22/2/07
Recently wild fires have not only been destroying forests in Indonesia,
but they have been and are continueing to destroy hundreds of hectares of
native habitat in Victoria, Australia. Hundreds of animals have perished
in the heat and smoke. Wildlife such as the koala bear have taken a fairly
large hit,
22/2/07
Several legislators who voted against a proposed wolf-management bill
Wednesday expressed frustration with how the federal government has
treated the state since the predators were reintroduced in the northern
Rocky Mountains more than a decade ago.
22/2/07
A
wildlife group says it does not want an alternative energy plant to move
into Romulus.The group, Seneca White Deer, says plans to build the Empire
Green Biofuels Plant will harm the wildlife in what is known as the
conservation area of the former Seneca Army Depot
21/2/07
2 years since the ban, but little has changed: dead foxes and hunt
violence in Suffolk. Hunt stewards then warned monitors that they would
“end up in hospital”. Police were in attendance all day, yet the
stewards came upon the group of 6 monitors and savagely assaulted them.
21/2/07
South Africa Outlaws 'Canned' Hunts. South Africa's environment minister
announced long-awaited restrictions on hunting yesterday, declaring he was
sickened by wealthy tourists shooting tame lions from the back of a truck
and felling rhinos with a bow and arrow.
21/2/07
Some of Nevada's most precious inhabitants are being slaughtered at an
alarming rate. The Nevada Department of Wildlife says game wardens are
seeing a dramatic increase in "poaching" around the state. Read
on for the phone number to report poaching .
21/2/07
Two Bozeman men will serve jail time and pay thousands of dollars in fines
for poaching a bull elk in Yellowstone National Park in November. Vincent
Giovanni Ripoli, 25, and Travis Mark Johnson, 21, were arrested Nov. 11
20/2/07
Clampdown on South African Canned Hunting and Captive Breeding Welcomed.
The captive breeding and canned hunting industry received a body blow
today with the announcement of tough new legislation to control this
widely condemned practice that has thrived unchecked in South Africa for
years.
20/2/07
Chinese healer accused of selling bear bile. A traditional Chinese healer
stocked a shop full of products made from bears, antelope, rare orchids
and other endangered species, a court heard.
19/2/07
The annual cull of Britain's favourite animal, the hedgehog, in the Uist
islands of Scotland looks set to end. Wildlife experts have withdrawn
their support for the cull, and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) will
debate on Tuesday whether it should be scrapped.
19/2/07
Not satisfied with killing threatened species of whales in an
International Whale Sanctuary, the Japanese whaling fleet is now risking
the lives of other Antarctic wildlife by a potential oil spill from their
stricken vessel, the Nisshin Maru
19/2/07
Wal-Mart pulls guns from half of its stores in Maine. Wal-Mart began
removing guns from the first of about 1,000 stores last March, concluding
that there wasn't enough demand to support gun sales. Anthony's
view it just goes to show more people are turning there back on shooting
wildlife.
19/2/07
The Golden Triangle Regional Airport must conduct a yearlong wildlife
assessment following a Federal Aviation Administration inspection. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture study is mandatory for airports of its
size.
18/2/07
A new poll shows public opinion is more than 3:1 in favour of the hunting
ban remaining, as animal welfare groups today celebrate the second
anniversary of the prohibition of the barbaric ‘sport’ Anthony's
view excellent news.
18/2/07
Speak Out Against a Kruger Park Elephant Cull. Thousands of elephants in
South Africa's Kruger National Park need your help
18/2/07
ONE OF Scotland's leading conservation charities has come under fire for
promoting grouse shooting and deer stalking with the aid of public money
18/2/07
The cost of a hunting tag to shoot a wolf in Idaho has been set at $26.50
for in-state residents and $256 for nonresidents, even though the animals
are still under endangered species protection.
18/2/07
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
violated the Endangered Species Act when it approved a 22,000-acre federal
logging project that affects northern spotted owl habitat in southern
Oregon.
18/2/07
Drag hunt marks two years of ban. Campaigners who want to repeal laws
banning hunting with dogs are meeting in Kent to show their support
18/2/07
A trip to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya was a educational
life-changing experience for Ruth Ann Prey
17/2/07
This is a film highlighting the activities of the Crawley & Horsham Hunt.
The film begins with the Master of the Hunt categorically stating that the
Crawley & Horsham do not hunt foxes. Watch the film and judge for
yourself!
17/2/07
Police are investigating after a hunt admitted its hounds had killed a fox.
The fox was caught by hounds from the Puckeridge Hunt in Essex who had been
following a trail laid by a rider
17/2/07
GPS to track deer at Guindy National Park. When the
annual deer census begins at the Guindy National Park in the first week of
May, high-tech means will be used to track the deer population.
17/2/07
A Warwick beagle club and its former president plead guilty Friday to
poisoning federally protected birds. The Little Rhody Beagle Club and William
Forward were charged with a misdemeanor count of killing migratory birds and
five misdemeanor counts of illegally using a pesticide.
