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Animal Welfare Current Affairs

S.O.F.A Tails Film Festival Launches March 21

S.O.F.A Tails Film Festival is ready for screening tomorrow, March 21st, with 19 films of various lengths dedicated to our canine and feline friends. The online festival celebrates the love between dogs and cats, their humans and the people who rescue them.

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Animal Welfare Environment

Rare Black Flamingo Returns to Larnaca Salt Lake - Video

Video by nature expert George Konstantinou. A rare black flamingo has returned to Larnaca Salt Lake. It is thought to be the only black flamingo in the world. The bird’s feathers are darkened by melanism. Each December, migrating flocks of flamingos make a beautiful scene at the island’s salt lakes in Larnaca and Akrotiri.

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Lynx at Melios Zoo. Credit: Anna Georgallides
Animal Welfare Current Affairs

Zoos - Animals were created to live in the wild, not in captivity

‘The only creature on earth whose natural habitat is a zoo is the zookeeper’ - Author: Robert Brault The zoos in Cyprus leave a lot to be desired so why do they even need to exist? Animals were created to live in the wild, not in captivity. The fact is that zoos exist primarily for […]

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Animal Welfare Current Affairs

Death of Siberian Tiger at Melios Zoo Outrages EU Animal Welfare Groups

Luxembourg-based animal welfare activists are outraged by the death of one of the Siberian Tigers at the infamous Melios Zoo, volunteer lawyer Iliana Paliova told CyprusNewsReport.com. The Green Party contacted the police on Sunday May 6th, who called the zoo’s owner Melios Menelaou. The tiger’s death was confirmed, along with the fact that Menelaou did […]

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