Welcome to the latest news
and Archive for May 2011.
26/5/11
Skibo worker had 'enough poison to wipe out eagles. An estate worker had enough
illegal poison to "wipe out the entire Scottish golden eagle and red kite
populations several times over", a court has heard.
25/5/11
Disgust as PR group shortlists cruelty campaign ICABS is calling on the Public
Relations Institute of Ireland to drop the RISE campaign from its 2011 Awards
shortlist.
24/5/11
Viewers of the BBC *Countryfile* programme on Sunday 29 May 2011 will see Animal
Aid’s Shooting Consultant, Kit Davidson, being interviewed about a
particularly cruel device used by gamekeepers for killing birds – the Larsen
Trap.
23/5/11
Campaigners pushing for a cull of badgers to reduce tuberculosis in cattle have
been dealt a further blow today as opinion polling shows that four times as many
people support a vaccination programme for badgers than a cull. Sixty-seven
per-cent support vaccination whereas only 16% favour a cull.
22/5/11
Hampshire 'tiger sighting' causes major alert. A stuffed toy animal led to a
large-scale police operation in Hampshire and stopped play at the Rose Bowl
cricket ground. The alarm was first raised by a concerned member of the public
who believed there was an escaped white tiger hiding in a field near Hedge End.
22/5/11
A £1,000 REWARD has been offered for information leading to the prosecution of
the owner of a terrier savagely injured while being used for badger baiting.
22/5/11
Crime Officer Sgt Andrew Scourfield has been tackling the problem of deer
poaching in Port Talbot Forest, with the help of Forestry Commission Rangers and
the police helicopter.
22/5/11
Police have launched an investigation after a young red kite was found dead in
the Grizedale and Rusland area.
22/5/11
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday asked the law and
environment ministers to rework amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act 1972
that ensures tougher punishment and enhanced powers to enforcement agencies to
act against poachers and organised gangs.
21/5/11
The 80 pilot whales, whose plight has gripped the nation, remain at risk of
becoming stranded on a Scottish beach.
21/5/11
Please sign this petition on Face Book - Please clean it UP!! No animal abuse
allowed on your network
21/5/11
Please sign this petition. Tell Android to Block Dog Fighting App for Android
smartphones, you can feed, water, train and fight dogs. This app makes a
game out of dog fighting -- celebrating cruelty against animals and contributing
to the attitude that there's nothing wrong with using animals in bloodsports.
21/5/11
A German national who pleaded guilty to smuggling hundreds of live tarantulas
into the United States through the mail was sentenced on Monday to six months in
prison.
20/5/11
Golfer who battered tame fox to death for stealing biscuit is fined. Donald
Forbes, 55, lashed out at the animal, striking it on the head, after he spotted
it rummaging through his golf bag. Anthony's
view I would have liked this golfer to be sent to jail for animal cruelty.
20/5/11
Spoof Burglars Film exposes the Hunters argument video is the LACS. A film
launched tonight at the House of Commons exposes the nonsense of the hunters'
arguments for repeal of the Hunting Act, according to the League Against Cruel
Sports. Anthony's
view very good point the LACS make.
18/5/11
Demand an end to foxhunting in Ireland. Contact all your local TDs and ask them
to support a ban on this horrendous blood sport.
18/5/11
A comprehensive document detailing response procedures and protocols to safely
monitor, evacuate and treat animals contaminated by radiation has been presented
to sectors of the Japanese government.
18/5/11
A MEMBER of an exclusive £2,000-a-year shooting syndicate killed a young swan
after mistaking it for a goose and gunning it down with both barrels of his
12-gauge shotgun, a court was told yesterday.
17/5/11
Hundreds of thousands of individual animals' fate hangs in the balance. They are
in danger of being subjected to exceedingly cruel and painful cosmetics tests
because of European Union action, or perhaps we should say inaction.
16/5/11
In another dramatic show of Africa's hatred against the killing of the African
elephant, the continent's wildlife-range states plan to torch tons of stockpiles
of ivory in the depth of Kenya's Tsavo National Park next July, according to
highly-placed sources within the wildlife sector.
15/5/11
Thailand police arrest man with rare animals in luggage. A man has been arrested
at an airport in Thailand after endangered animals - including leopards,
panthers and a bear - were found hidden in his luggage.
15/5/11
Poaching and illegal trade of bears, whose bile is used in traditional medicine
and folk remedies, remains robust across Asia, putting wild bear populations
under unrelenting pressure, according to a report by a wildlife trade monitoring
network
15/5/11
The Colorado Wildlife Commission approved a regulation May 5 that bans hunters
from hunting, killing or otherwise harassing bears in their dens.
14/5/11
Police have launched an investigation after a young red kite was found dead in
the Grizedale and Rusland area.
13/5/11
Three Green Bay-area men accused of poaching trophy deer in northwestern Kansas
have pleaded guilty to reduced charges, while two other men are awaiting
hearings
13/5/11
AN iconic golden eagle has been found poisoned by a banned pesticide on a
sporting estate in Aberdeenshire.
11/5/11
The Irish Department of Agriculture has confirmed that following a meeting
yesterday, the Irish Greyhound Board has agreed to "modify its proposal to
exclude the export of greyhounds from Ireland [to China]".
10/5/11
We come back with news about Regina, the dog with a whole in the hard palate of
her mouth who is able to feed with some difficulty.
10/5/11
Footage of three endangered tiger cubs playfully chasing a leaf has been
captured by cameras in an Indonesian forest threatened with destruction.
10/5/11
A Gilmour-area hunting party brought home $7,000 worth in fines and licence
suspensions for poaching bull moose instead of wildlife trophies.
10/5/11
A bird strike Monday disabled the left engine of a Delta flight a few minutes
after taking off from Atlanta's airport. Airport personnel patrol the property
around the clock chasing wildlife away.
9/5/11
According to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), lack of stiffer penalties for
wildlife-related crimes had greatly hampered the fight against poaching.
8/5/11
The Colorado Wildlife Commission unanimously approved a regulation Thursday that
bans the hunting or harassment of black bears in their dens.
8/5/11
Location, Location, Location presenter Phil Spencer has been condemned as
‘bloodthirsty’ after he was filmed shooting a deer.
7/5/11
KENYAN authorities have seized the tusks of 58 elephants - totalling one ton of
ivory - after sniffer dogs led investigators to containers at the main airport
that were bound
7/5/11
AN iconic golden eagle has been found poisoned by a banned pesticide on a
sporting estate in Aberdeenshire.
6/5/11
Three Fife men are the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal for wildlife
offences following a probe into egg stealing in the Forth.
5/5/11
A WILDLIFE crime investigator is set to jump out of a plane from 10,000 feet to
highlight the plight of birds of prey.
4/5/11
A huntsman from the Tivyside Hunt in West Wales has today Wednesday been found
guilty of battery against a pensioner.
3/5/11
Less than 24 hours after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the
killing of two members of the Imnaha wolf pack, environmentalists sued the
agency in a Portland U.S. District Court.
2/5/11
You never know what fool will pick up a stun gun and decide to "Tase-and-release"
a wild animal with it. That's why Alaska decided to act before the scenario
unfolded: Starting July 1 it will be illegal to do just that.
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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.
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