Welcome to the latest news
and Archives for June 2010.
29/6/10
The vote on legislation to ban the Ward Union carted stag hunt has just been
voted through by the majority – we can now safely say the Ward Union hunt’s
days are up.
Anthony's view Excellent news this.
29/6/10
Two supporters of the Coniston Foxhounds in Cumbria have been cautioned
following an altercation in which a hunt monitor was pushed off a wall.
28/6/10
Advocates for Animals set to launch digital snare campaign - Advocates for
Animals is set to continue its lobbying of the Scottish Government with the
launch of a digital campaign against the use of snares.
27/6/10
National Anti-Snaring Campaign. Sunday 27th June 2010: There website will be
unavailable for a couple of days, however they can still be contacted:
27/6/10
A batch of white tailed eagle chicks have arrived in Edinburgh as part of an
initiative to reintroduce the species to the east of the country.
27/6/10
A Norfolk man who flouted strict regulations to protect endangered species was
last night starting a nine-month jail sentence after he was caught offering
banned wildlife specimens, including rhino horns, for sale on eBay.
27/6/10
A RESTAURANT owner who put lion burgers on the menu in honour of the World Cup
has felt a roar of anger from outraged animal rights activists.
26/6/10
URGENT ACTION ALERTS - Ban the Ward Union hunt. We need your help with a
selection of urgent action alerts. Please get involved now and help bring the
Ward Union hunt to an end. Forward the action alerts to family members, friends
and colleagues and ask them to join you. Thank you.
26/6/10
£80 fine for Sara Phillis, the foul-mouthed wife of the Crawley and Horsham
hunt's professional huntsman
26/6/10
AN MP has pledged to continue campaigning to ensure the fox hunting ban in this
country remains. Clwyd South MP Susan Elan Jones, who was vocal about her
opposition to fox hunting during the election campaign, has now signed an Early
Day Motion in Parliament on the subject.
26/6/10
Thieves take flight as falcon chicks saved by bodyguards. FOR the last 15 years
they have fallen victim to thieves who raid their nest for their valuable
offspring
26/6/10
North Yorkshire poaching shame. Poaching has become the second most lucrative
crime after drug dealing in one part of Britain.
26/6/10
EXPERTS believe an endangered bird of prey found dead at a wind farm in the
Highlands was killed after colliding with a turbine, despite assurances that the
devices are harmles.
25/6/10
Irish Labor Party leader Eamon Gilmore is on record as saying
"I am opposed to the blood sports of badger baiting, cock fighting, dog
fighting, hare coursing and stag hunting. Democratic left strongly believes in
protecting our wildlife and we are very concerned about the cruelty and impact
on the various species of so-called blood sports."
25/6/10
That’s right, less than 24 hours prior to the Ward Union hunt ban legislation
debate, over 100 supporters of ARAN descended on Dail Eireann to bring attention
to animal abuse in Ireland and to urge the passage of the impending Ward Union
hunt ban and the Dog Breeding Establishment Bill.
24/6/10
Please sign this petition: UKRAINE!~ END killing strays in your mobile furnaces!
24/6/10
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society does not hold Japanese companies or
Japanese citizens responsible for Japan’s illegal slaughter of the
world’s whales. But one Japanese company has now made it perfectly clear that
they support the killing of the whales and that they oppose our conservation
efforts. That company is Furuno Inc.
24/6/10
Northern Ireland bans hare coursing, and fox hunting could be next, The Assembly
has voted to ban hare coursing in Northern Ireland. A motion to outlaw the use
of greyhounds to chase and kill Irish hares was passed by 23 to 18 this week and
has been incorporated into the Wildlife and Natural Environment (NI) Bill.
Anthony's view excellent news
this also Fox hunting next I do hope so.
23/6/10
Tests done at the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Entebbe have confirmed that
anthrax killed the 30 hippos in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
23/6/10
Animal activists are boycotting Duchy Originals in protest at the Prince of
Wales's calls to kill grey squirrels.
