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Haute couture comes to bullfighting

Agencia EFEMay 15, 2013 10:25

Madrid, May 15 (EFE).- Leading fashion houses, including Lacroix, Armani and Victorio & Lucchino, are creating colorful, comfortable and imaginative outfits for some of Spain's top bullfighters. Some of the outfits have been inspired by the works of Goya and Picasso, giving bullfighters a new luster as they take the ring. The designers have produced exclusive outfits for such bullfighters as Cayetano Rivera, Antonio Chamaco, Enrique Ponce, Javier Conde and Antonio Ferrera.

Federal government announces quota for harp seal hunt, weeks after it began

The Canadian PressMay 10, 2013 21:31

OTTAWA - The federal government has announced the quota for this year's commercial harp seal hunt, weeks after it began. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says on its website that the total allowable catch for harp seals this year has been set at 400,000, the same quota that was set for last year. The quota for hooded seals is 8,200 — also the same as last year. The harp seal hunt off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador began about a month ago. In past years, the department announced the quota before the hunt started.

Mexican state bans bullfighting

Agencia EFEMay 4, 2013 17:00

Mexico City, May 4 (EFE).- Sonora this week became the first Mexican state to ban bullfighting, passing a law against cruelty to animals, which, however, does not include the very popular spectacle of cockfighting, local legislative officials said Saturday.

Australia halts cattle exports to Egypt

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 00:00

Australian cattle exporters said they had suspended live shipments to Egypt Saturday after abattoir footage shot by animal rights activists showed "horrific" mistreatment of cows. The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council, the industry's representative body, said it had urgently halted shipments to Egypt after Animals Australia presented it with footage showing "vicious, cruel and clumsy" practices. "These acts are horrific. The outrageous cruelty has left me and my industry colleagues disgusted and horrified," said ALEC chief Alison Penfold, who said she was "distraught".

US protesters target Air India over lab animals

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 16:01

Animal rights activists protested outside the Indian embassy in Washington on Thursday, accusing Air India of transporting live animals for use in scientific experiments. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) says it was told in writing by the government-owned flag carrier in May 2012 that it did not, and would not, accept lab animals as cargo.

European Union seal product ban clobbers traditional Scottish business

The Canadian PressMay 1, 2013 13:45

HALIFAX - Canada's bid to challenge the European Union's ban on seal products through the World Trade Organization is receiving support from an unlikely corner of the globe. Stephen Scott, a partner in an 80-year-old family business in Edinburgh, Scotland, says he and his father have signed on to the WTO challenge because the ban has forced W.E. Scott The firm is one of Scotland's largest suppliers of sporrans, the belted pouch men wear in front of their traditional Highland kilts.

Grocery stores join animal-welfare push for more wiggly in their pigglies

The Canadian PressApril 30, 2013 17:15

EDMONTON - A group representing Canadian retailers says eight of Canada's largest supermarket chains have signed on with a push to eliminate factory-farming pens that restrict the movement of pregnant pigs. The Retail Council of Canada says Walmart Canada, Costco Canada, Metro (TSX:MRU.A), Loblaw (TSX:L), Safeway Canada, Federated Co-operatives, Sobey's and Co-op Atlantic have all committed to sourcing their pork from farmers who don't use so-called gestational crates.

European Union court upholds three-year-old ban on import of seal products

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 16:00

Canada's embattled sealing industry was dealt another blow Thursday when a European Union court upheld the EU's three-year-old ban on seal products. The General Court of the European Union issued a statement saying it rejected a challenge from a group that includes the Canadian Fur Institute, the seal processing industry and one of Canada's largest Inuit groups. The Luxembourg-based court said the existing ban is valid because it fairly harmonizes the EU market while protecting the economic and social interests of Inuit communities.

EU court maintains seal fur ban

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 13:16

An EU court in a much-anticipated ruling Thursday upheld a 2010 ban on seal products, throwing out an appeal by fur traders including native Inuit from Canada and Greenland, and Scottish sporran-makers. The Canada-led campaign to lift the ban on the trade in seal fur and products was joined by the country's largest Inuit group, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), as well as by Scottish suppliers of the sporran pouch made of seal pelt that is part of traditional Highland dress.

EU court maintains seal fur ban

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 13:01

An EU court in a much-anticipated ruling Thursday upheld a 2010 ban on seal products, throwing out an appeal by fur traders including native Inuit from Canada and Greenland, and Scottish sporran-makers. The Luxembourg-based EU General Court said EU law already protects the interests of Inuit communities which hunt seals "as an integral part of their culture and identity" by authorising the sale of seal products that "result from hunts traditionally conducted by such indigenous communities for the purpose of their subsistence".