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to the latest news and Archives for June 2009
29/6/09
Hundreds of animals are suffering horrific injuries and slow and agonising
deaths every year due to the ruthless actions of air gun users.
28/6/09
A Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) follow-up investigation has found
that Petland stores are still supporting puppy mills, including some of the
largest and most notorious in the country.
27/6/09
Wildlife experts are working together to protect the nests of rare seabirds
off the Northumberland coast
26/6/09
A herd of model hippos is helping keep the real animals alive in Africa. A
trail of 50 colourful creatures around North Walsham raised £30,000 for a
variety of causes when they were auctioned off, with £7,000 going to the
international wildlife charity the Born Free Foundation.
25/06/09
On Line Petition please sign. In Yerevan and in districts continues to kill
homeless dogs! Of course democracy works and the number of killed dogs
decrease, but it is not enough. Not a single dog can be killed.
Photo below is from on line Petition please help
them.
24/6/09
A family of peregrine falcons were found dead in their nest after being
deliberately poisoned, police said.
23/6/09
The
Government body charged with tackling environmental crime has not prosecuted
anyone over the last year for damage to protected wildlife areas. The RSPB
warned that Northern Ireland Environment Agency is at risk of failing the
environment if it doesn’t tighten up its regulatory system.
22/06/09
FOXES living in close proximity to people are no cause for alarm, the county
wildlife trust has reassured residents who have called for them to be culled
by the district council.
22/06/09
The Kofa National Wildlife refuge, 665,000 acres of rugged mountains and
desert plains in Western Arizona, made a national environmental group's top 10
list of imperiled wildlife refuges for this year.
22/06/09
Twenty pit bull terriers allegedly being trained for dog fighting were seized
Wednesday from two locations in Lena wee County as part of a federal
investigation.
21/06/09
Wildlife experts are working together to protect the nests of rare seabirds
off the Northumberland coast.
21/06/09
Norway and Japan should stop using taxpayers' money to subsidize their whaling
industries, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday.
20/6/09
Police investigating the death of a golden eagle said the bird had been
poisoned. Wildlife crime officers said they were following a positive line of
inquiry in the hunt for the eagle's kille
19/6/09
Polar bear populations in and around Alaska are declining due to continued
melting of sea ice and Russian poaching, according to reports released
Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
18/6/09
A gamekeeper on the royal family's Highland estates at Balmoral has been fined
after a badger was killed by one of his snares, breaching wildlife crime
legislation.
18/6/09
Three boys arrested in connection with the killing of a newborn deer in a
Dorset park have been released on bail.
18/6/09
Canadian wildlife officers and trackers searched on Wednesday for more cougars
feared to be hiding in the mountains outside a small town near Vancouver,
after two of the wild cats attacked a child and pet dogs.
18/6/09
Malaysian authorities have said they had seized 2,900 turtles eggs and
detained a Filipino who tried to sell them in a market on the island of
Borneo, where they are considered a delicacy.
18/6/09
Today the Chinese state media announced that the dog cull in Hanzhong city,
Shaanxi Province has reached a death toll of 36,000. Claiming rabies outbreak,
the city has sent out dog-beating squads to kill any animal spotted on the
street, stray or owned.
16/6/09
A man has been charged with shooting a badger dead after one of the protected
creatures was found with a bullet wound last year.
16/6/09
Three rare Amur tiger cubs born at a Scottish wildlife park are to be given
their first public showing.
15/6/09
Please Help to stop the indiscriminate, brutal
killing of dogs in Hanzhong City.
Groups of people in the city, armed with bludgeons, sticks and poles, are going
around the city's streets, brutally beating to death any dog they come across.
Also visit this site here: Researchers
believe they have found a way to stop rabies in its' tracks.
15/6/09
One-week old puppy has survived after being accidentally flushed down a toilet
and trapped in a waste pipe for four hours.
14/6/09
A pet cat was injured in an illegal snare - prompting police to issue a wider
warning about traps. The cat had to be taken to the vet for treatment after it
was caught in the illegal snare in the Stalham area.
14/6/09
Zimbabwe's rhinos are being wiped out amid a surge in poaching driven by Chinese
demand for the animals' horns, a wildlife conservation group warned today.
14/6/09
WILDLIFE farms are supposed to promote conservation by providing a sustainable
alternative to hunting animals in the wild. But those in Vietnam are having
exactly the opposite effect, says a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS) in New York.
14/6/09
A man accused of shooting and killing a juvenile black bear in May has been
charged with a third-degree felony.
13/6/09
Red kite killed by poisoned bait. A rare bird of prey has been found poisoned on
a country estate near Galashiels in the Borders. The carcass of the red kite was
discovered earlier this month and subsequent tests have revealed it was killed
illegally
13/6/09
A BROTHER and sister from Birmingham have been told to expect a prison sentence
for starving two greyhound dogs and a cat to death.
13/6/09
New page added to site Welcome to this page on using a simple remote control to listen
in to your premises using a GSM mobile phone in case you think some one has just
broken into your home.
