Update: MEPs Written Declaration to European Parliament on Trophy Hunting, dated 18 January 2016 Some MEPs (including MEPs4Wildlife’s, MEP Catherine Bearder and MEP Neena Gill, plus 16 other cross-party MEPs) have lodged a formal “Written Declaration” on Trophy Hunting, calling for a review of EU policy to ensure that species listed within …
Update: Gaza update by FOURPAWS – Help still needed for the animals starving in Gaza’s zoos. FOUR PAWS’ Urgent Appeal to Help Support Animals from Gaza’s, South Jungle Zoo Text (UK) GAZA14 £3 to 70070 to donate Update: 10 February 2016, from FOUR PAWS (USA team) “Dear animal friends, Thanks to your support, our team has …
Banner image by courtesy of the Scottish Beaver Trial Update: 1 December 2016 – “Reintroduced beavers to stay after being granted native species status“ Update: 15 May 2019 – “‘The inferno begins’: Scottish beavers ‘callously’ culled despite full legal protection, campaigners say“ “Eurasian beavers taken from Norway were released at …
A 2015 paper(1) has appeared in ‘A Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology’, entitled “Life After Cecil: Channelling Global Outrage into Funding for Conservation in Africa” (Lindsey et al., 2015). It should be noted that all the authors are associated with Panthera, a New York based organisation: “Panthera, founded …
Following the 24 November 2015, Adjournment Debate “African Lion Numbers,” IWB wrote to Mr Rory Stewart MP (letter dated 3 December 2015), the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) seeking clarity. An informative and somewhat reassuring reply from DEFRA (DEFRA’s letter, dated 21 January 2016) has now been …
Image: Ric O’ Barry, Dolphin Project Friday, 19 February 2016 Meet Cavendish Square Gardens, 12:00 hours for a march to Japanese Embassy, Piccadilly Link to 19 February event facebook page Ric O’ Barry Deported from Japan, 5 February 2016 Ric O’ Barry (Dolphin Project) denied entry and detained …
Global March for Lions, 2 April 2016 – London, Facebook page 2 April 2016, 11:30 hours meet up – Parliament Square, in front of the statue of Nelson Mandela which is across the road in the centre of Parliament Square from Westminster Abbey. Route from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square, …
Download PDF of this article – How Can ‘We’ Save the African Lion, Panthera Leo? [Updated 25 January 2021] Let’s start by saying that I do not understand how anyone could want to kill an animal and put its remains on home display, particularly a lion from a rapidly dwindling wild …
London Against the Dolphin Massacre – Taiji, Japan – Event Page – March from Cavendish Square, 12:00 hours, 16 January 2016 Protests continue outside the Japanese Embassy, London (pictures below). Dolphins are still being captured and killed in Japan’s, Taiji cove – whole pods/families of dolphins are herded and netted …
Banner: Courtesy of http://www.hdwallpapersnew.net Does the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director, Dan Ashe’s words and planned actions go far enough? The USFWS announced (21 December 2015) that: “In response to the dramatic decline of lion populations in the wild, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today …
