In just a few days of administration, the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, generated more controversy than other leaders in entire administrations.
To his telephone disputes with world leaders and his confrontations with women, Muslims, Latinos and scientists, he now adds an unexpected controversy: he also began to earn the hatred of animal advocates.
The American magazine Mother Jones reported that the Donald Trump administration has taken down a section of the Department of Agriculture website that for 10 years had been dedicated to publishing information about animal abusers who violated laws on horse care and other laws. species.
This information was widely used by journalists and organizations dedicated to the defense of animals and made periodic reports on laboratories that used animals for their research, horse and dog breeders, who sometimes violated the law.
Now, due to this official decision, this type of information can only be obtained by appealing to the FOIA acts, which grant the right of access to information through bureaucratic requests to the federal authorities. This process takes much longer and sometimes -depending on the issue or the required public distribution- it can take years.
His government took down a website about abuse.
He still hasn't chosen a dog or a cat to take to the White House.
In just a few days of administration, the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, generated more controversy than other leaders in entire administrations.
To his telephone disputes with world leaders and his confrontations with women, Muslims, Latinos and scientists, he now adds an unexpected controversy: he has also begun to earn the hatred of animal advocates.
The American magazine Mother Jones reported that the Donald Trump administration has taken down a section of the Department of Agriculture website that for 10 years had been dedicated to publishing information about animal abusers who violated laws on horse care and other laws. species.
This information was widely used by journalists and organizations dedicated to the defense of animals and made periodic reports on laboratories that used animals for their research, horse and dog breeders, who sometimes violated the law.
Now, due to this official decision, this type of information can only be obtained by appealing to the FOIA acts, which grant the right of access to information through bureaucratic requests to the federal authorities. This process takes much longer and sometimes -depending on the issue or the required public distribution- it can take years.
Animal lovers have another element to doubt Trump's love for the rest of the species: Trump may become the first president of the United States in the last 150 years who does not bring a pet to the White House.
To begin with, let's say that Trump has so far not even managed to get his wife, the beautiful Slovakian Melania Knavs, to move into the White House with their little son, which has caused a wave of media reports and assumptions in the American press.
Without family or children in the Government House, it seems that Trump does not need the classic dog that presidents like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama had to appear in affectionate and family photographs.
Meanwhile, his lack of affection for animals (he was only seen accompanied by dogs in a few photos during the election campaign) has led many to suggest dog breeds or try to give him puppies. But for now, the White House wall is still too high for pets to climb.
