25/4/08
The list of creatures that some lairds would like to kill because they
consider them to be vermin gets longer every day. Golden eagle, sea eagle,
hen harrier, buzzard, red kite, heron, otter, badger, wildcat, polecat, fox,
seals, merganser, goosander, cormorant, mountain hare are included.
25/4/08
Hotel asked to disassociate from coursing. The manager of the Clonmel Park
Hotel in County Tipperary has been asked by ICABS to disassociate from a
cruel blood sport.
24/4/08
Handy round-up of all the latest ICABS news, updates, campaign quotes and
action alerts. Read on to find out how you can help Irish animals.
23/4/08
Police say the stereotype of poachers taking "one for the pot" is
not true anymore. Now the National Wildlife Crime Unit is targeting the
poachers to address what is seen as a growing problem.
22/4/08
Highland Perthshire squad keep an eagle eye out
for egg thieves. A SPECIAL squad is rallying round to make sure the area’s
spectacular wildlife does not become easy prey to egg snatchers this season.
22/4/08
A NEW campaign has been launched to stop birds of prey being slaughtered in
the wild. The charity RSPB has said it is time to stop the illegal killing
of the magnificent creatures across the UK.
22/4/08
A flood of offers has turned the tide for a pack of bloodhounds which was due
to be disbanded. Within four hours of a dire warning from Jeremy Whaley,
master of the South Downs Bloodhounds Hunt, that it was on the brink of
closing down and its 26 hounds were up for sale, there was a huge response
from its supporters.
21/4/08
The systematic use of snaring to trap and kill mountain hares has been uncovered
by League investigators on land used for shooting near Cawdor .Investigators
found sixteen dead mountain hares along with evidence of extensive snaring in
areas which would almost certainly trap and kill
21/4/08
Animal rights campaigners have accused ministers of stitching together a
back-room deal with Scotland's shooting lobby to allow the controversial
practice of snaring to continue.
20/4/08
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has renewed its appeal to Coillte to stop
allowing hunters to chase and kill foxes on its property.
19/4/08
New page added to site for people that want to copy from Microsoft Movie Maker
or any video editing program for that matter can use Nero 7 premium I have set
up a step by step guide on how to make your own DVD's
18/4/08
Subscribe to the ICABS RSS feed Stay right up to date on Irish Council Against
Blood Sports campaign activities and action alerts by subscribing to there new
RSS Feed. Add http://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/feed to your news reader and
be the first to receive the latest ICABS news headlines
18/4/08
Alaska Petroleum Denies Polar Bear Protection. Today, the Associated Press
announced the government's ask for continued time in making their decision on
whether not to list polar bears as an endangered species.
18/4/08
A Scottish grouse moor at the centre of allegations of bird of prey persecution
is being put on the market four years after its current owners took control of
the estate.
18/4/08
The case against MP Nicholas Soames, allegedly filmed riding a quad bike
illegally, has been adjourned. The Mid Sussex Conservative MP is accused of
towing two children in a trailer in Slaugham, West Sussex, following a hunt on
January 3.
18/4/08
Malta
bird-hunters become prey as volunteers try to stop slaughter. Hunters who are
willing to defy an international ban and shoot thousands of birds as they
migrate from Africa to mainland Europe are being confronted by furious bird
lovers in Malta.
17/4/08
A self-confessed dog-fighter was jailed on Tuesday, 15 April for 18 weeks after
pleading guilty to four charges relating to dog-fighting.
17/4/08
Egg theft sparks Morpeth swan alert. Morpeth's swans are being kept under close
watch over fears of nest raiders The pair of Mute Swans is nesting in the town
for the second season running after a previous 40-year absence.
17/4/08
Five orphaned bears get a new life in Russia satellite tracking will
monitor survival. In the forest of the Tver region of Russia,
researchers from IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW and
veterinarians from the Moscow Zoo returned five orphaned bear cubs to the
wild.
17/4/08
Badger baiters and other wildlife criminals face a greater chance of
prosecution in Scotland after a government-commissioned review called for
measures to combat offenders to be extended nationwide.
17/4/08
Weaknesses in tackling wildlife crime revealed. A joint review by the
police and prosecution inspectorates in Scotland, released yesterday,
accused some forces of down-grading the significance of crimes against
protected species, breaching their own guidelines and professional
standards.
