drugged, declawed or both. Many tourists who sign up don’t realise that the animals are kept in poor conditions: small cages where cubs are often taken from their mothers far too early. If you can stroke it, hug it, or take a photo with it, there is likely to be so...
drugged, declawed or both. Many tourists who sign up don’t realise that the animals are kept in poor conditions: small cages where cubs are often taken from their mothers far too early. If you can stroke it, hug it, or take a photo with it, there is likely to be so...
Cockfighting was introduced into the NorthAmerican coloniesat an early date, but it was soon forbidden by some of the older states; Massachusetts passed laws againstanimal crueltyin 1836. Cockfighting was prohibited by law in Great Britain in 1849. The sport is expressly prohibited in Canada an...
Further, there is a growing movement to raise “cruelty-free” organic meat. In the United States, animals raised for certified organic meat must be given access to the outdoors, clean air, and water. They cannot be given growth hormones or antibiotics and must be fed organically grown feed...
In such cases, tourists overlook the economic requirements of high welfare practises and, in their judgements, are insensitive to the colonial rhetoric that comes with assumptions of animal cruelty as inherent to a particular culture. Most notably, such commentary is indicative of a lack of ...