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Hunting With Dogs is now banned in England ,Wales & Scotland
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Taking
the ‘search’ out of ‘search and rescue’ - McMurdo Fast Find PLB now
approved for use on land can be used in an emergency if out of cell phone range.
29/1/12
ICABS will join with other animal welfare groups outside the Department of
Agriculture on Monday, January 30th at 12.30pm, to mount a protest against hare
coursing. Please support this important event.
26/1/12
A fox was killed yesterday by a pack of out of control hounds who had already
spent several hours rampaging through private properties in a village in
Shropshire.
21/1/12
MPs have been promised a vote on whether to scrap the hunting ban before the end
of this Parliament.
21/1/12
The League has thrown its weight behind a new government inquiry into the scale
of wildlife crime in the UK.
16/1/12
Join our campaign which seeks an end to the breeding of dogs based on looks.
16/1/12
The League Against Cruel Sports is questioning David Cameron’s commitment to
repealing the Hunting Act following his comments on the issue on this
evening’s BBC Countryfile. The Prime Minister used his interview to repeat his
pledge to bring forward a vote on repeal of the Hunting Act.
16/1/12
Farmers improve habitat for endangered barn owl, The barn owl has been having a
difficult time recently, with numbers decreasing. But farmers in Britain are
finding it is in their interests to provide a habitat in which they can thrive.
14/1/12
Four thugs who were caught laughing as their dogs tore wild animals to pieces
have been jailed for their part in ‘barbaric’ and ‘abhorrent’ badger
baiting.
14/1/12
A Minority Pastime is being reversioned for re-release into the ConDem(ed)Nation
- watch this space for developments.
14/1/12
SAVE ME is a group founded by Brian May to promote decent
treatment for animals. We believe that every creature deserves a decent life and
a decent death.
13/1/12
ICABS has slammed Meath County Council for passing a motion which calls on the
government to reverse the ban on staghunting.
12/1/12
Taking the ‘search’ out of ‘search and
rescue’ - McMurdo Fast Find PLB now approved for use on land can be used in an
emergency if out of cell phone range.
11/1/12
A woman found guilty of neglecting more than 20 horses on her Aberdeenshire farm
has been banned from keeping animals for life Video.
7/1/12
AN ancient tradition caused consternation amongst nature lovers, confronted by
the sight of two fox pelts hung up at Barlow Common
4/1/12
Female Hunt Saboteur violently assaulted during illegal Foxhunt, On New Years
Eve a female hunt saboteur was violently assaulted by a supporter of the
Cottesmore Foxhunt who were meeting at Gunby, Lincolnshire. The saboteur was on
her own when she saw the hunts hounds illegally chasing a fox.
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31/12/11
For the past two years Naturewatch has maintained an intensive international
campaign against the poisoning and killing of stray animals in Ukraine, regularly
exposing mass killings of stray animals by the four Ukrainian host cities
of the EURO 2012 Football Championship, allegedly to clean the streets in
preparation for the massive influx of foreign football supporters.
29/12/11
An anti-whaling ship is being towed to safety after being stranded off the
western coast of Australia
29/12/11
Cotswold Huntsman Alan Morgan convicted of racial abuse,
29/12/11
Thirty hounds went rampaging along the A41 and a Newport housing estate after a
huntsman lost control of the dogs. Organisers from the North Shropshire Hunt
said they were at a loss as to why the hounds ran off on Saturday. The dogs ran
across gardens belonging to residents of Deer Park Drive before scampering onto
the A41.
29/12/11
It's been a disastrous year for elephants, perhaps the worst since ivory
sales were banned in 1989 to save the world's largest land animals from
extinction, the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC said Thursday
26/12/11
A new report has revealed that the Hunting Act is working well and actually has
been more successful than some other laws aimed at tackling wildlife crime.
26/12/11
The Hunting Act "simply doesn't work", Agriculture Minister Jim Paice
has said, as hundreds of hunts gather for their traditional Boxing Day meets.
Anthony's view Jim Paice is a hunt supporter to start with so if the hunting act
is not working then the hunts are not keeping with in the law so they should be prosecuted
in court.
23/12/11
Kenyan authorities seized 727 pieces of ivory in a container at the main port of
Mombasa in one of the largest hauls of tusks in recent years, officials said
Thursday.
