Welcome to the latest news
& Archives for December 2010.
31/12/10
THE case of fell runners being snared on the moors is a good reason for
readers to write to their MP and Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
26/12/10
POLICE are preparing to tackle a surge of illegal hunting on East Riding
farmland following the widespread thaw. Offenders who hunt illegally with dogs
were kept at bay by the heavy snowfall.
24/12/10
The government has expressed its concern over the killing of one of five rhino
named 'George' who were brought in Serengeti National Park and vowed to up
security to perotect the remaining four
16/12/10
Conservationists hail breakthrough in regional co-operation to fight illegal
traffic in ivory, parrots, skins and live animals Sting operations by wildlife
activists in central Africa have broken up highly organised smuggling rings
sending endangered species abroad, leading to the arrest of key dealers and
the recovery of hundreds of kilos of ivory, turtle shells and animal skins
15/12/10
Melita's bloody, stripped carcass still lies in a dip between two hillocks, a
once stately black rhino slain by poachers in early December in Kenya's Lewa
private wildlife reserve.
11/12/10
Two game rangers were, on Sunday, shot dead and another injured in Akagera
National Park, by suspected poachers. Two hippos and a warthog were found dead
close to the scene of the shooting.
10/12/10
A banned pesticide is identified as the cause of two buzzards' deaths in
Strathspey, police say.
9/12/10
A cat-killing mountain lion was dispatched by state wildlife officials Thursday
morning on a Whitefish Stage Road property just a few miles north of Kalispell.
8/12/10
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is seeking the public's help to catch
the culprits in the poaching of seven deer in the Books Cliffs of eastern Utah
7/12/10
Wildlife agents say two hunters were cited for baiting deer and shooting from
illegal stands — both of which are violations of hunting rules
6/12/10
The unlikely pairing of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Hollywood
actor Leonardo DiCaprio emerged this week as they became figureheads in the
battle to save the tiger at a summit in St Petersburg.
5/12/10
A man has been arrested for smuggling hundreds of tarantulas and other spiders
into the US after authorities mounting an elaborate sting operation to catch
him.
4/12/10
BARBARIC bloodsport hare coursing has been dealt a blow this year thanks to
better training and cooperation between police forces. Anthony's
view excellent news.
4/12/10
A tiger that was found dead in Sariska Tiger Reserve last month had been
poisoned, Rajasthan Forest Minister Ram Lal Jaat said here Saturday.
3/12/10
Poaching and poor natural parks might control might reduce the number of
existing specimens of the giant sable antelope and destroy its habitat.
3/12/10
Nevada wildlife commissioners today are set to consider proposed regulations
banning trapping near residential areas of Washoe County
2/12/10
Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has made an impassioned plea to
authorities in Tanzania to uphold the country's traditional commitment to the
conservation of wildlife and show no mercy to poachers.
2/12/10
POLICE are carrying out DNA tests on the carcasses of two sheep after fears they
may have been savaged by a big cat.
1/12/10
US authorities have arrested a German man for smuggling hundreds of tarantulas
and other spiders into the country after mounting a sting operation to catch him
officials said Friday.
1/12/10
Wildlife groups angered by the trapping and killing of coyotes met with Arcadia
residents to educate them on how to coexist.
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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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