22/6/10
TWO people are to appear in court following the deaths of birds and a dog at in
Manor Park. Scotland Yard has revealed this evening that Terrence Webb, 27, of
Peregrine Road, Ilford, and Mark Page, 35, of White Hart Lane, Romford, will
appear at Redbridge Magistrates Court on June 29.
22/6/10
News helicopters over Westminster - for the Countryside Alliance AGM? Or is
something else happening there today LACS.
22/6/10
A GAMEKEEPER at one of Scotland's most exclusive estates is being investigated
after three golden eagles were found dead.
22/6/10
Marksmen are to shoot 2,000 kangaroos living in Australia's national capital of
Canberra after the animals started causing havoc on the roads and even jumping
through windows into people's homes.
22/6/10
The preliminary hearing of a corruption case involving a game officer at Iringa
District Council, Kassim Fungamawe Luvanda, and Hilary Ferdinand Daffi, the
managing director of Arusha-based hunting firm Marera Safaris Lodge and Tours
(T) Ltd, begins on July 15.
21/6/10
Indian customs officers seized the third shipment of tiger bones and other
animal parts, worth 230,000 dollars and destined for use in traditional medicine
in China.
21/6/10
The International Whaling Commission will meet this week in Morocco to vote on
lifting the 25-year ban on commercial whaling.
21/6/10
Orphaned seals rescue, Three newborn seal pups separated from their mothers have
been rescued and are being nursed back to health at our East Winch Wildlife
Centre.
21/6/10
Pease help the League Against Cruel Sports to keep the ban on hunting.
20/6/10
We’ve just learned that the pro-hunting group RISE are to stage a huge protest
outside of Dail Eireann this Thursday whilst the Ward Union hunt ban legislation
is being debated. The aim of the hunters protest is to put pressure on the
government not to proceed with the Ward Union hunt and the Dog Breeding
Establishment bill – you can be sure their protest on Thursday will grab tons
of press coverage across the country.
19/6/10
Staff from WSPA member society the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) have
been vaccinating free roaming dogs in Bali’s Gianyar district to prevent
further outbreaks of rabies and show local authorities that culling is not the
answer.
19/6/10
THE endangered water vole – immortalised as Ratty in Wind In The Willows –
has returned to Suffolk’s riverbanks, according to a survey which reveals
dozens of “hotspots” for the animal.
19/6/10
Amid constitutional chaos and political uncertainty, officials in Nepal have
been forced to turn their attention to the country's threatened wildlife,
revealing that at least 28 rhinos have died in the last year. More than half of
the endangered animals were killed by poachers, in a national park supposedly
guarded by troops.
19/6/10
The Dalai Lama on Saturday criticised wildlife activists for staging what he
said were violent protests over Japan's hunting of whales.
18/6/10
GOVERNMENT has aborted a wildlife trade deal with the secretive Democratic
Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) amid widespread condemnation from pressure
groups, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt.
17/6/10
Fox hunt kennels plan for Chewton Mendip opposed. Some people in a Somerset
village have said they will fights plans by a hunt to build kennels in the
village.
17/6/10
A rare shrew which stowed away on board a ferry from the Isles of Scilly to
Cornwall has been flown home.
16/6/10
SIX seals – two pregnant with pups – were shot dead and left on an island
shoreline, a charity said today.
16/6/10
Five eastern black rhinos (Diceros bicornis michaeli), a critically endangered
species, recently were returned to the Serengeti National Park as part of an
ambitious initiative to boost the viability of Tanzania's rhino population.
15/6/10
Wildlife programmes such as Springwatch are driving a boom in the number of
tourists visiting Scotland to view birds and animals in their natural habitats,
an official report has found.
15/6/10
At least 27 hippos have died of suspected anthrax in Queen Elizabeth National
Park, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) boss revealed yesterday.
14/6/10
Foxes Jumping on a Trampoline No
joke it is on you tube.