22/12/11
Wildlife crime networks in Asia have been hit by a police operation against the
illegal trade in endangered species coordinated by Interpol as part of a
strengthened enforcement regime. During the first two weeks of December, police
conducted raids and investigations and made arrests across the region.
18/12/11
OBSESSION of nest raider threatens to wipe out some of UK's rarest wild birds
17/12/11
A NEW ‘forensic’ approach to catching deer poachers could lead to more
prosecutions and a reduction in the crime in Cumbria
16/12/11
Here sabs are preventing an illegal dig-out of a fox which had been hunted into an earth by the hounds of the York & Ainsty South hunt. Sabs stood their ground - taking several punches from the terrier men in the process.
13/12/11
'Clubbed to death on a garden patio': Family claim they watched 'barbaric'
huntsman kill fox in neighbour's garden
8/12/11
A Police officer has described the disturbing scene he discovered when investigating reports of badger baiting on remote farmland near York.
7/12/11
A PENSIONER has admitted possessing illegal pesticides and firearms without a
certificate on his farm.
7/12/11
Animal activists say they will continue to fight against any future gassing of
resident Canada geese in Ocean County parks.
7/12/11
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is renewing efforts to to learn
more about the deaths of trumpeter swans that spend winter months in Puget Sound.
6/12/11
CATS are being stolen and pitted against fighting dogs in illegal blood sports,
according to the owner of a local rescue centre.
5/12/11
An Angus family has been subjected to a living nightmare following the shooting
of their pet dog by a local gamekeeper.
4/12/11
The number of rhinoceros killed in Zimbabwe parks decreased to 23 this year from
30 in 2010 as parks authorities stepped up high-tech efforts to track poachers,
state media reported Monday.
2/12/11
Man
charged over Grizedale red kite deaths. A man has been charged in connection
with the poisoning and shooting of red kites in south Cumbria
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19/11/11
Hundreds of dogs who narrowly escaped the fate of being on a restaurant menu two
weeks ago, received emergency vaccinations provided by the International
Fund for Animal Welfare - IFAW
18/11/11
In one of the worst ever reported cases of animal abuse in Cape Town a dog has
been rescued after being buried alive in a pit at a Khayelitsha School.
15/11/11
GANGS who get a sick thrill from killing wildlife are increasingly unleashing
their specially-bred dogs on badgers throughout Wales’ countryside.
13/11/11
The South Down and Eridge Fox Hunt has become increasingly aggressive over the
past few years. Attacking hunt saboteurs in car parks, threatening them
with knives, riding them down and employing ‘stewards’ to harass their every
step. You would think they are hiding something?
8/11/11
A French zoo has placed its white rhinos under video surveillance fearing
poachers could kill them for their horns which can fetch hundreds of thousands
of euros on the black market.
7/11/11
A POLICE probe has been launched after complaints were made about a hunt
illegally chasing a wild hare.
5/11/11
Five people were searched and around 30 vehicles stopped on the first night of
an operation to tackle deer poaching in south Cumbria.
4/11/11
GRAMPIAN Police are not ruling out the possibility of foul play after two swans
were found dead. Police are appealing for witnesses to the 'potential wildlife
crime' after the birds, were found, near Findhorn Bay.
3/11/11
The RSPB's latest annual bird crime report showed there were 128 reports of
illegal poisoning in 2010 Conservationists called on Thursday for possession of
poisons used to illegally kill wildlife to be outlawed, as a report showed
dozens of birds of prey were killed last year. The RSPB's latest annual bird
crime report showed there were 128 reports of illegal poisoning in 2010, with 20
red kites#
2/11/11
BADGER groups in the North East are backing a campaign which will be launched
today to combat persecution of the animals.
1/11/11
Men caught hunting foxes on Glasgow's Clyde Walkway, Glasgow Sheriff Court heard
the men were caught by a wildlife crime officer who saw one of them holding a
fox by the scruff of the neck.
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27/10/11
A hound from the Cotswold Vale Farmers Hunt was killed by a lorry, on the A38,
South of Tewkesbury, today during an illegal fox hunt. Members of the Hunt
Saboteurs Association who were present said the hunts pack of hounds were
illegally chasing a fox when one of them ran straight into the road and was
killed outright by a lorry that had no opportunity to stop.
