Former Made in Chelsea star and PETA representative Lucy Watson has made a exciting debut in the world of cosmetics, launching Basic Bitch Cosmetics, a cruelty free, affordable range of lipsticks. “This has been a true labour of love and it was vital to me that the range is cruelty free so I’m delighted that Basic...Read More
Nearly everyone is partial to a cute, fluffy animal, whether your home is populated by a menagerie of pets or you just enjoy watching cat videos on YouTube. Choosing a career in animal care, whether zookeeper or vet, is a massive and daunting prospect that few of us undertake. After all, seeing any animal at...Read More
On Saturday a rare and beautiful creature was shot dead after an a four-year-old boy ‘slipped’ into the gorilla’s caged enclosure during a visit to Cincinnati Zoo with his family. The incident, which has triggered outcry the world over, has left us all with one harrowing and regretful question: did Harambe, the 17-year-old 450 pound...Read More
The first elephant I met in Thailand, venturing nervously into a wild animal’s enclosure and fairly sure I was going to die, was called Nam Chok. Back then, there were seven elephant residents at the rescue centre where I volunteered, and the day after my fifteen hour flight and hour long drive I was thrown...Read More
Cecil – the name that seems to be on everyone’s lips these past couple of days, from work colleagues to Jimmy Fallon everyone is talking about it. The mass media coverage of one man’s mission to find and kill a wild animal, in an attempt to make his life more ‘exciting’, has received so much attention...Read More
Zoos aren’t usually my thing, but the allure of the new Giant Panda Conservation Centre that is housed at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur Negara Zoo, meant I just couldn’t leave the city without seeing the pandas for myself. Launched in 2014 the state of the art conservation centre which is now home to two giant pandas,...Read More
A few years ago, my young naïve self-settled down to watch the Grand National with some family, only having just coming out of my ‘family is un-cool’ teenage mentality I don’t recall having any other previous memories of this highly popular, yearly ‘sporting event’ that my family watched. I say ‘sporting event’ reluctantly, because what...Read More
Have you heard the news? Fur is making a comeback. Whilst there are many things that we Semple girls will do for fashion, turning a blind eye to the cruelty and mistreatment of animals for an item of clothing is not one of them. But there is no need to let this trend pass us...Read More
You may remember not so long ago we shared the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) video, encouraging fashion outlets across the UK and US to stop selling angora fur products in their stores. The terrifyingly disturbing footage – shot by PETA Asia – shows innocent angora rabbits in China having their precious...Read More
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