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In spite of its small size, small population and slow economic growth, the Balkan state of Montenegro took huge strides forward in animal welfare in 2017. And the Political Animal Lobby (PAL) has been there to help it.

We intend to keep applying pressure on the UK government until it finally does what any responsible government must surely do under the circumstances: abandon its policy of killing badgers.

A ban on the consumption of dog and cat meat that was implemented by the Republic of China (Taiwan) last year has raised hopes that the brutal dog meat trade might finally be on the wane across Asia.

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Many of these babies will still be breast feeding. Scientists say they will never fully recover from the trauma.

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Cites, the United Nations organisation which regulates wildlife trade, meets in Sri Lanka in May for its 18th session.

Hunter, George Adams, 66, was fined £1 000 (US$1 430) and ordered to pay costs and damages of £1 030 (US$1 475) when he was convicted and sentenced by the Peterborough Magistrates Court earlier this month for using hounds to kill a fox on 1 January 2016.

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Around ten million dogs and cats are killed and eaten by humans each year in China. Horrifyingly, they actually celebrate this shame at the annual Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat festival.

Finding a permanent solution for the street dogs of Dubrovnik is taking time and energy, but the Political Animal Lobby (PAL) won’t rest until hundreds of dogs that lead a precarious existence on the mountainside above Dubrovnik are properly housed…