At a church camp in Washington state, a mountain lion attacked a nine-year-old girl who was playing hide-and-seek, gravely injuring her and sending her pals fleeing in terror. On Saturday at the camp in the small town of Fruitland, north-west of Spokane, Lily A Kryzhanivskyy and two other youngsters were playing in the woods. The […]
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Trophy hunting ISN’T the way to save species – it’s nothing but blood money
Earlier this month, journalist Graham Boynton wrote a thought-provoking piece for the Daily Mail on the heated issue of trophy hunting in Africa. In it, he argued it is a cruel irony that a ‘celebrity campaign’ to ban this activity —and an associated effort to ban the importation into Britain of hunting souvenirs such as […]
England’s action to ban glue traps is a stirring victory for animal protection
With the recent passage of a bill that gained unanimous support in the House of Lords, England has joined a handful of countries and a host of companies and institutions around the world that have banned glue traps. For mice and rats, the traps’ primary targets, who are so often excluded from society’s moral reckoning […]
A Look at Unusual Tree Climbing Lions
If you visit a select few national parks around the world, you’ll see lions doing something you probably didn’t know they could do: climb trees. In parks like Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda or Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania, you’ll see prides of lions spending a large portion of their days above ground […]
New Legislation Will Help Bring Birds Back Across the Western Hemisphere
WASHINGTON – “Birds don’t recognize borders so we must work with our neighbors to protect them wherever they fly,” said Marshall Johnson, chief conservation officer, National Audubon Society. “This legislation will provide more places to nest, winter, and rest for the millions of birds across farms and forests in Ohio, through backyards and bays in […]
Cosmetics animal testing is in the spotlight—now’s the time to end it
One of our most urgent fights at the federal level centers on passage of the Humane Cosmetics Act in Congress. It’s got strong bipartisan support, cosmetics industry approval and the backing of scientists who understand the limitations of conventional animal tests and are committed to new approaches. We know that its passage will add extraordinary […]
To secure a future for wildlife, look to their distant past, study says
“Anywhere you find humans, you find the extinction of species,” says biologist Mathias Pires, a professor of biology at Campinas State University (UNICAMP) in Brazil. The near-eradication of the American bison (Bison bison), the largest land animal in North America, is a case in point. These one-ton bovines once roamed the prairies in herds numbering […]
Horrific images of starving skeletal lions kept captive at disgusting zoo
Horrific images show lions like ‘walking skeletons’ rescued from zoo in Nigeria Shocking footage has revealed the state of some captive lions which have been likened to “walking skeletons” at a zoo in Nigeria. The clip shows the lions lying down in their cages, looking emaciated with their bones on show. The footage was taken […]