16/4/08
Animal
cruelty: Recent incidents reveal blood-happy killers are out there
. Just behind scenery, the next favorite aspect of
life in
Ouray
County
, said residents in a past survey, is sharing this special place with
wildlife. (Though in Ridgway, an exception is made for skunks.)
16/4/08
The European Parliament has called for a new strategy to prevent the tiger
from becoming extinct. The organisation's India delegation is holding a
"Tiger Day" at the European Parliament in Brussels.
16/4/08
Following the debate yesterday
(April 15th) in the Welsh Assembly which endorsed the decision by the
Minister for Rural Affairs to commence the killing of badgers in support
of a programme to control bovine tuberculosis,
16/4/08
Clampdown on wildlife criminals. A consultation on wildlife crime in
Scotland is expected to recommend tougher sanctions against law breakers
16/4/08
Conservationists
and police in Norway plan a campaign against farmers who have killed
wolves by blowing up their lairs and putting out poisoned bait. In one
recent incident, Kenneth Larsen of Hedmark University
College spent a week trying to find a female wolf he had tracked before,
Aftenposten reported. When he returned to his car after a fruitless
search, he found that three of its tires had been slashed.
15/4/08
An animal rights campaigner has accused pro-hunt supporters of
intimidation tactics after a dead fox was dumped on the roof of her car
this weekend.
15/4/08
The son of rock star Bryan Ferry has been charged with attacking and
robbing two women anti-fox hunt monitors. Otis Ferry, 25, friend of Sienna
Miller, allegedly wrestled a video camera from them after he spotted the
pair filming him.
15/4/08
Report warns that illegal wildlife trade in Mexico is increasing. A
new report has warned that it is becoming increasingly easy to purchase rare
and endangered animals in Mexico's street markets.
15/4/08
Illegal
wolf hunters become the hunted Yet another wolf has
gone missing in Norway, and conservationists fear she's been killed by
increasingly radical ranchers who want to see wolves wiped out. Police and
conservationists are now teaming up to hunt the illegal hunters.
15/4/08
THE site of the first ever cull of badgers in Wales will probably not be
known until the autumn. A Welsh Assembly Government spokeswoman said the
announcement last week by Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones of a cull of
badgers in a pilot area signalled the start of work on various elements of a
comprehensive package of measures to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in Wales.
14/4/08
On Saturday, armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) stormed and seized
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s ship the Farley Mowat. All
of the Sea Shepherd crew were brought into Sydney, Nova Scotia by the
Canadian Coast Guard late Saturday night.
14/4/08
Police
are determined to raise their game in a bid to combat a growing incidence of
deer poaching in the Ribble Valley. Reports of deer being targeted by
criminals, often with dogs, are widespread, particularly in the Gisburn and
Sawley areas.
14/4/08
Vietnamese and Cambodian forestry law enforcement officers have completed a
week-long study tour to Cambodia forests which provided an opportunity to
discuss and share experiences of forest protection practices.
13/4/08
STAKEHOLDERS in wildlife conservation have set up a national committee on
rhino protection to curb poaching and come up with an emergency action plan to
raise awareness on poaching of the endangered species in the country.
13/4/08
The Scottish Borders claimed another shameful record in wildlife persecution.
A record number of poisoned baits was found within a square mile area near
Greenlaw, Berwickshire. Rabbits and hares containing the banned chemical
carbofuran had been left out to attract birds.
12/4/08
Welcome to the fox web site this is a fascinating web site on the red foxes it
is all so done by Prof Stephen Harris that has written a number of books articles
and more on the red foxes.
12/4/08
Man sought in badger bait inquiry. A third man is being sought by police in
connection with suspected badger baiting in Cumbria.A member of the public
alerted police after seeing a group of men digging at a badger sett near
Cockermouth at the end of March
12/4/08
IFAW Helps Release Orphaned Bears Free Into the Russian Wilderness. In
the early morning light, we walk from the dirt road to the forest where five
bear cubs have been learning to live in the wild.
12/4/08
A
study aimed at preventing the continued destruction of wildlife in Madagascar
is being heralded as a scientific triumph that could act as a blueprint to
save many other species from mass extinction.
12/4/08
Welcome to the latest edition of the ACE e-newsletter. The e-newsletter features campaigns which are predominantly e-based or are on a strict time limit. Those of you who also received our snail mail bulletin may be interested to note that it is no longer produced due to editorial time constraints.
