• Zac Goldsmith criticises plans to shelve fur and foie gras import bans

    Zac Goldsmith criticises plans to shelve fur and foie gras import bans
    Exclusive: Conservative peer says government should stick to its post-Brexit animal welfare commitmentsUK politics live – latest news updatesZac Goldsmith has spoken out against the UK government’s plans to shelve import bans of fur and foie gras, which were supposed to be a “Brexit bonus”.Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, told the Sunday Telegraph that she planned not to take forward post-Brexit animal welfare plans championed by the Boris Johnson
  • Friendly Ghost: white dog running with coyotes gets help from rescue group

    Friendly Ghost: white dog running with coyotes gets help from rescue group
    Animal spotted in the desert of southern Nevada likely to have been abandoned as a puppy, rescuers sayFor the last few months, a ghost has roamed the desert of southern Nevada near Las Vegas with a pack of coyotes. The apparent phantom is actually a white dog named Ghost, who observers say the animals accepted as one of their own.Residents in Henderson spotted the dog running through their neighborhood at night, sometimes with the coyotes as they played together, for at least six months, accordi
  • Friendly Ghost: white dog adopted by coyotes in the Nevada desert

    Friendly Ghost: white dog adopted by coyotes in the Nevada desert
    Animal spotted in the desert of southern Nevada likely to have been abandoned as a puppy, rescuers sayFor the last few months, a ghost has roamed the desert of southern Nevada near Las Vegas with a pack of coyotes. The apparent phantom is actually a white dog named Ghost, who observers say the animals accepted as one of their own.Residents in Henderson spotted the dog running through their neighborhood at night, sometimes with the coyotes as they played together, for at least six months, accordi
  • Friendly Ghost: white dog adopted by coyotes gets help from rescue group

    Friendly Ghost: white dog adopted by coyotes gets help from rescue group
    Animal spotted in the desert of southern Nevada likely to have been abandoned as a puppy, rescuers sayFor the last few months, a ghost has roamed the desert of southern Nevada near Las Vegas with a pack of coyotes. The apparent phantom is actually a white dog named Ghost, who observers say the animals accepted as one of their own.Residents in Henderson spotted the dog running through their neighborhood at night, sometimes with the coyotes as they played together, for at least six months, accordi
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  • Spanish court rules against plan to omit bullfights from youth voucher scheme

    Spanish court rules against plan to omit bullfights from youth voucher scheme
    Supreme court said bullfighting was part of Spain’s ‘cultural heritage’ but opponents see ruling as backwards stepThe debate over bullfighting’s place in Spanish culture and society has been reignited after the country’s supreme court ruled that the Socialist-led government had been wrong to exclude bullfights from a list of events available to young people through a free culture voucher scheme.Introduced last year, the bono cultural joven (youth culture voucher) en

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