Tag: against animal cruelty
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Dolphin Hunting Season Opens In Japan
Taiji, Japan – In Defense of Animals denounces the cruel dolphin hunting and killing season that officially opened on September 1 in Taiji, Japan. The hunting season, which goes until March each year, sees the brutal slaughter of hundreds of dolphins. “The primary motivation for the hunting and killing of dolphins is the captivity industry,…
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Neglected Tallahatchie County Horses Seized And Rescued
This article contains graphic images. Cascilla, Miss. – Two Mississippi animal protection organizations have joined forces to rescue four neglected horses in Cascilla, Tallahatchie County. In Defense of Animals’ Justice for Animals Campaign and Jackson-based Mississippi Horses seized the starving and wounded animals from a property on Smith Road. Concerned people who passed the property…
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Niagara Falls Ontario Marineland Shamed As Worst Aquarium In Canada
International animal protection organization, In Defense of Animals, today released its list of the Ten Worst Tanks for Dolphins and Whales in North America, with Ontario’s Marineland shamed as the worst aquarium in Canada, and second overall. The facility is listed as having the ‘starkest contrast’ between a ‘solitary orca and beluga whale hoarding’ while Canada’s…