News from Advocates for Animals. Subscribe to the latest information http://www.advocatesforanimals.org Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:54:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/content/view/564/696/ Edinburgh Zoo's quest to return giant pandas to captivity for the first time in the UK for years, cites conservation as the justification for what First Minister Alex Salmond described as “primarily a commercial transaction”. News - News from 2008 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:47:29 +0100 http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/content/view/563/696/ Shetland police have charged two men with the brutal killing of 18 grey seal pups on the remote island of East linga. Several of the victims of this callous attack look to have been clubbed to death. News - News from 2008 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:43:02 +0100 http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/content/view/559/696/ On Tuesday, Advocates for Animals along with representatives from other conservation and animal welfare organisations handed in a letter to the Scottish Parliament, asking Alex Salmond to provide greater protection for Scotland's seals. News - News from 2008 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:59:52 +0100 http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/content/view/558/696/ Advocates for Animals has released the findings of Scottish opinion polls showing the importance of animal welfare to people in Scotland. News - News from 2008 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:42:12 +0100 http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/content/view/557/696/ Advocates for Animals has renewed its call on the Scottish Government to end the killing of seals in Scottish waters as new research shows a “frightening” fall in the numbers of common (or harbour) seals around the coast. News - News from 2008 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:38:38 +0100 http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/content/view/556/696/ A new report published in November entitled 'Replacing Primates in Medical Research' looks at how current practice could be replaced by non-animal alternatives. News - News from 2008 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:16:20 +0100