Animals news

• ‘Killed in vast numbers’: Horseshoe crabs under threat from overharvesting

  02-03-2024 11:51
  
  The crabs’ blue blood is used to test vaccines, saving millions of lives – but there are synthetic alternativesThey are some of the most spectacular images currently on display at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in London. Huge pictures of weird creatures with golden carapaces and multiple legs scuttling across the seabed now adorn the walls of the city’s Natural History Museum.The award-winning photographs, taken by Laurent Ballesta, could be visions of extrat
  
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• Peta protesters disrupt Victoria Beckham’s Paris fashion week show – video

  02-03-2024 11:29
  
  Victoria Beckham’s show at Paris fashion week was interrupted by protesters from the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), who invaded the runway to protest against her use of animal products. Protesters wore white T-shirts that read: 'Turn your back on animal skins' and 'Animals aren’t fabric'. They walked alongside models on the catwalk, holding up placards that read: 'Viva vegan leather'. The European president of the group said on Friday: 'No gar
  
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