This is the incredible story of a whale rescue and the response of the whale to her rescuers. The humpback whale was on the migratory route around the California coast when she became terribly entangled in crab trap lines. Her life was at great risk. She was tangled up in weighted ropes up to 240 feet long [...]
The veined octopus is a truly amazing underwater character. Researchers in Melbourne have discovered that they get up to some surprising antics – using coconut shells. These octopi collect coconut shells discarded by their human neighbours, gather them under their body and then carry them and walk, rather awkwardly, for up to 20m at a time. [...]
Horses have played a huge part in our lives for hundreds of years. Yet how much do we actually know about them? Animal welfare consultant Heather Pickett has written a special article for our animal sentience pages. It’s a fascinating read about horses’ behaviour, cognitive abilities (such as ‘thinking’) and welfare needs. Horses have remarkably complex […]
Fishcount.org.uk is an engaging new website created to increase awareness of the plight of fish caught for food, and to promote workable solutions for the future. It is estimated that approximately 1-3 trillion fish are caught every year. This means that commercial fishing may cause more suffering to animals than any other human activity, with the [...]
Following on from our post on the 6th November about Jasmine and Alfie, here are two more stories about care of young animals by other animals. This time it’s the turn of the grandmothers to teach us a thing or two about caring for animals. One of Compassion in World Farming’s supporters kindly supplied us [...]