Tag: "animals"

Video: Hairless dogs in competition; meet Mexico’s Xoloitzcuintles

Video: Hairless dogs in competition; meet Mexico’s Xoloitzcuintles

| August 21, 2009 | Comments (0)

Spend any time on the streets of Mexico, and you will eventually see them. Mexico’s hairless brown or red-skinned dogs — the Xoloitzcuintle (pronounced sholo-squint-lay).

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Video: Youth protest against bullfighting in Mexico City

Video: Youth protest against bullfighting in Mexico City

| February 2, 2009 | Comments (0)

Young animal rights activists took to the streets in central Mexico City on Sunday in protest against the hundreds of bullfights that take place here in Mexico.

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Spotlight on dog overpopulation and abuse in Mexico

Spotlight on dog overpopulation and abuse in Mexico

| December 2, 2008 | Comments (1)

Still on the doggy theme of last week, a documentary screening in Mexico City over the weekend focused on how Mexico deals with the thousands of stray dogs roaming its streets. And no, it did not paint a pretty picture.

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