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Brothers who tortured animals on camera and ‘terrorised’ New Forest residents jailed

January 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

Two brothers who filmed themselves torturing animals and “terrorised” residents in the Hampshire area have been jailed for a total of eight years and eight months. Siblings Kristen Cooper, 24, and Todd Cooper, 29, were […]

Cat and dog theft set to be made criminal offence

January 19, 2024 World Justice News 0

The government is expected to back making stealing cats and dogs a specific criminal offence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. A bill being debated in the Commons on Friday would create an offence of […]

TAIWAN – from 4 February 2017, it will be illegal to put down abandoned animals

February 2, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A new law banning animal euthanasia is set to take force in Taiwan. It comes almost a year after the shocking suicide of a vet overwhelmed by grief at the plight of stray animals. The […]

The RSPCA should be stripped of its powers to routinely prosecute animal welfare cases, according to MPs.

November 16, 2016 zoshinuk 0

The Commons environment committee said there was a “conflict of interest” between the charity’s power to prosecute and its role in investigating cases, campaigning and fundraising. But the RSPCA defended its work and said the […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Five-year-old detained in Minnesota ICE raid must be freed, judge rules

February 1, 2026 0

A US federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE officers during a raid in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo […]