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The tourist country United Kingdom

United Kingdom has many magnificent tourist attractions like Yorkshire, Bath, Cotswolds, Devon, the Lake District, London, Brighton, Cornwall, Hylands House and Estate, St Paul’s Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Chester Zoo, the Royal Academy of Arts, Stonehenge, Castle Howard, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, Hampton Court, Somerset House, the Science Museum, Buckingham Palace, Madame Tussaud’s, Tate Modern, the Southbank Centre, the Tower of London, the National Gallery and the British Museum.

United Kingdom has also many secrets that very few tourists know about. Before you decide to visit United Kingdom as a tourist, please take a moment to find out whether this is a country whose economy and values you want to support. They way innocent and defenseless beings are treated tells a lot about a society. These news stories give you some information on how animals are treated in United Kingdom.

Please note that many of the images in the articles are very graphic.


NEWS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM


3 February 2015, The Telegraph
Horrific animal abuse discovered at a halal abattoir in Yorkshire. In an undercover video workers are shown hacking and sawing at the animals' throats with blunt knives. The killing procedure, which according to Islamic law should be instantaneous, took five attempts.
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26 October 2014, The Independent
The extremely cruel greyhound racing ”sport” is still practiced on 33 greyhound racing tracks in the UK. Each year 1,000 greyhounds vanish after they’re no longer racing. Many of these unwanted dogs are sold to laboratories or universities to be used for experiments.
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26 June 2013, The Telegraph
There is an alarming increase in pet abandonment in the UK. Cats, dogs and other pets being dumped in boxes and bins especially before the holidays, as people don’t want to pay for the animals to be looked after.
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30 April 2013, The Express
There’s a huge rise in animal cruelty cases in the UK. The RSPCA reported a 33.8% increase in convictions for animal cruelty in 2012 the total number of cases being 4,168. Among the the cruelty cases were a dog repeatedly slashed with a knife by his owner, two small puppies buried alive, more than 30 rabbits and guinea pigs living amongst dead animals and an emaciated pony pinned to the ground.
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1 November 2012, The Daily Mail
More than 100 pets are being abandoned every day in Britain. In 2011, 40,595 animals were abandoned, which was 65% more than in 2007. Also the animal cruelty convictions have risen considerably.
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17 July 2006, The Mirror
The racing greyhounds spend their days in small cages when they’re not racing, and often they don’t receive proper care let alone human affection. Many greyhounds are injured or die during a race. At the age of three or four years, the greyhounds are considered to be too slow to race, and a great number of the dogs are just shot.
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