22/10/11
I have designed this very simple Humane mouse trap GSM transmitter that will
call you by cell phone when you have a mouse in your trap.
14/10/11
Two hunt employees convicted of breaking the Hunting Act and the Protection of
Badgers Act have had their appeal thrown out following a five day hearing at
Leicester Crown Court.
13/10/11
A man who used his Romford home as a base to sell illegal ivory jewellery on
EBay has been spared jail.
12/10/11
Five people were searched and around 30 vehicles stopped on the first night of
an operation to tackle deer poaching in south Cumbria.
11/10/11
A man accused of shooting a Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer is
found guilty.
10/10/11
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is to lead a campaign to save elephants and
stop the international ivory trade that threatens them, wildlife campaigners
have said.
6/10/11
The RSPCA are investigating a second brutal dog attack on pet cats in Cumbria
after a horrified family saw their cat being mauled to death in the street.
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30/9/11
To Ireland's great shame, another season of hare coursing
cruelty begins this weekend. From 1st October to 26 February, thousands of hares
will be used as live lures in front of greyhounds. All will suffer the fear and
stress of running for their lives.
28/9/11
Rape allegation levelled at staghounds huntsman, A HUNTSMAN with the Tiverton
Staghounds has been charged with raping a woman.
28/9/11
Two
women Cotswolds villagers 'organised illegal dogfights and starved their bull
terriers to make them bloodthirsty'
25/9/11
Two “barbaric” brothers have been jailed for their part in a dog fighting
ring after an undercover investigation by an animal welfare charity.
20/9/11
James Barrington - Animal Welfare Consultant to the Countryside Alliance.
Just as predictable as badger baiters claiming they were only 'hunting rabbits'
are the articles and letters by James Barrington regurgitating his past. Playing
the part of pantomime victim, Barrington has chosen, once again, to write about
his final days at League Against.
20/9/11
Two men arrested in Chesham dog fight crackdown.
19/9/11
Zimbabwe's wildlife authority says poachers have begun poisoning watering holes,
killing nine elephants and at least five lions in recent weeks
16/9/11
Police target 'barbaric' gangs behind badger baiting in fresh crackdown.
15/9/11
A Brazilian man who was caught at Miami airport trying to smuggle seven baby
pythons and three baby tortoises concealed in his underwear and pockets was
fined $400 by a U.S. judge on Wednesday.
14/9/11
An illegal trade in traditional Chinese medicine using ingredients from
endangered species is being fuelled by Londoners obsessed with alternative
therapies, a police expert warns today.
14/9/11
Throughout September, the brutal cubhunting season continues.
Defenceless cubs are attacked and killed as part of a merciless training
exercise for new foxhunting hounds. Please take action to help stop the cruelt
13/9/11
Thai authorities say they have seized nearly 3,000 rare animals in the biggest
wildlife trafficking bust reported in the Southeast Asian nation this year.
13/9/11
Lebanon is located in one of the world’s most important corridors for bird
migration, yet every year many fowl are killed en route by hunters who are
either unaware of or indifferent to the country’s poorly enforced hunting ban.
12/9/11
Residents in a prosperous Southern California neighborhood infested by a pack of
coyotes are urging authorities not to trap and kill the animals.
10/9/11 Crawley & Horsham hunt supporter convicted, Hunt supporter, Andrew
Leaver, was convicted recently of the use of threatening words or behaviour to
cause harassment or distress. He received a 12 months conditional discharge and
had to pay costs of £85.
6/9/11
An employee of the West Somerset Vale Fox Hounds has today been convicted of
assault by beating, after he attacked Paul Tillsley, an investigations officer
for the League Against Cruel Sports
6/9/11
Hounds 'filmed pursuing fox on to Somerset railway' Hounds from a Somerset hunt
have been filmed apparently pursuing a fox, an animal welfare group have claimed.
A Countryside Alliance spokeswoman, speaking on behalf of the Seavington Hunt,
said an investigation would take place into the incident.
Anthony's view the
Countryside Alliance are going to start an investigation don't hold your Breath
if the CA are investigating we know the answer.
