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Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience.
The maximum punishment was six months of "hard labor" with a fine of 25 pounds. [ 189 ] In the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 "fighting or baiting Lions, Bears, Badgers, Cocks, Dogs, or other Animals" was prohibited in London, with a penalty of up to one-month imprisonment, with possible hard labor, or up to five pounds.
Contrary to popular belief, Germany was not the first country to have enacted national laws against animal cruelty (the British Parliament adopted the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822 111 years earlier [2]: 25 ), and the process of adopting animal welfare legislation on state and local level began decades before the Nazis took power in 1933.
In 2008, meat industry lobby group the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) said in a news release that "[a]n official report filed by PETA itself shows that the animal rights group put to death nearly every dog, cat, and other pet it took in for adoption in 2006," with a kill rate of 97.4 percent. [169]
The authors of the study "Bitten or struck by dog: A rising number of fatalities in Europe, 1995–2016" looked at data officially recorded by Eurostat with the ICD-10 cause of death code W54 Bitten or struck by dog for 30 European countries. This data excludes death due to complications after dog bites like infections.
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TEN MINUTES BEFORE my dog tried to kill me, we went on a peaceful walk. Rollie, a nine-year-old, 80-pound pit-bull mix with coconut-white fur and a ginger spot on his left eye, strolled calmly by ...
According to the Four Paws February 2020 report on the dog and cat meat trade in Southeast Asian countries, roughly 5 million dogs are killed for their meat each year in Vietnam. [1] Although the report indicated that Vietnam is the second biggest consumer of dog meat, [ 2 ] this practice is common among 40% of the population.