animals * atti di criminalità verso animali

Published:  La Regione  Sept. 2nd. 2019   Published:  Corriere del Ticino  Sept. 16th, 2019 (integral)   We must protect them   *   Dobbiamo proteggerli I was quite shocked at reading an article that reported the poisoning of pets in Avegno (Ticino - Switzerland). It often happens that you are confronted with the brutality expressed against a …