When caterpillars of a beautiful butterfly were introduced on to the tiny island of Sottunga in the Åland archipelago, scientists hoped to study how the emerging butterflies would disperse across the landscape. But researchers did not realise that their introduction of the Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) led to the emergence of three other species on […]
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Petition: Caged raccoon dog impaled through eye and head as horror fur farms exposed
Foxes and mink have been found in appalling conditions on fur farms in Finland, which exports millions of pounds of fur products to the UK. Investigators found animals in tiny cages suffering from ear infections and damaged eyes, and with ears and limbs bitten off. One raccoon dog had even been impaled through the eye […]
Petition: Mink on Fur Farms Tested Positive For Coronavirus
According to an email from Humane Society International United Kingdom (HSI), mink on two fur farms tested positive for coronavirus. The mink, located in the Netherlands, were tested after they were noted to have difficulty breathing, per HSI. Fur farms are notoriously dangerous and inhumane operations. Each fur farm where the mink was found had […]
Petition – Fur farming – Finland’s shame
Fur farming is the shame of Finland. Finland is the second largest producer of fox pelts, after China. Every year 3.5 million foxes, raccoon dogs and minks are killed in Finnish fur farms. Foxes and raccoon dogs are killed by anal electrocution and minks are killed by gassing. The animals live in tiny wire cages. […]
Petition: Ban Fur Farming in Finland
Finland is the world’s largest fox fur producer. But what happens on those fur farms is absolute cruelty. The problem is that they remain in business because firstly, they still aren’t banned and secondly, countries that have banned fur farmingstill allow the import of furfrom these cruel farms, like the UK. According to Humane Society […]
POLL: Should Finland’s 235 wolves be culled?
The story of a kill is told in the snow. On the Finnish island of Porosaari, we find the first paw print. “That’s a male,” says Asko Kettunen, retired border guard, hunter and tracker. How can he be sure? “It’s big.” Five ravens rise from dark pines, croaking in the icy silence; they will scavenge […]
POLL: Should the slaughter of wolves in Finland be stopped?
There’s been a massacre in Finland. The country, which from afar looks to epitomize sustainable living, has slaughtered a third of its wolves this winter. Seventy-five wolves have been killed since the end of August: 43 in a government-sanctioned cull, and most of the rest under a licence system that allows “problem” wolves – those […]
POLL: Should the wolf cull in Finland be stopped?
Finnish hunters have been authorised to kill nearly 20% of the country’s wolf population in a controversial trial cull that begins this weekend, aimed at managing stocks. Authorities hope the sanctioned hunt of nearly 50 of the country’s estimated 250 grey wolves will curb illegal poaching, which some rural landowners have resorted to in recent […]