Women who spoke up for Animals in 1869, when nobody else did (via WYSK)

Women You Should Know 14 April 2016: "In the late 1800s, the treatment of animals was not a topic of concern or conversation. Animals were considered utilitarian, and consequently, inhumane treatment was commonplace. But a small group of extraordinary women, led by Caroline Earle White, raised their voices to fight animal cruelty in the most profound ways. The historic impact they made continues to this day through the work of the Women’s Humane Society.

Initially, it was the mistreatment of carriage horses in Philadelphia (e.g. drivers beating their exhausted and malnourished charges) that spurred Caroline, a devoted humanitarian and highly educated woman from a prominent family of abolitionists and suffragists, to go on a passionate crusade to improve conditions for all animals. Putting thought into action, she was instrumental in establishing the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or PSPCA in 1868 (the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or ASPCA was founded in New York one year earlier)..." Read full article on WYSK.

‘C’ word has become the elephant in the room

THE conservation lobby/industry/movement . . . call it what you will . . . is something most of us would support.

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Edinburgh News 18 April 2016: Mention the “C” word and we think of the many species being wiped out around the world as man industrialises their native environments; the perils facing big cats and elephants facing extermination at the hands of brutal hunters and poachers; and even native, UK, hedgerow wildlife that has been drastically reduced by large scale, open-field farming, or the paving, patios and fences in suburban gardens.

But there’s another side to conservation. It belongs to the body of scientists and academics who want to preserve species by interfering with nature... read more.

Animal rights campaigners SLAM snare traps after cat loses leg

Animal welfare campaigners are calling for an outright ban on snares after a young cat lost her leg when she became trapped.

EXPRESS 11 February 2016:Two year old Tabitha was left with such horrific injuries that vets had no alternative but amputation.

For two days the long-haired tabby Tabitha had been left struggling in a snare before finally managing to hobble to her home in Storrington, Sussex, suffering badly infected wounds.

Vets who had to remove her rear leg believe the injuries were caused by a snare that had been set to catch foxes or rabbits.

As Tabitha recovers from her ordeal, campaigners are calling for an outright ban on...read on.