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…
Category: Wildlife
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…
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…
Nelson and Ciam in South Africa!
Nelson and Ciam travelled from their temporary home in Belgium – via Germany – to Port Elizabeth, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, where they were this morning introduced into their spacious, safe and enriching accommodation at the award-winning Shamwari Game Reserve. With them every step of the way on their more than 10,000km journey was…
Two lions need aid to move to South Africa
Horsham-based international wildlife charity the Born Free Foundation (Sussex, England) and its co-founder, Virginia McKenna OBE, have launched an urgent appeal to assist with rehoming two magnificent lions, Ciam and Nelson. #Horsham #charity the @BFFoundation have launched an urgent appeal to rehome two magnificent #Lions Ciam and Nelson https://t.co/p3PdiLeYah pic.twitter.com/PVB1ieRoAh — Sussex Living Mag (@sussexliving)…
Polar bear Szenja dies heartbroken
A polar bear Szenja (21) has died in captivity at SeaWorld San Diego, USA, this week. She had been separated from her life-long friend Snowflake for two months at the moment of passing away. Snowflake was shipped to a zoo in Pittsburgh for breeding purposes in spite of the protests of animal rights activists, and NGOs,…
Animal refugees from Mosul in Jordan
Found abandoned in February, Lula the bear and Simba the lion were starving and living in cages filled with feces and urine. Lula was also suffering from pneumonia. Simba had a joint condition, and both animals had severe diarrhea and rotting teeth. Locals were trying to look after and feed the remaining bear and lion,…
MEPs for regulation of online pet trade
The Members of the European Parliament expressed concern about the growing problem of fraud in on-line sales of animals as pets, mainly puppies and kittens, but also exotic spices. An independent investigation showed 600% growth of the puppies sales from Eastern Europe – Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, to the UK, and the other West European member-states….
EP calls for single scheme for palm oil
Palm oil is extensively used in food, cosmetics and biofuels, however the unsustainable production of the cheap vegetable oil leads to deforestation, loss of nature habitats and greenhouse gas emissions. MEPS vote on 4 April on a report by Czech GUE member Kateřina Konečná calling on the European Commission to take measures to ensure among…
Zoo rhino killed for his horn…in Paris!
Poachers have broken into a zoo near Paris and shot a rhinoceros dead before stealing his hugely valuable ivory horn. #Breaking: Murders break into Thoiry Zoo, outside #Paris, kill an #endangered White #Rhino named Vincent, and saw off his horn. Why? Greed pic.twitter.com/QJ26IfANcd — Daniel Schneider (@BiologistDan) March 7, 2017 In the first case of…
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