An international animal charity says a month-old lion cub whose mother had been rescued from a defunct zoo in war-stricken Syria has died. We are really sad to inform you that lion cub Hajar, whose mother Dana we had rescued from an amusement park near Aleppo, passed away today. pic.twitter.com/a4KOgIeee6 — FOUR PAWS USA (@FOURPAWSUSA)…
Category: Wildfare
Lioness Dana from Aleppo gave birth
Amman, 14.08.2017 – The rescue from the war-torn zoo in the “Magic World” amusement park close to Aleppo came just in time for a pregnant lioness. On Saturday 12 August, she gave birth to a healthy cub in her new species-appropriate home in Jordan. Only a few hours prior to this, the international animal welfare…
Killing wolves: En Marche! to Middle Ages
Anna van Densky, OPINION. The presidency of Emmanuel Macron has been ‘inaugurated’ in a Middle Ages tradition of killing ‘evil’ wolves. Difficult to imagine that it can happen in France of the 21 century, when progressive humanity is increasingly concerned by ecological catastrophe of destruction of ecosystems, and extinction of rare species. The ‘licence to…
FOUR PAWS to continue rescue from Aleppo
Turkey/Syria, 24 July 2017 – The first part of FOUR PAWS (UK) latest rescue mission was successful: the animals evacuated from a neglected zoo located in the crises region close to Aleppo arrived in their temporary home after a 24-hour road trip through Turkey. In an animal protection center in Karacabey near the city of Bursa, the…
Rangers killed in Congo wildlife reserve
Five park rangers were killed in a joint operation with the army to rescue an American journalist and three park rangers, who went missing in a wildlife reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said. Unidentified gunmen attacked the group late on the 14th of July in Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Mambasa…
Dead dolphins at Russian Black sea resort
In Anapa, Russia, on the beach in the area of ‘40 year of Victory,’ street tourists discovered several corpses of dolphins. According to local residents dead animals have been on the beach for a few days. This week after numerous complaints, local authorities announced that the corpses of dolphins were removed from the beach. According…
Little Mermaid for banning Faroe whales massacre
The famous Little Mermaid sculpture was chosen as a messenger to protect Faroe whales from annual massacre. A whale defender painted Little Mermaid red, symbolising blood of whales killed by Faroe Islands inhabitants, to attract the attention to the issue in Denmark, and internationally. The Little Mermaid statue in Denmark was vandalized with red…
STOP UK zoo from murdering the tiger!
The tiger that killed Zoo keeper Rosa King has not been put down so far and was unharmed, police said. However there are concerns of the animal rights defenders, who oppose the idea of killing the wild animal for exposing natural instincts. Tigers belong to the wilde, but not to the cages in zoo. #Tiger…
Spanish cirucus surrenders two lions
A Spanish circus has agreed to hand over all its animals to end using them in performances. The two lions from the circus have since been rehomed at the AAP Primadomus Foundation, located near Alicante. This is considered an unprecedented step forward in a country which is believed to have 10 registered circuses with wild…
May ‘in favour’ of fox-hunting
The Prime Minister says she has “always been in favour of fox-hunting” and will recommit to the 2015 Conservative Manifesto promise to give Parliament the chance to make a decision. “This is a situation on which individuals will have one view or the other, either pro or against” – said May during a visit to…
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