Network For Animals need your help to end the brutal bloodsport of Organized Horse Fighting in the southern Philippines.

The sound of cheering reverberates through the arena, from a crowd made up of gamblers, elected officials, gangsters, families, even small children. In each fight two beautiful stallions are made to fight brutally over a poor mare, paraded in front of them as their ‘prize’. Over a weekend fiesta of horse fighting, tens, even hundreds of horses are violently wounded, while the mares are subjected to repeated mounting by the ‘victor’ of each bout.

Network for Animals are battling a cruelty that is illegal, yet ingrained in southern Filipino society, and taking a stand means moving against organised crime in an area where gun carrying is the norm, not the exception. We have been victorious in Bukidnon, North Cotabato and Davos City. Use your voice today, to help us urge the Philippine president to end Organized Horse Fighting.

To sign the petition, follow this link:

https://networkforanimals.org/petitions/petition-to-end-organized-horse-fighting-in-the-philippines/?nid=7bcbb50239b19955c836a888f18dfe7d&uid=37589fdfc4088e6e8fc91536c90ea379

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Milan University is running its Summer School – Cibo: La Vita Condivisa from 15th to 19th September.  For more information click here:

CCA is a founder member of the Animal Interfaith Alliance (AIA), whose mission is to create a united voice for animals from all of the world’s faiths and spiritual beliefs, based on their founders’ teachings.  Other members include the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals (ASWA), the Christian Vegetarian Association of the US (CVA US), the Christian Vegetarian Association of the UK (CVA UK), The Institute of Jainology (IoJ), the Oshwal Association of the UK (OAUK), Quaker Concern for Animals (QCA) and the Sadhu Vaswani Centre.

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CCA welcomes the announcement that Pope Francis has declared that 1st September will become a world day of prayer for the Care of Creation