16/2/07
Photo of Week is a new feature that highlights the work IFAW does around the
world everyday to rescue orphaned, injured, or mistreated animals. We hope
this new weekly feature will give you a glimpse into this aspect of IFAW's
daily operations.
16/2/07
A Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer filed multiple
charges against David N. Hartzell Jr., 28, of Centre Township, Perry County,
for his involvement in the illegal killing of a black bear and two deer. All
charges were filed with District Justice Donald F. Howell in Newport on Feb.
14.
16/2/07
An 11 year old cat has had his back leg amputated after being trapped in a
snare for almost a week. This is the third case of a cat being maimed by a
trap reported to the League this year.
16/2/07
Intense drilling for natural gas and oil in the Rocky Mountain West is
triggering a rise in the illegal killing of elk, deer and other
"trophy" game because new roads make remote areas accessible in
winter, wildlife managers report.
16/2/07
A poaching investigation that spanned two states led to 34 citations and
charges against two York County men accused of illegally killing deer in
Maryland.
16/2/07
Dozens of dead and dying shorebirds birds have turned up around the mouth of
the Santa Ana River over the past week. Staff at the Wetlands and Wildlife
Care Center in Huntington Beach have been treating some of the birds, but
don't know what's sickening the animals.
15/2/07
Secret
Film Exposes Truth About Sussex Hunt Two years on from the banning of fox
hunting secret film obtained by the League Against Cruel Sports reveals the
blood lust motivating many hunters. It exposes the lies told by one prominent
Hunt in an attempt to cover its barbaric and illegal behaviour
15/2/07
Taskforce launched to crack down on hare coursing. Animal welfare agencies,
police, and rural organisations are banding together to form an umbrella group
to root out the problem of hare coursing.
15/2/07
A WILDLIFE officer has asked people to stop putting out traps after a badger was
killed.
15/2/07
Two conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming regulators
are not doing enough to protect polar bears and walruses against the combined
threat of energy exploration and global warming.
15/2/07
Nine people are facing charges and the investigation doesn't stop with illegal
hunting.
15/2/07
A Kansas woman who treats injured wildlife is trying to save a bald eagle from
dying of lead poisoning. Operation Wildlife director Diane Johnson says two
other bald eagles and a goose died of lead poisoning in just six weeks.
14/2/07
A delightful set of photos capturing the moment a peckish fox stops at an apple
tree, chooses an apple and jumps up to get it. Anthony's
view it gets my vote.
14/2/07
The Siberian tiger is one of the world's most endangered species. China was once
home to a large tiger population, but rapid growth and a demand for animal parts
has pushed the tiger to the brink of extinction.
14/2/07
Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials want to manage
the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species list
in five other states, federal officials said Friday.
14/2/07
After 15 years of checking bald eagle nests from small planes, there are now an
estimated 100 nesting pairs, up from 77 the previous year and 10 times the
state's recovery goal under the Endangered Species Act.
13/2/07
In probably the first case of its kind, an e-mail has been treated as a PIL with
the Jammu and Kashmir High Court issuing notices to the state government in
connection with the brutal killing of a bear.
13/2/07
An Australian scientist is questioning the efficacy of a contraceptive vaccine
used to control populations of wildlife, such as rabbits and foxes.
13/2/07
Lead pellets don’t have to be fired from a shotgun to kill birds. During the
past six weeks, two bald eagles and a goose died from lead poisoning despite
treatment at Operation WildLife, a rehabilitative center near Linwood for
injured or orphaned animals. The birds had ingested pieces of lead
12/2/07
A 10-year-study of mountain lions by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is winding
down, and researchers are almost gleeful with what they believe will be the
results.
12/2/07
Evidence has emerged that the Monsanto chemical company paid contractors to dump
thousands of tonnes of highly toxic waste in British landfill sites, knowing
that their chemicals were liable to contaminate wildlife and people
11/2/07
Arrests have been made in the Osaka Japan record reaking elephant ivory seizure
case of this past August. The confiscated ivory totaled nearly three tons,
costing the lives of hundreds of endangered African elephants. Two suspects have
just been taken into custody for their alleged violation of the international
trade ban on ivory.
11/2/07
Conservationists applauded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision against
allowing Wyoming to kill wolves to preserve the state's wildlife herds over the
next few years.
11/2/07
An Atlantic County man has been charged with violating state laws against
selling wildlife and wildlife parts after allegedly trying to peddle more than
200 sets of white-tailed deer antlers, the Department of Environmental
Protection has announced.
10/2/07
Hunt leaders have urged their supporters to pretend they are
being harassed or assaulted by anti-hunt monitors in a bid to sabotage video
evidence.
10/2/07
A Dulverton Farmers huntsman has been found guilty of assault after he rode his
horse at hunt monitors. Anthony Allibone, 49, of The Kennels, East Anstey, had
pleaded not guilty to assault on pensioner Yvonne Nichola, 66, who was
monitoring the hunt near Brushford when the incident happened in March last
year.