11/4/08
Police in Lancashire are being trained to tackle deer poaching. The force is
working with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation for the
specialist work.
11/4/08
EC court hearing on bird hunting in Malta held behind closed doors. The court
case against Malta over spring bird hunting was held behind closed doors at
the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg this week.
11/4/08
Six people have been arrested and 14 pit bull-type dogs seized during a series of co-ordinated raids yesterday across three counties in the east of England. Four addresses and a barn were raided by the police and RSPCA in relation to suspected organised dog-fighting.
11/4/08
The amount of plastic littering Britain’s beaches is at its highest level
since records began, according to the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS)
Beach watch 2007 survey report published yesterday.
10/4/08
Indian officials seize rare animal hides on government plane. Custom officials
in India found hundreds of hides of rare wild animals when they searched a
cargo aircraft of the Indian Postal department.
10/4/08
Patrolling the squirrel frontline. A small group of control officers has
carried out about 650 humane killings along the border between Scotland and
England in the past 18 months
10/4/08
Two men from the United States have been arrested and charged with trying to
smuggle about 1,300 native beetles out of Australia in empty yoghurt
containers, customs officials said on Thursday.
9/4/08
Please be warned In what may prove to be some of the most violent footage of
the 2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt.
9/4/08
UN pledges to focus on environmental crime. Environmental crimes, including
the sale and trafficking of illegal animals and animal goods, is now high on
the world agenda, the United Nations has said
9/4/08
WSPA’s campaign for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) got a
boost when staff presented the initiative in the House of Commons.
9/4/08
Law enforcement officers from two provinces in central Vietnam have completed
a week-long Forest and Wildlife Law Enforcement Study Tour of Cambodia, a
press release said Wednesday
9/4/08
Thai Police today conducted their largest operation on wildlife dealers this
year when 40 officers raided ten shops suspected of selling rare and
endangered species in the famous Jatujak Bangkok weekend market.
9/4/08
Eagle on the Mend After Shotgun Attack. A bald eagle seriously injured by
shotgun shot is recovering at the West Sound Wildlife Center, according to
staff there.
9/4/08
A badger cull in Wales would be a colossal mistake: for cattle, farmers and
badgers, says the RSPCA. The Welsh Assembly Minister for Rural Affairs Elin
Jones has today announced a badger cull in Wales as part of a strategy to
tackle bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle.
8/4/08
Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to
prevent tiger body parts being offered on open sale in Indonesia, according to
a TRAFFIC report launched today.
8/4/08
Grouse shooting could return to Ilkley Moor a decade after it was
controversially scrapped for being offensive.
8/4/08
A GAMEKEEPER has been arrested in connection with the deaths of six badgers
following a joint operation involving police and wildlife welfare officers.
7/4/08
Baby cubs bring hope for South China tigers. They are South China Tigers, the
most endangered of all the world’s remaining tigers. And it is only down to
a unique breeding programme that the animals stand a chance of increasing
their dying numbers.
7/4/08
Wildlife crime syndicate exposed. Authorities believe they are on the verge of
cracking a sophisticated organised wildlife crime syndicate, operating in
South East Asia. The breakthrough follows a recent seizure of dead tigers and
leopards, found on the Thai Laos border
7/4/08
The hunting of wild animals in a confined area, from which they cannot escape,
is widely known as canned hunting. It is common in South Africa and
North America and has become a massively lucrative industry see what you can
do to help stop it
7/4/08
Thousands
of animals and wildlife products are being sold on the web each day, many of
which are endangered species. Commercial trade in wildlife is incredibly
destructive. Each one of us has a responsibility to stop buying and selling
wildlife products.
7/4/08
The RSPCA calls on the Welsh Assembly to rule out badger-culling as a means of
reducing cattle TB in Wales
7/4/08
A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the
New Zealand Herald has reported.
6/4/08
Wildlife Crime in the UK
2007/08 Author: National Wildlife Crime ... (PDF) Wildlife crime threatens
critically endangered species. In addition species are also being moved into
the UK ...
6/4/08
An ongoing poaching problem has plagued Alaska’s bears for far too long. As
an example, three years ago, seven bears were killed in Katmai National Park.
6/4/08
Here is a video from you tube with a Hyena with a Snare around its neck please
note Snares are a global problem.
