Exclusive for zoos.media – originally published in German on the 22nd of December in 2022. Author: Philipp J. Kroiss. Translator: Denis Gautheret Hairless dogs are among the oldest dog breeds still existing today. The reproach of a “torture breeding” comes up regularly in the discussion of some advocates of their extinction. This is fundamentally wrong.
Presumably, most animal rights activists reject violence as a means to achieve their goals. However, even the largest organization PETA explicitly does not dissociate itself from the militant wing of the movement and even acts as its public speaker.
Published on bi.mpg.de the 05.12.2022. With blue-throated macaws from the Loro Parque Foundation, researchers from the Max-Planck Institute at the Animal Embassy in Loro Parque were able to prove that parrots can remember their own actions.