12/6/09
Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd crew featured in Whale Wars had nearly
1.2 million viewers for the Season Two premier on June 5th, 2009 on
Animal Planet. The
action packed series, which covers Sea Shepherd’s previous Antarctic Whale
Defense Campaign Operation Musashi to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, saw
double digit gains from it’s first season average.
12/6/09
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to urge the South African
government to ban gin traps as a method of predator control.”Now see the Reply
from the Priminister here.
11/6/09
RSPCA head office staff are taking on the challenge of cycling the full length
of the South Downs Way in a day, all in aid of animal welfare.
11/6/09
Ospreys return to Northumberland,Ospreys have colonised Northumberland for the
first time in more than 200 years, say conservationists.
11/6/09
Three mutilated greyhounds, believed to have been coursing dogs, were found
dumped at a popular bathing spot in Limerick
Ireland.
11/6/09
Reindeer
and caribou numbers are plummeting around the world. The first global review of
their status has found that populations are declining almost everywhere they
live, from Alaska and Canada, to Greenland, Scandinavia and Russia.
10/6/09
Wildlife crime officers have urged visitors to Norfolk reserves to keep a
lookout for potential thieves of wild bird eggs.
9/6/09
Police appeal for help to catch the person who shot an oyster catcher with a
crossbow arrow in Angus.
9/6/09
After decades of recuperation, the bald eagle population in Michigan has risen
to a level that has prompted officials to remove the bird from the state
endangered species list.
8/6/09
A measure aimed at cracking down on wildlife poachers finally is headed to the
full House.
7/6/09
The deer carcasses bore the tell-tale marks of a vicious dog attack that are
found on other wild animals killed in Britain's growing trend for illegal
hunting. What made them different was that these mutilated creatures were
discovered in the suburbs of one of Britain's biggest cities, not woodland.
6/6/09
Hunters who killed a protected bird that was flying to Europe have been
convicted thanks to a chance encounter with a Scottish animal welfare
investigator.
5/6/09
The resurgence of otters once threatened with extinction is causing a headache
for anglers amid claims the predators are emptying rivers and lakes of fish.
4/6/09
A fox was put to sleep by vets after it suffered shocking injuries in the jaws
of an illegal gin trap. Information by
the NASC.
4/6/09
Each year in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest, black and grizzly bears are
cruelly killed by trophy hunters as they emerge from hibernation and forage for
food. Orphaned cubs are left behind, condemned to a slow death by starvation.
Help to put a stop to this Click here.
4/6/09
Help Stop The Sea Otter Slaughter. The Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council in British
Columbia wants to kill at least 20 sea otters every year for “ceremonial”
purposes.
4/6/9
The RSPCA is looking for
the owner of a greyhound found wandering around a Middlesbrough housing estate
emaciated and suffering a severe scold to her back.
4/6/09
Concerns are raised about a worrying increase in incidents of badger baiting and
urban wildlife crime in Scotland.
4/6/09
Three Endangered peregrine falcon chicks nesting at Beeston Castle have been
tagged by experts. Cheshire Constabulary’s wildlife and rural crime officer,
Martin Findlow has helped re-introduce the castle’s Peregrine Watch following
last year’s theft of three chicks by criminals from Liverpool.
4/6/09
The League Against Cruel Sports campaigns to rid the world of cruelty to animals
in the name of entertainment.
1/6/09
The Countryside Alliance (CA) wants police to assure hunts that meet information
will not be passed to animal rights activists through requests under the Freedom
of Information (FOI) Act.
Anthony's view and here was me
thinking hunts often say every one is welcome to watch them and now what has the
hunts got to fear from Camcorders and the freedom of information act.. The
second way you could look at this is if hunts are not committing crimes then why
hold the information about meets.
1/6/09
A bumblebee which is extinct in the UK, is to be reintroduced from New Zealand
under plans being announced.
1/6/09
Hunting holidays organised by conservation rangers are under investigation.
Wildlife park staff compromise their position as conservation rangers by
organising hunts for foreign tourists
1/6/09
The
latest news in from Fiona Hall, Lib Dem MEP for the North East, supports moves
to improve conditions for animals at home and abroad. Fiona Hall MEP signed a
declaration in the European Parliament calling for an EU wide ban on bull
fighting. Please down the the file in PDF format here.
1/6/09
A CAMPAIGN group is asking people to be more aware of the possible poisoning of
animals in the countryside.
1/6/09
The Summer 2009 Edition of the new ICABS magazine, "Ban Bullfighting
News". Please download, distribute and respond to the action alerts.
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Undercover
investigations form a vital part of the League's overall campaigning strategy to
abolish blood sports and tackle wildlife crime. Without these investigations,
MPs, the media, League members, supporters and the wider public would not be
aware of the nature and scale of wildlife persecution.
If you have
any information you think may be of value to League investigators, e-mail in
confidence investigations@league.uk.com
or write to Investigations Unit, League Against Cruel Sports, 83-87 Union
Street, London, SE1 1SG.
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