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On Tuesday, Nordstrom announced it will no longer sell products made with fur or exotic animal skin by the end of 2021. Business Insider says Nordstrom is the first US-based retailer to ban exotic animal skins, according to the Humane Society. Nordstrom hasn’t used real fur or exotic skin in its own-brand product in years, but the ban covers third-party brands it carries, too It covers fur from animals such as mink, fox, and rabbit, and skin and leather from animals including crocodile, snake, and ostrich.
Bangkok, Jul 9 (EFE/EPA).- Macaque monkeys have been used in Thailand to pick coconuts for over a century but ecologists and animal rights activists have called for an international boycott of the coconut industry due to the alleged abuse of the animals.Last week, the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) launched a campaign to shed light on the use of the primates, which are captured illegally and trained to climb trees and pick coconuts used to produce milk, flour and other products that are exported across the world by Thai companies such as Aroy-D and Chaokoh. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK). SHOT LIST: COCONUT PRODUCTS AT A SUPERMARKET IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
New York (USA), Dec 5 (EFE - EPA) .- The organization of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) held a "bloody" protest on Thursday in front of a chain store Nordstrom in New York to demand they cease the sale of Canada Goose brand jackets, made with animal skins.(CAMERA: Alba Vigaray)
Intempéries : Nîmes sous le déluge
Littering doesn't only make surroundings look bad, it can have a devastating effect on wildlife. This cobra ate an entire plastic bottle, probably thinking that it was food, and struggled moving and breathing. Footage from India's Goa showed the cobra regurgitating the empty plastic bottle as villagers in the town watched. Eventually, the snake did manage to force the bottle completely out of its system and was reportedly unharmed in the incident, but many other wildlife creatures which consume plastic are not so lucky.
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