13/6/10
This is a historic moment. We have a chance to end the blood sport of
bullfighting in one of Spain’s largest regions: Catalonia.
13/6/10
A controversial pyrotechnics display beside a wildlife hotspot went ahead after
a council claimed there was no scientific evidence that birds would be
disturbed.
12/6/10
New laws to tackle the growing problem of wildlife crime have been presented to
the Scottish Parliament.
12/6/10
East Lancashire badger baiters caught on hidden camera.
12/6/10
The League Against Cruel Sports has announced details of a major conference to
provide a launch pad for the charity's new Fighting Dogs campaign. The campaign
aims to tackle the increasing problems of dog fighting, fox baiting and terrier
work.
12/6/10
The annual fur seal culling season in Namibia, which is set to start on July 1,
might possibly escape the international limelight due to the Fifa World Cup in
South Africa, but animal rights activists are again preparing to try and halt
the mass slaughter on Namibian beaches.
11/6/10
POACHERS shot and killed 10 elephants at one spot in Gonarezhou National Park in
Chikombedzi along Zimbabwe's border with Mozambique and South Africa last week.
11/6/10
Animal Voice: May 2010 Campaign newsletter of the Irish Council Against Blood
Sports Download this Newsletter
10/6/10
Nearly extinct, tigers can still be saved but efforts necessary for their
survival face two huge obstacles: deforestation and the black market, where the
big cats sell for 50,000 dollars a piece.
10/6/10
Red squirrels to be reintroduced to England, They were once a common sight in
trees and parks across the country but have been driven to the edge of
extinction by the spread of their rapacious grey cousins.
10/6/10
POLICE in Aberdeen have moved quickly to protect a pod of bottlenose dolphins at
the mouth of Aberdeen harbour.
9/6/10
Teenager banned from keeping pets for 10 years after attack on blind woman's
guide dog.
9/6/10
Three men arrested in dawn raids on a number of properties in the Rother and
Wealden areas shortly before Christmas have been charged with wildlife and
firearms offences.
8/6/10
Plans for a badger cull to control bovine tuberculosis in Wales face a fresh
legal challenge.
8/6/10
About 6.684 animals including dogs, cats and monkeys, were vaccinated by the
veterinary services of Namibe, during the first quarter of 2010 in five
districts of the southwestern province.
7/6/10
IFAW have heard from a number of supporters who were moved by our new Emergency
Response video and wanted to sign up - but our form didn't work for them
7/6/10
SAVE THE RHINO, the British charity set up to protect one of the world’s most
endangered animals, is endorsing the shooting of them for fun and is directly
profiting from “trophy hunts” of other species.
7/6/10
Police and Uganda Wildlife Authority are hunting for three hippopotamuses after
one went on rampage killed two people and cows in Munyonyo near Lake Victoria
and Nakawuka respectively.
7/6/10
Four lucky lions, flying to freedom After months of hard work, four lucky lions
are on their way to paradise
6/6/10
Susie's Law the state House voted 113-0 Wednesday to pass Susie’s Law, which
would increase the penalties for animal cruelty. “No animal should ever have
this kind of treatment,” Rep. Maggie Jeffus said on the floor.
5/6/10
BRITISH gun laws were under intense scrutiny yesterday, after it emerged Derrick
Bird was a licensed shotgun holder with a previous criminal conviction.
4/6/10
Threat to health - ANIMAL Aid has released a shocking new factory farming film
featuring grim scenes shot secretly in randomly-selected farms across the UK.
3/6/10
The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that many have feared for weeks is
fast becoming a terrible reality.
2/6/10
Police officers carry away evidence from the scene of yesterday's raid. Gary
Anthony A POLICE investigation was continuing last night after officers raided
an Inverness estate where several protected birds of prey were discovered
poisoned
1/6/10
Starvation Island in northern Zimbabwe is living up to its name as rising lake
waters have submerged large tracts of grazing land relied on by hundreds of
animals.
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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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