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Today the organization is led by Marilyn Kroplick M.D. and focuses on pressure campaigns, education, and hands-on animal rescue in Mississippi, South Korea, and India. Ongoing programs include a campaign to end the dog and cat meat industry in South Korea and a campaign aimed at improving conditions for elephants in zoos and circuses.
Cruelty towards animals protected under the Animal Welfare Act (2015) is punishable by a fine of 20–100,000 ringgit and/or imprisonment of up to three years. Cruelty towards animals protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act (2010) is punishable by a fine of 5–50,000 ringgit and/or up to one-year imprisonment.
Exclusive: Animal rights charity says new undercover investigation shows cruelty against big cats is still widespread despite criticism of their treatment, Tara Cobham writes
The Shenyang zoo scandal refers to a series of incidents in which The Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo (沈阳动物园), a private zoo located in Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, was accused of mistreating and starving a number of animals, many of which died of various causes between 2009 and 2010. In March of the same year, a ...
Dr Ellen Williams, a zoo animal welfare researcher at Harper Adams University, said: “Our study showed the varied ways in which visitors can influence the behaviour of primates in captivity.
Zoosadism is sexual pleasure derived from cruelty to animals. It is a paraphilia , where people are sexually aroused by torturing animals. [ 1 ] Zoosadism is part of the Macdonald triad , a set of three behaviors that have been considered a precursor to psychopathic behavior .
The zoo's director says there's a chance the bear won't survive the two-day trip because of his age. More on AOL: Woman's rescued 'puppy' is really a baby coyote
Buenos Aires Zoo (1875–2016), in Buenos Aires, Argentina, contained 89 species of mammals, 49 species of reptiles and 175 species of birds, with a total of over 2,500 animals. In June 2016 the city formed a bias about the zoo's cruelty. They had to close the 140-year-old zoo and relocate most of the animals to nature reserves, including ...