Two of the Grumpy Vegan’s unsung heroes are Respect for Animals’ Mark Glover and Nicki Brooks. They’re largely responsible for the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 which banned fur farming. What is little known about Mark and Nicki is their … Continue reading
The Daily Telegraph reports on Mosha, an Asian elephant who trod on a landmine and lost part of one of her front legs. Here, she’s fitted up with a prosthetic leg at the Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital in … Continue reading
Today’s Graun trumpets the new elephant enclosure at the Copenhagen zoo. The Elephant House represents the latest thinking in elephant welfare. The Grumpy Vegan believes this and this are the latest thinking in elephant welfare.
The Grumpy Vegan strongly recommends the film, Sharkwater, which is about the booming demand for shark flesh. Sharks are in serious trouble. Research this week has revealed that more than half the world’s ocean-going sharks face extinction in the near … Continue reading
The Grumpy Vegan previously commented about how there’s something truly awful about the human animal when we name an elephant “Osama bin Laden” because he kills people. Surely, there’s sorrow for the loss of human life, which may well have … Continue reading
An elephant regarded as the biggest in the Central Highlands’ Dak Lak Province, the land of elephants in Viet Nam, suffered a sudden death on Tuesday evening after reportedly eating grass from a field that had been sprayed with insecticide. … Continue reading
