Anthrozoology

China’s national pole dancers have been chained up in cages, pulled by the neck, dragged by vans and brutally treated as a form of protest against the country’s dog-eating culture. Each of the photos showing the abuse features a real-life photo showing how the dog had been treated along with captions such as “Please don’t abandon me” and “I don’t know what I’ve done wrong”.

Photographer Fred Levy began the “Black Dog Project” when he first heard the stats that show that dark-colored dogs have less chance of adoption than their lighter-colored canines. His mission was to find as many black dogs as possible and photograph these. Some were found via Facebook, others were found at dog shelters.

An amputated horse lies distressed in the yard of an old biological factory in Ioannina, north-western Greece. Unhelped, with an open wound, the animal had been lying in the heat in dire straits until the animal shelter of Ioannina (www.zoosos.gr) was informed. The animal appears to be suffering as its right leg has been slashed.

Romania has for the first time two dog breeds internationally recognized: the Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog and the Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog.

Lions, tigers, bears and other wild animals escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi June 14, adding to chaos caused by flooding that killed at least 10 people, officials said.

A stray dog bit 30 people in the southeastern province of Van on June 10.

All those who were bitten were taken to hospital in the ?pekyolu district of Van, the Van Governor's Office said in a statement.  

The injured people were all vaccinated against rabies at hospital and an investigation into the incident has been opened. 

About half of live dolphins caught in the Japanese coastal town of Taiji were exported to China and other countries despite global criticism of the hunting technique used, a news report has said.

The so-called "drive hunt" method has been criticized overseas as cruel and Japanese zoos and aquariums were recently forced to vow not to buy animals caught with the controversial fishing.

Photos of a young female bullfighter showing off her trophies, in this case the severed ears of a bull, have caused a stir on the Internet.

30 year-old Lea Vicens, who recently took part in a bullfighting festival in France, fell from her horse in the arena during the show. Her life was endangered by her enraged victim.

A Japanese town notorious for killing dolphins may set up a dolphin breeding farm after zoos and aquariums decided to stop buying their animals caught in the wild, but it has no plans to halt the controversial hunt, its mayor said on May 21.

A group of animal activists met for the first time with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality representatives to present their demands about stray animals and newly constructed animal shelters.