Animals news

• Morrissey: Jet2holidays must cut ties to marine parks over orcas and dolphins

  11-07-2023 13:08
  
  Former Smiths frontman criticises holiday firm for selling tickets for Tenerife zoo that offers animal shows Morrissey has written to Jet2holidays urging the tour operator to drop its association with marine parks that continue to use captive orcas and dolphins for entertainment.In a letter to the Jet2 chief executive, Steve Heapy, the former frontman of the Smiths said the mammals belong in the open ocean where they can find food and socialise, which they cannot do if they are in “a cramp
  
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• Block battery eggs coming into UK, say animal welfare groups

  11-07-2023 11:36
  
  RSPCA accuses government of ‘race to the bottom for animal welfare standards’ with post-Brexit trade dealBattery eggs should not be sold in the UK as part of post-Brexit trade deals, animal welfare groups have said, as the government prepares to allow them to be imported.As part of the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), ministers are expected to give the green light to battery eggs to be imported from countries including Mexico. Continu
  
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