5/9/11
A report says birds of prey, wild mammals, livestock and pets were all victims
of poisoning across Scotland last year.
4/9/11
Forest elephants survey in the Cote d'Ivoire. Forest elephants in Cote d'Ivoire
are still under threat from poaching despite a worldwide ban on the sale of
ivory, a new WWF study has revealed. Researchers initially set out to determine
the numbers of forest elephants in Cote d’Ivoire's Tai National Park.
3/9/11
reports of illegal hunting in Zimbabwe, it would appear as though the poachers
are adamant on wiping out all wildlife and as long as the authorities, whose job
is to protect the natural resource neglect to fulfil their mandate, the
country's wildlife will surely continue to diminish.
2/9/11
Man arrested as he tried to board a flight from Miami to Brazil with seven
snakes and three tortoises down his trousers A man tried to board a flight from
Miami to Brazil with bags of exotic snakes and tortoises stuffed in his
trousers. He was stopped after passing through a body scanner at Miami
International airport, a security administration spokesman said.
1/9/11
Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 700 elephant tusks bound for China, an
official said, the latest in a series of hauls indicating Malaysia had become a
key ivory transit hub.
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31/8/11
Men caught hunting foxes on Glasgow's Clyde Walkway, Three men have admitted
deliberately hunting foxes in the east end of Glasgow.
28/8/11
David Cameron was facing political embarrassment last night after a leading
member of the local hunt he has ridden with was charged with illegal foxhunting.
Anthony's view I wonder will the Prime Minister be backing this huntsman for his
crimes.
27/8/11
Classified ads company, Adverts.ie, has been thanked by ICABS for adding cruel
Larsen traps to the list of items forbidden on its website.
26/8/11
The UN wildlife trade regulator said Friday it was lifting its 2005 suspension
on wildlife commerce with Nigeria, citing the country's improved efforts to
combat illegal trade.
25/8/11
Reports of animal poisoning have soared to their highest level in over a decade,
an official report has revealed.
24/8/11
Seven oil companies operating in western North Dakota face federal charges of
killing migratory birds that allegedly died when they landed in oilfield pits
and wastewater disposal facilities.
21/8/11
The UN wildlife trade regulator called for stiffer penalties for poachers on
Friday, saying they should be treated in a similar way to drug dealers.
20/8/11
A dog who was left for dead and suffering from a severely broken leg is now
enjoying a fantastic new life with loving new owners, thanks to the efforts of a
local vet, RSPCA staff and a little help from a dog called Clipper.
20/8/11
Conservation groups criticise a decision to bar them from a high-level
international meeting on elephant conservation.
19/8/11
People who commit wildlife crimes could be jailed for up to six month SDLP
Environment Minister Alex Attwood has introduced tough new penalties which for
the first time could see serious and persistent offenders handed custodial
sentences in Ireland
18/8/11
Tanzania bans wildlife exports after about 130 animals and birds - including
giraffes and vultures - were smuggled out in a Qatari-registered plane.
17/8/11
Today marks another milestone in the campaign to outlaw hare coursing on the
island of Ireland, as a permanent coursing ban comes into effect in Northern
Ireland.
17/8/11
Elephant poaching in one of the world's most famous wildlife reserves has
reached record levels, to satisfy the growing demand for ivory destined for
traders in China, according to a group of elephant experts.
16/8/11
Wildlife conservationists say wolves in Sweden are threatened by poaching, an
estimated two-thirds of which goes undetected and unreported
15/8/11
Nevada Department of Wildlife investigators were tipped last month to the
poisoning of more than 100 birds through a call to its Operation Game Thief
hotline. Authorities are hopeful more calls to the line at 1-800-992-3030 will
lead to the person who left the defiled seeds.
13/8/11
ICABS has expressed disappointment to Minister Jimmy Deenihan following his
renewal of a coursing licence that will result in immeasurable suffering for
thousands of Irish Hares.
12/8/11
Chinese government cancels dog cull yielding to public pressure, International
Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) congratulates the caring citizens
of China whose fervent concern and outrage pressured Jiangmen city officials to
withdraw a dog ban and cancel a planned cull. This action preemptively
saved the lives of thousands of innocent animals
12/8/11
Australian Federal Department of Environment officers have found hundreds of
illegal wildlife products in a Sydney home this week after receiving a tip-off
from Customs.