6/4/08
Russia
is
a nesting place for birds of prey, many of them almost extinct in other parts of
the world. No wonder some enthusiasts of the falcon hunt
are willing to pay a lot of
money for them and do not hesitate to break the law. On the other hand, there is
a flow of exotic pets smuggled into Russia Video.
6/4/08
A
MAN has been charged with trying to smuggle four live snakes from Africa into
Australia through the post. The 32-year-old man will appear in Melbourne
Magistrates Court charged with four counts of illegally importing an
endangered species.
6/4/08
Three Dutch members of parliament and dozens of school children participated in
IFAW's campaign for a European ban on Seal products on 1 April 2008 in The
Hague, The Netherlands
5/4/08
A hunt supporting farmer has told ICABS that over the years he has "snared
hundreds of foxes and killed them with a baseball bat You
can help the ICABS by viewing all the ICABS site.
5/4/08
Anti hunt campaigners listed 25 instances of
suspected illegal hunting, harassment, abuse and motoring offences in a complex six
page report presented to Sussex Police on Wed. 26th March, in a
handover covered by Meridian TV news.
5/4/08
Nepal's royal family – facing the end of centuries of rule after imminent
elections – has been accused of stealing money that was set aside to safeguard
the country's threatened wildlife.
5/4/08
Fifteen men arrested in a high-profile sting by wildlife authorities last year
have pleaded guilty, including a Wisconsin fox breeder who claims he was
railroaded in court.
5/4/08
Big game hunting hasn't died out with fears for endangered species, it's just
moved to private game reserves. Louis Theroux went to South Africa to try to
understand the thrill of paying to kill an animal.
4/4/08
4/4/08
Three species of birds of prey have been reclassified from endangered to
threatened. The Ohio Wildlife Council ruled that conservation efforts have
increased the numbers of bald eagles, osprey and peregrine falcons in the state.
Bald eagles, peregrine falcons and osprey continue to be federally protected
under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
4/4/08
Rare water birds recovering in Cambodia. The findings mark a "success
story" in efforts to protect the bird colonies from poachers, said Noeu
Bonheur, the Cambodian Environment Ministry's deputy director of the Tonle Sap
Biosphere Reserve
4/4/08
Kenya: Elephants, Lions Top Locals' Hit List. HUMAN-WILDLIFE Conflict continues
to claim the lives of elephants and lions in and around Amboseli National Park
4/4/08
American
songbirds are being wiped out by banned pesticides. The number of migratory
songbirds returning to North America has gone into sharp decline due to the
unregulated use of highly toxic pesticides and other chemicals across Latin
America.
3/4/08
A warning has been issued to potential egg thieves following the return of an
elderly osprey to Perthshire. Wildlife crime officers will be patrolling the
reserve and other areas to track down anyone trying to steal birds' eggs
3/4/07
Doomed badger struggled for 24 hours in Dept snare Photos released by Badger
Watch Ireland show a badger injured so badly in a Department of Agriculture
snare that a vet called to the scene had to put the exhausted animal out of its
misery
2/4/08
A PROFESSIONAL egg thief who collected an “Aladdin’s cave” of illegal
birds’ eggs was jailed for 23 weeks yesterday. Richard Pearson, 41, was found
with more than 7,000 eggs, many from rare birds such as golden eagles, peregrine
falcons and ospreys.
2/4/08
A
protected bird has been shot dead by a coward with an air rifle. Police were
called to Ladyshore Road, in Little Lever, following a report that a shot had
been heard shortly after 7.15am on Monday.
2/4/08
Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association suspends two hunts. The Irish Masters of
Foxhounds Association (IMFHA) has suspended the Avondhu Foxhounds of Co Cork and
the Ormond, of Co Tipperary after allegations of maltreatment of a fox.
1/4/08
India's magnificent big cat, the Bengal tiger, is on its way to becoming a
relic. According to a disconcerting census conducted recently by the National
Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
1/4/08
Postcards
calling on Chief Constables and MP's to do more to enforce the Hunting Act are
now available from IFAW.
1/4/08
A gamekeeper convicted of bird poisoning has won a legal bid for the return of
his shotgun licence. Maurice Gibson, 63, of Kelso, launched the action after he
was stripped of the certificate due to his wildlife crime.
Anthony's view well he has two licences now one for the Gun and one to commit
wildlife crimes
1/4/08
The deaths of a group of seal hunters last weekend was a "tragedy that
never should have happened," a sealer who witnessed their boat capsize said
Monday.
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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
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