10/2/07
IFAW welcomes UK Government’s call for EU ban. The statement made today by Ian
McCartney MP, the Minister for Trade, calling upon the European Commission to
propose an EU-wide ban on the import of seal products. The statement comes in
response to the Government’s deep concern about the cruelty of the Canadian
seal hunt.
10/2/07
Conservation experts have warned that tigers have 40 per cent less habitat than
they did a decade ago. Intense poaching and the rise of an Asian middle class is
being blamed for putting pressure on the big cats and their environment.
10/2/06
Chinese gearing up for traditional lunar new year banquets should think about
what they eat as it could be an endangered species
10/2/07
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has approved questions that the Department
of Natural Resources and the board will ask the public at the annual Spring fish
and wildlife rules hearings in every county on April 16.
9/2/07
Huntsman Anthony Allibone will appear before magistrates today charged with
assaulting a Tiverton pensioner. Yvonne Nicola, 66, was monitoring the Dulverton
Farmers' hunt for the League Against Cruel Sports last March when she was
allegedly hit by Allibone who denies a charge of common assault
9/2/07
A Hunt supporter has been cautioned after trying to
puncture a tyre with a nail hidden in a Mars bar. The attack on a hunt
monitor's car came as the Heythrop Hunt which meets in Stow-on-the-Wold, was
riding on the Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire border in January.
8/2/07
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Denver
challenging the federal government's decision against listing the black-tailed
prairie dog as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
8/2/07
Hussein Ture, one of Kenya's most notorious elephant poachers, was shot dead
last month by the Kenya Wildlife Service in Tsavo National Park. He is
responsible for killing at least 17 elephants and was a major contributor to the
illegal ivory trade.
8/2/07
Lion breeders bemoan curbs on canned hunts. LION breeders say they face
bankruptcy and may be forced to slaughter thousands of the big cats when
government implements laws in March banning most breeding of the animals for
hunting.
8/2/07
Renewed call for coursing ban as cruelty continues as the so-called national
finals of hare coursing take place in Clonmel this week, the Irish Council
Against Blood Sports once again calls for a ban on this outdated animal abuse
7/2/07
ICABS is today asking Minister Dick Roche to watch a video clip in which Ward
Union hunt master, Michael Bailey, doesn't rule out the possibility of the
controversial deer hunt choosing to go drag hunting instead And more.
7/2/07
A German appellate court in Stuttgart proposed a $19,500 fine Tuesday against a
70-year-old man who fatally beat an escaped golden eagle with his walking stick
after it attacked his dachshund.
7/2/07
Rampant illegal logging is destroying the tropical forests of Southeast Asia far
quicker than had been feared, with dire impact on endangered orangutans and
other wildlife, the United Nations
7/2/07
GAME rangers of the Uganda Wildlife Authority should stop killing poachers,
Bushenyi resident district commissioner Sam Tibigweisa has warned.
6/2/07
Hunt monitors present at a meet of the Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt
were today subjected to a horrific unprovoked attack on them and their vehicle,
leaving the driver with a suspected broken arm
6/2/07
A pair of poaching incidents in the region have Utah Division of Wildlife
Resource officers asking for the public's help to find those responsible and
stop the bloodshed
6/2/06
ALBUQUERQUE A male endangered Mexican gray wolf has been targeted for removal by
the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service.
6/2/07
Nepal contains some of the most famous national parks and conservation areas in
the world - but their animals are now in peril.
5/2/07
A leading hunt is being investigated by police after its hounds killed a fox in
a pensioner's garden
5/2/07
The Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has received equipment worth $20
million from a non-governmental organisation to fight poaching in Zimbabwe’s
parks.
5/2/07
State wildlife regulators will consider banning or limiting lead bullets for
big-game hunting to protect endangered California condors.
4/2/07
A top forest official in Jammu and Kashmir is in trouble for allegedly
permitting Hindi film producer Akbar Khan to shoot his magnum opus 'Taj Mahal'
using animals in extremely cold conditions in 2004.
4/2/07
Wildlife officials confiscated about 200 birds including some endangered species
from two people. Many of the confiscated birds, worth around 22, 670 dollars,
were of rare varieties.
4/2/07
A MAJOR crackdown on the "barbaric" and illegal sport of hare coursing
has been identified as one of the main priorities for a pioneering taskforce,
established to combat wildlife crime in the north-east of Scotland
4/2/07
THE UN agencies call for the protection of wildlife in member countries that
include migratory birds. National laws in many countries also provide for their
safe residence during their migratory movements.
4/2/07
The endangered chiru or the Tibetan antelope, once the target of rampant
poaching is slowing recovering from the brink of extinction, thanks to a
combination of better enforcement and a growing conservation ethic in local
communities
4/2/07
The Farmers Against Foxhunting And Trespass organisation has become the latest
group to demand a ban on the Ward Union deer hunt
3/2/07
A Cotley Harriers Hunt Steward has accepted that he used threatening behaviour
towards two hunt monitors on Boxing Day.
3/2/07
The International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW and its partner WTI Wildlife
Trust of India today announced the successful release of two one horned Asian
rhinos Rhinoceros unicornis back to the wild in India with support from Assam
Forest Department.
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