11/8/11
BADGERS are being ripped from setts in Teesdale and shipped to other parts of
the UK where they are forced to fight with dogs, according to a local wildlife
trust.
11/8/11
Demand an end to foxhunting in Ireland. Contact all your
local TDs and ask them to support a ban on this horrendous blood sport.
11/8/11
Philippine authorities have seized a specimen of one of the world's rarest
parrots after boarding a boat suspected of being involved in illegal wildlife
trading, the coastguard said Wednesday.
11/8/11
High levels of toxins have been discovered in a lake at Scarborough where three
dogs died. The water at Burton Riggs nature reserve at Seamer, near Scarborough,
tested positive for Cyanobacteria.
11/8/11
Computeractive magazine is supporting our Justice for Animals Appeal by
pledging £2,100 - the average cost of a prosecution case brought by the RSPCA -
and a further £2.50 for every new subscription to the plain English approach
magazine.
10/8/11
Police, on Sunday night, rescued a baby Mountain Gorilla aged between 8 and 12
months smuggled by a group of poachers from Parc National de Virunga in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
10/8/11
Bollywood actor Salman Khan was Tuesday directed by a court in Rajasthan's
Jodhpur city to present himself before it Sep 20 in connection with his appeal
against his conviction in a poaching case.
8/8/11
The Badger Trust is demanding a criminal investigation of a farmer who stood by
while others gassed badgers with the exhaust of an “old petrol engine.
7/8/11
Information supplied by the NWHSA. Now With the grouse season about to start on
the 12th August and the pheasant season starting on 1st October I thought I
would put a few articles up all about the ‘good old gamekeeper‘.
6/8/11
Mob move into organised wildlife crime. Wildlife law enforcement efforts have
failed to keep pace with the increasing sophistication of poaching and
trafficking as huge crime syndicates have moved in on the act, according to
Elizabeth Bennett, a conservationist at the Wildlife Conservation Society in
New York.
5/8/11 Cameroon and Chad have
signed an accord to ramp up efforts to fight poachers who kill hundreds of
elephants a year in a protected park on their common border, ministers from
both nations said.
4/8/11
The soldiers sleep in tents, hidden from roaming lions by a blind, and
protected by high-powered rifles that also ward off the even more dangerous
threat of poachers.
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31/7/11
Poaching problem growing, Night time is not safe for wild birds and animals
here, it seems. Under the cover of darkness, poachers are trapping wildlife,
said nature lovers, who added that the higher number of cases reported to the
Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) represents only the tip of the
iceberg.
31/7/11
Philadelphia art dealer smuggled tonne of ivory, An art dealer has been arrested
and accused of smuggling a tonne of African ivory into the US for sale at his
Philadelphia store.
31/7/11
Ugandan wildlife officials on Thursday released hundreds of rare African parrots
back into the wild six months after they were rescued from animal smugglers.
30/7/11
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust asks dog-owners to stay away from a nature
reserve after the death of three dogs.
30/7/11
A WILDLIFE crime investigator from the Capital is set to do a skydive to
highlight the plight of birds of prey.
30/7/11
Tell the Peterculter Golf Club to Ban Convicted Animal Abuser. Last
year 55-year old Donald Forbes beat a fox nearly to death with a golf club for
doing nothing more than stealing a biscuit from his belongings at the
Peterculter Golf Club in Scotland
30/7/11 Stop
The Badger Cull Sign the petition to stop the plan to shoot badgers,
30/7/11
Police in Madagascar have arrested two men attempting to smuggle out nearly
200 threatened tortoises, including two dozen of the rarest species on Earth,
a conservation group said Thursday.
30/7/11
Rescued fox reared with pet dog in Beverley Video.
28/7/11
A taxidermist whose firm supplied stuffed animals to dozens of Hollywood films
from the Harry Potter series to Casino Royale was yesterday accused of trading
in endangered species.
