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BBC News
11-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Dover & Deal MP says new UK-France migrant deal 'will work'
The new migrant scheme which will see an expected 50 migrants a week returned to France is both more "humane" and "immediate", the MP for Dover and Deal has said.A "one in, one out" deal agreed by the UK and French governments on Thursday proposes that for each migrant the UK returns, Britain will accept another who has made a legal claim in scheme has been criticised by politicians including Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp, who argue its impact will be and Deal MP Mike Tapp disagrees with this, and claims that "it will work". He said: "If this goes well, the more of a deterrent it will deliver... but obviously that takes time, and we've got to get this working first, and I'm really confident we will."Responding to Philp's assertion that this deal would only return one in every 17 migrants arriving, Tapp said the scheme is aimed at "chipping away and breaking that smuggling gangs model"."If you're a car dealer, and one in 17 of the vehicles you're selling are dodgy... your business model is going to start breaking down," he more than 170,000 people have arrived in the UK in small boats since 2018, nearly 20,000 of those were recorded in the first six months of this record numbers have informed the governments' desire to do a believes this is also a more "humane" approach to the scrapped Rwanda deal where "you'd deport four [people] for £700m... to a nation with questionable human rights and a one-way ticket".He also stressed that any migrants who attempt to come back to Britain after being returned to France "won't be eligible on any asylum claims".
RNZ News
07-07-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Looking for a more humane option: the professor with a possible alternative to 1080
A Canterbury professor says he has potentially found a better, more humane, option than 1080. Scientist Rudi Marquez-Mazlin discovered a compound that sterilises pests by inducing the early onset of menopause. He tells Jesse how he found the active ingredient by chance when he was involved in cancer research. Tāne resets a DOC200 trap, a freshly killed Norwegian rat in the foreground Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
RNZ News
07-07-2025
- Science
- RNZ News
Looking for a more humane option
environment animals 22 minutes ago A Canterbury professor says he has potentially found a better, more humane, option than 1080. Scientist Rudi Marquez-Mazlin discovered a compound that sterilises pests by inducing the early onset of menopause. He tells Jesse how he found the active ingredient by chance when he was involved in cancer research.
CBS News
04-07-2025
- General
- CBS News
Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh reports "heartbreaking" rise in dogs abandoned outside its doors
The Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh says in just the last month, five dogs were abandoned outside its facilities after hours. In one "heartbreaking" video shared by HARP, a person is seen taking a dog out of a car and leading it away. As the car drives off, the dog chases after it, leash trailing. "She chased after the car that drove away ... not knowing she'd just been left behind forever," the video caption says. Staff found her in the bushes a bit later. The nonprofit shared two other videos. In one, a person removes a dog from the back of a car and leaves it in the early morning hours. In the other, two people tie two dogs to door handles before driving away. "These images are heartbreaking," HARP executive director Dan Cody said in a news release. "You can see the confusion in their eyes—the fear, the betrayal. No animal deserves to be discarded like this." HARP asks for help HARP said it's already operating at critical capacity, with dog housing almost hitting its limit at times. The shelter says it's doing everything it can to care for the sudden, unplanned intakes, but many of the animals arrive malnourished, scared or with untreated medical issues. "When a pet is abandoned, we lose vital information—about their health, their behavior, even their name," said Cody. "It makes helping them infinitely harder, and more heartbreaking." The nonprofit is asking for donations, saying it will help them care for animals brought in under traumatic circumstances. HARP offers resources for struggling pet owners The nonprofit is reminding the public that it offers several resources for struggling pet owners. Ellie's Pet Pantry offers pet food and basic supplies to families in need, and there are low-cost veterinary clinics, even if the patients weren't adopted from HARP. For people who are struggling with behavior, housing issues and veterinary care, there's a free pet helpline that can be reached at 412-345-0348. And pets can be surrendered, but appointments are required to make sure they are safely and responsibly taken into the shelter. Owners who want to make an appointment can call 412-345-0348.
CTV News
19-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
‘Strays on Street Corners' hoping to raise $75,000 for the local humane society
The Windsor Essex County Humane Society is kicking off its biggest annual fundraiser on Thursday. The Windsor Essex County Humane Society is kicking off its biggest annual fundraiser on Thursday. The biggest fundraising event of the year for the Windsor-Essex County Humane Society (WECHS) is set for this coming weekend. Strays on Street Corners is set to begin Thursday and will run until Saturday. For three days, volunteers, animal lovers, and humane society staff will take to the street corners of Windsor-Essex, decked out in fluorescent orange shirts to collect donations in support of the organization. All proceeds from the event will go directly toward food, shelter, medical care, and adoption services for thousands of local animals. The event last year raised $60,000, but officials are hoping to raise $75,000 this year as they deal with a funding gap due to lower adoption revenue while at the same time, the shelter has been at capacity earlier than usual by this time of the year. Executive Director of the Windsor-Essex County Humane Society Lynnette Bain said they are a high-volume shelter. 'It's really difficult to raise the funds because we don't have government funding; it's all based on our donations,' she said. 'We've got such a generous community, but the need is so great. The volume of animals we have compared to cities of a similar size is almost four times.' The public can make a cash donation at one of the street corners, they can also donate by texting STRAYS to 20222 to give a one-time $10 donation or donate online. - Written by Rusty Thomson and Rob Hindi/AM800 News.
