Albania restaurants are offering diners meat from illegally hunted bears – part of an illicit trade in wildlife that is “out of control” in the country, investigators claim. Researchers said it was the first time they had seen bear meat cooked in Europe, and experts warned that the crude butchering of animals may lead to…
Category: Wildlife
U.S. calls China to ban wildlife markets
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the United States has called on China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets, citing links between those markets and zoonotic diseases. All together around 200 diseases, listed by World Health Organisation (WHO) incluing COVID-19, Ebola, Zika, plague, rabies, and many others. Pompeo: U.S. calls on China to…
Normandy: wolf camera images
А large canine has been captured by an automatic camera in Normandy, northern France. Authorities believe the animal is a European gray wolf. If their hypothesis is correct, it would be the first wolf seen in this region of France for more than a century. https://twitter.com/louvewhitewolf/status/1252331196132003848?s=21 According to a local news report, the image of…
COVID19: Goodall Europarl event cancelled
“I regret to inform you that the President of the European Parliament issued a decision last night, cancelling all events and visits by external visitors, including our conference tomorrow with Dr. Jane Goodall (decision attached). This is as a precautionary measure against the spread of the Coronavirus. We have tried to secure an appropriate venue…
Krefeld Zoo apes cremated alive
The monkeys at Krefeld Zoo in Germany were burnt live in the fire in their shelter on the Saint-Sylvestre night December 31- January 1, zoo management announced. (Image: illustration) “Our worst fears have come true,” wrote the zoo on its Facebook page. According to local police, more than 30 monkeys have died. 'No surviving animals'…
Europe biodiversity threatened
“In its conclusions , the Council reaffirms that the EU and its member states will lead and step up efforts to halt biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems. The conclusions provide political guidance for the work towards a post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The Council also calls upon the Commission to develop without delay an ambitious, realistic…
Romania promises bear protection
The Ministry of the Environment in Romania promised to keep the brown bear under strict protection by carrying out a national strategy that deals with the threats affecting them: habitat destruction, climate change and human conflict. BREAKING! The Ministry of the Environment in Romania promised to keep the brown bear under strict protection by carrying…
Need for EU legislationon exotic pet trade
Anna van Densky from Strasbourg At monthly hearing of the European Parliament Animal welfare intergroup David van Gennep, CEO AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection foundation (AAP), explained the profound need in regulating exotic animal trade, limiting the list to 42 allowed spices in the European Union, thus creating the ‘positive list’. The exotic animals as pets…
World Animal Day
World Animal Day raises the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. Building the celebration of World Animal Day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilising it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals. https://twitter.com/worldanimalday/status/1180164457210798080?s=21 It’s celebrated in different ways in every country, irrespective…
EU joins UN in wildlife protection
World Wildlife Conference: EU pushes for better protection of the world’s most threatened species CITES #CoP18 kicks off in Geneva this weekend – maybe literally. There’s some tough calls for more robust responses by countries. A sense that people have had enough of ‘not good enough’. https://t.co/bKFLWlRZIO — Justin Gosling (@WildCrimePro) August 14, 2019 The…