28/7/11
A paper by noted WCS conservationist Elizabeth Bennett says that an immense,
increasingly sophisticated illegal trade in wildlife parts conducted by
organized crime, coupled with antiquated enforcement methods, are decimating
the world's most beloved species including rhinos, tigers, and elephants on a
scale never before seen. The paper, published June 7 on the online issue of
the journal
27/7/11
South African authorities are finalising plans to meet their Mozambican
counterparts to discuss ways to curb rhino poaching in the Greater Limpopo
Transfrontier Park.
26/7/11
A taxidermist who supplied a stuffed tiger to designer Alexander McQueen for a
fashion shoot will face trial for trading in endangered species.
24/7/11
A wildlife and conservation group in Zimbabwe has warned that poaching is
reaching critical levels, which threatens not only the welfare of the
country's wildlife, but also future tourism.
22/7/11
An alleged rhino horn trafficking syndicate acquired fake hunting permits for
Thai prostitutes before "legally" selling trophies to a front
company in Asia.
21/6/11
AN East Huntspill wildlife charity has opposed government plans to tackle
bovine TB by culling thousands of badgers across the country.
21/7/11
A TAXIDERMY raid at a home in Burnley is to feature in a new TV programme
which places wildlife crime under the microscope.
13/7/11
The Irish Coursing Club has applied for a licence to capture and course
thousands of hares for the 2011-12 season. Please join us now in urging
Minister Jimmy Deenihan to refuse this.
9/7/11
Please help with this one. We're struggling to
raise funds for starving, suffering dogs in Sierra Leone, following our most
recent appeal. We desperately need your valuable donations that could help Dr
Jalloh and his team at the Sierra Leone Animal Welfare Society
(SLAWS) save more dogs like Murray-Town. Your funds could be the
difference between whether a dog lives or dies.
7/7/11
We're appealing for information after a cat caught in an illegal gin trap had
to have three toes amputated.
6/7/11
POACHERS have been issued a warning by police after they secured their first
prosecutions under the Hunting Act.
6/7/11
A FURNESS man has been arrested on suspicion of intentionally killing a
protected wild bird and of being in possession of illegal poisons, pesticides
and firearms.
6/7/11
Once on the brink of extinction, rhinos have bounced back in Africa, home to
24,000 rhinoceroses. Yet a recent upswing in poaching in South Africa has
conservationists sounding alarms and looking for answers.
5/7/11
Dornoch cat caught in illegally set trap, A cat has been found injured after
being caught in a Fenn trap that may have been set illegally.
5/7/11
The RSPCA UK have commissioned a new academic report which calls on
the government to engage with young dog owners and gather more evidence on
growing concerns about the anti-social use of dogs.
5/7/11
South Africa, which has the world’s largest population of African rhinos,
lost at least 193 of the animals to poaching in the first six months of the
year, said WWF International, the conservation group.
5/7/11
Officials in Bangladesh say they have seized more than 120kg of dried turtles
from smugglers near the north-western border with India.
5/7/11
Animal rights campaigners turn on TV
star Phil Spencer after he kills a deer in Kent shoot, Television property
expert Phil Spencer has come under fire for appearing in a bloody pro-hunting
video in which he shoots his first deer.
4/7/11
Suspected poachers in Lancashire will be sent warning letters by police,
Vehicle number plates reported to police by residents will result in a note
sent to the registered owner, in the latest drive to stop animal hunting and
theft of farming equipment in Lancashire’s rural areas.
3/7/11
A Burnley man has been convicted of hunting badgers with dogs. Jeffrey
Johnson, 34, a part-time window cleaner was caught at a badger sett before
fleeing.
3/7/11
The hunt for pet-killing coyotes in Jefferson parish may soon become more
complicated. Snipers from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (JPSO) and
officers from the Harahan Police Department recently began hunting for the
coyotes, but some wildlife advocates are now urging them to explore other
options. For Kim Carroll, family is everything—her five dogs included. But
her family is now one ...
2/7/11
Bushmeat trade is a thriving business in Nigeria and the authorities appear
lame to tackle it. The trade thrives on ignorance and culture. Many Nigerians
do not know the implication of Bushmeat trade. To them, it is normal to hunt
wild animals for food and economic demands.
1/7/11
Zirikana is a 4-Year old infant male in Umubano group in Rwanda's Volcanoes
National Park. Zirikana was reported to be caught in rope snare on his left
leg.
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