Cruelty to animals

Anti-fur activists protest fashion week

Animal activists have fashion brands squarely in their sights this Milan Fashion Week, hoping to pressure Italian brands Max Mara and Fendi to give up fur in future collections.

An activist from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) stormed the Fendi runway on Wednesday brandishing a sign saying, "Animals are NOT clothing."

Fox killed and hung from tree on Kefalonia

Shocking images of animal cruelty have emerged from the island of Kefalonia, where an unknown perpetrator killed a fox, strapped it to two pieces of wood shaped like a crucifix and then hung it from a tree near a main road.

The gruesome spectacle was spotted by a local resident, who published photographs of it on social media.

Bickering in the ashes

The scenes that unfolded on our television screens on Tuesday morning were truly heart-wrenching. The images from Alexandroupoli in northern Greece, where a wildfire had been raging for the fourth day, along with other affected areas, were really terrifying. They bore an eerie resemblance to apocalyptic scenarios.

Police officers to undergo training in animal rights issues

A program to train at least one police officer in every police station in the country in animal rights issues will begin on Wednesday.

The officers will be trained to deal with cases related to animal abuse, be they strays, pets, working or game animals, exotic species and others, the police said.

Police remove animal rights protestors from Easter procession

Police in central Athens removed animal rights activists from Syntagma Square as the Good Friday candlelit Epitaphios (funerary) procession was taking place.

As the procession entered the square, a small group of activists approached the clerics and held placards stating "There is no excuse for animal abuse" and chanted slogans "against the slaughter of animals".

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