Welcome to the
latest News Archives for February 2008
29/2/08
As you may be aware, on Wednesday 20 February, the Scottish Government
Minister for Environment announced that the Government does not intend
to ban snares. Instead it has proposed to introduce measures to
regulate the continued use of these cruel and indiscriminate traps click
here to help.
28/2/08
The third anniversary of the ban on hunting passed last week with
predictable calls from pro-hunt supporters for the law to be
repealed.Ever since I can remember, hunters have said anything and
everything to try to justify their peculiar desire to enjoy inflicting
pain.
27/2/08
A Police investigation has been launched after a rare wildcat was
found cut open and used, it is suspected, as poisoned bait on an
estate in Strathspey.
27/2/08
Joan Ruddock, Minister for Biodiversity today announced extra
protection for the water vole. The water vole together with the angel
shark, roman snail, spiny seahorse, and short-snouted seahorse will
gain protection against being killed, injured, or taken from the wild
from 6 April.
27/2/08
A fox had to endure a gruelling 80 minute chase during a hunt in
County Galway, according to an Irish Field report.
27/2/08
The destruction of Sumatra's natural forests is accelerating global
climate change and pushing endangered species closer to extinction,
report warns
26/2/08
If you haven't yet seen Animal Planet's Crime Scene Wild, you can
still catch Steve Galster (pic) at work when he goes undercover to
reveal and document some of the worst crimes in the wildlife world.
25/2/08
The Cattistock Foxhounds have been caught on film behaving in a manner
which can only be described as grossly irresponsible by the League.
25/2/08
The Echo can today reveal the shocking extent of illegal hunting in
Merseyside’s parks. Gun-toting gangs are setting their dogs on
defenceless wild animals and watching as they are ripped to shreds.
23/2/08
An attempt to reintroduce a bird of prey into Ireland suffers a
setback after two die in suspected poisoning. Two were found dead on
Monday Toxicology tests for poison are being carried out on them.
23/2/08
It is official. There are only 1,411 tigers and their numbers are
falling. With the threatened species fighting a losing battle against
ruthless poaching and shrinking forests, conservationists are
demanding that an emergency be declared to save the national animal
22/2/08
A pile of tiger skins, a crate of ivory tusks, a truck brimming with
endangered snakes. Illegal wildlife trafficking is booming, and
authorities often find themselves outmatched by the sophisticated
crime rings that trade in animal pelts and other contraband.
22/2/08
Rwanda, Uganda and Congo agree 10-year conservation plan to share
information on poachers and apes.
21/2/08
BBC Country file will be reporting on snaring on 2 March and is
filming on the issue on 25-26 February.
20/2/08
Animal welfare organisations have today condemned the Scottish
Government’s decision to continue to legalise the cruel and
indiscriminate practice of snaring.
19/2/08
Fourteen special constables were among the representatives from Kent
Police who have been trained to deal with wildlife crime. A police
community support officer, a PC and a chief inspector also learnt
about poaching, badger baiting, and other forms of animal cruelty at
the Wildwood Education Centre, near Canterbury, on Sunday
19/2/08
Walkers in the Highlands are being asked to help discover the true
numbers of one of Britain's most secretive creatures - the Scottish
wildcat.
19/2/08
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18/2/08
New polling figures released on the third anniversary of the ban on
hunting with dogs reveal that the vast majority of people do not want
hunting wild animals - foxes, deer and hare - with dogs to be made
legal again, and think hunters should obey the law.
18/2/08
Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed
to prevent tiger body parts being openly sold in Indonesia, according
to a TRAFFIC report.Tiger body parts, including canine teeth, claws,
skin pieces, whiskers and bones, were on sale in 10 percent of the 326
retail outlets surveyed during 2006 in 28 cities and towns across
Sumatra.
17/2/08
Snares ban likely as celebrities urge end to 'sickening' traps. The
use of snares could be outlawed in Scotland this week when Michael
Russell, Minister for Environment, announces his decision over the use
of the animal traps to the Parliament on Wednesday.
16/2/08
A fox being chased by a pack of hunt hounds was forced to swim across
a canal twice in a desperate bid to try and save its life. ICABS has
asked landowners to help protect wildlife from this appalling abuse by
banning hunts from their property.
16/2/08
Ireland's Ward Union Staghounds have been given permission to
challenge the hunting licence issued by environment minister John
Gormley.
16/2/08
Protected
species confiscated at Indonesian market. Indonesia's Jatinegara
animal market has been hit by a confiscation operation handled by the
Indonesian Government's Quick Response Unit.
16/2/08
The decision by the European Commission to take Malta to the European
Court of Justice over the spring hunting and trapping of wild birds,
which is illegal under EU law. Every spring since its accession to the
EU in 2004, Malta has permitted hunting and trapping of turtle dove
and common quail in contravention of the EU Birds Directive.
