Farm animals, crops suffer from extreme weather affecting China

Hong Kong CNN — With parts of China experiencing record high temperatures and heavy rains, reports of farm animals and crops suffering from extreme weather patterns are dominating headlines in the country, raising concerns about food security in the world’s second largest economy. China experienced its worst heat wave and drought in decades during the summer of 2022, which caused widespread power shortages and disrupted food and industrial supply chains. This year, extreme heat has ravaged many parts of the country even earlier than last year. Pigs, rabbits and fish have been dying from the searing temperatures, and wheat fields…

Animal rights activists ‘take three lambs from King’s Sandringham Estate’

Animal rights activists say they have taken three lambs from the King’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Imagery released by Animal Rising shows three women, in pink Animal Rising t-shirts, walking through a field of sheep and loading the lambs into the back of a vehicle. Animal Rising said that the woman took the three lambs from Appleton Farm at around 8pm on Wednesday. The group said that the lambs would have been sent for slaughter. Animal rights group Animal Rising says three activists have taken three sheep from the King’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk (Animal Rising/PA) Animal Rising said that…