Over 60 captive elephants have been confirmed as infected with a human strain of tuberculosis (TB) since the mid-1990s. Many have died from the disease. It’s time to end elephant captivity to help stop the spread of TB. According to National Geographic reporting, an estimate of 5 to 6 percent of 400 elephants in US […]
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Activists sue ministers over release of game birds for shooting
Conservationists are suing the UK government over the release of millions of game birds on to land that is home to rare and threatened species. The campaign group Wild Justice has accused ministers of breaching their legal duties to protect sites of high conservation value in England by failing to control the use of large […]
Tories bail out ‘barbaric fox hunters’ with £50,000 cash to survive coronavirus crisis
A Tory council has given £50,000 to support despised hunters through the Covid crisis. MPs and campaigners have slammed Shropshire County Council’s “disgraceful” use of public funds. While the businesses receiving funds are drag hunts, they are surrounded by controversy. The council has declined to disclose hunts involved – classed as businesses under the Government’s […]
In search of the ‘forest ghost,’ South America’s cryptic giant armadillo
Arnaud Desbiez leads a team of biologists, but their work is more reminiscent of that of paleontologists. They trek through the Brazilian biomes of the Cerrado grasslands, the Atlantic Forest, and the Pantanal wetlands, looking for any indication of the presence of an animal rarely seen despite its size: the giant armadillo. “It’s basically a […]
Petition: Coronavirus Grants and Loans Used for Stag Hunts Instead of Funding Struggling Businesses
According to the Independent, a stag hunt in the UK received a £10,000 grant and a £50,000 loan from funds that were made for businesses struggling to survive the coronavirus. Source: BJHoldsworth/Youtube According to a hunt report, Devon and Somerset Staghounds is one of the multiple hunts that received funding from government programs during […]
Petition: Ban ALL Ivory Imports to the United States
Although importing ivory to the U.S. has banned since the 1989 moratorium, there is a legal exception; sport-hunted trophies. The legal loophole permits Americans to shoot elephants and import the ivory into the USA. And it isn’t just the ivory. Safari hunters bring back elehant hide and the leather makes belts, ladies purses & gun […]
For South America’s wilderness areas, COVID-19 brings risk and respite
The Bolivian government’s decision to close all national parks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March was supposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But it’s also had unwanted consequences for the wildlife and for the financial viability of the very parks themselves, not just in Bolivia but across Latin America. Within days […]
‘Bored’ ravens straying from Tower of London as tourist numbers fall
A lack of tourists is driving the ravens at the Tower of London to boredom and causing them to fly away. Legend has it the monarchy and the Tower of London will fall if its six resident ravens leave the fortress. The birds, known as the guardians of the tower, are shrouded in myth and […]