15/2/08
The League would once more like to say a big thank you to all our
supporters and friends who worked so hard to make the ban happen. Here
we are 3 years later with the hunting community completely
marginalized by public opinion.
14/2/08
Hounds chased a fox into an empty house in a Northamptonshire village
before cornering and killing the animal in the bathroom. A villager
said: "The hounds pursued the fox into the house and it was a bit
of a bloodbath. I saw the fox being chased across a field."
14/2/08
ICABS has asked RTE Radio to stop classifying hare coursing as a sport.
The appeal comes following an RTE sports report in which Clonmel
coursing results were featured. The station has been reminded of the
mass opposition to the blood sport and the suffering inflicted on hares.
14/2/08
Tiger conservation plans lost in the jungle. Along with a sharp drop in
tiger numbers revealed in the latest census, a conference of the
country’s forest officials also showed that most states had made
little progress in implementing steps for wildlife conservation.
13/2/08
Six buzzards have been killed in Lincolnshire in the past fortnight. One
of the birds died of its injuries after being found caught in a trap at
Odder, between Saxilby and Lincoln. The others were shot. Three were
found together in Folkingham, one in Culverthorpe and another just
outside Sleaford.
13/2/08
India's rare Royal Bengal Tiger population has plunged to 1,411,
drastically lower than the estimated 3,700 believed to exist five years
ago, researchers said.
13/2/08
Trade In Tiger Body Parts Slammed. There are only around 400 Sumatran
tigers left in the world and the wildlife monitoring network, TRAFFIC in
Indonesia, says the trade in their body parts is hastening the animals'
decline.
12/2/08
Police are investigating a Sussex MP who was filmed riding a quad bike
illegally on a public road as he followed the Crawley and Horsham Hunt.
12/2/08
A new documentary on Animal Planet deals with wildlife trafficking. The
aisle is in the warehouse of the United States Fish and Wildlife Services,
which stores over a million confiscated items, accounting for 10% of the
illegal volume in wildlife trade of the country.
11/2/08
Hunters set their dogs on to badgers and foxes a judge condemned the sick
act of animal cruelty.
10/2/08
CRIMINAL damage to wildlife and the countryside in Scotland is soaring
according to a new report by government advisers. Latest figures show a
12-year high in the number of incidents involving bird poisonings with
pesticides, as well as 165 incidents of badger baiting over the past three
years.
9/2/08
New documentary about hunter turned campaigner. A new documentary from Griffith
College profiles Tom Hardiman, a former foxhunter who turned his back on the
cruelty and went on to become one of Ireland's most dedicated anti-hunt
campaigners And lots more
9/2/08
Three gamekeepers admit trying to trap birds of prey. Three gamekeepers
yesterday admitted using baited traps to catch protected birds of prey that
might attack grouse and partridges on an estate in North Yorkshire.
6/2/08
South Asian nations pledge cooperation on rampant wildlife trade. All eight
South Asian nations have agreed to step up cooperation in addressing wildlife
trade problems in the area.
5/2/08
Barn owls are hurtling towards extinction in Northern Ireland, with numbers
plummeting to as low as 45 pairs. It's thought that the species has declined by
around 80% in the last 40 years - and intensive farming and rat poison are the
culprits.
5/2/08
An Indian man who won an award for his work in protecting migratory birds was
caught red-handed poaching ducks at a lake in east India's state of Orissa, the
Times of India paper said Tuesday.
5/2/08
Traffic Southeast Asia and Singapore Zoo have launched a turtle guidebook to
enable conservationists and enforcement officers to correctly identify species
which are legally and illegally traded.
4/2/08
TWO members of a badger- baiting ring escaped a jail sentence prompting dismay
among police officers charged with investigating wildlife crime.
4/2/08
Four Arabian leopards in Otma’a Wildlife preservation were burned last
December by an unknown hunter, said Abdulwahed Al-Bahri, the head of information
committee in the Otma Wildlife Preservation.
3/2/08
A female Indian rhino and her calf have been killed for their horns in Kaziranga
National Park, India.
3/2/08
Inquiries into the decimation of 22 tigers by poachers in this famed tiger
reserve during 2002 2005 have revealed a serious problem the near impossibility
of booking poachers in India
2/2/08
The highest-ever recorded number of poisoned baits for the killing of birds of
prey in the same location has been recovered. However, no-one has been
prosecuted over the discovery, sparking fears that wildlife crime is still
widespread despite the Scottish Government's pledge of a crackdown.
1/2/08
Protected bats land company with record fine. A Buildling company began
unlicensed work on a Victorian building home to hibernating bats, a court heard.
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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
Street, London, SE1 1SG.
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