Welcome to the latest news and Archives for
July 2009
31/7/09
Network for Animals campaigns against the cruel practice of horse fighting, a
blood sport prevalent on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
30/7/09
On Line Petition: 97% OF DOGS ARE DYING FROM HUNGER AND THIRST!!! The Shelter
Oasi San Leo (CICERALE) was opened 1980. The dogs are transported to this
asylum from Salerno and Avelino and always in a terrible way.
29/7/09
Thousands of badgers are to be killed by the Welsh Assembly, Tomorrow is the
last day - otherwise it will be too late. Now is the time to make a
difference.
29/7/09
An investigation has been launched after a buzzard was found poisoned on a
Highland estate, police said yesterday. It is the third dead buzzard to be
found on the Gledfield Estate in Ardgay near Inverness by a gamekeeper during
the past 12 months.
28/7/09
Dying
greyhound found buried under a tin sheet, If they're lucky they end up as
pets. Many retired greyhounds are dumped, used for research or sold to Asia as
food, say animal activists.
27/7/09
Please help us end the suffering of Cozumel's street dogs by becoming an IFAW
Champion for Animals, But the painful truth is that each of these dogs was
picked up off the street and brought to an animal control facility. And only a
few days later, when no family had come to claim them as their own, they were
put to death.
26/7/09
NEW DELHI: Forest preservation, curbing poachers and relocation of
forest-dwellers were the three major challenges before the government, Union
Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here on
Tuesday.
24/7/09
Click here to read about Milo's rescue from a 'Budka' death and to see videos
of him before and after he was rescued. He is now safe at the SPA-SOS shelter
24/7/09
Yet another government minister has been implicated in Zimbabwe's poaching
crisis, which is threatening to destroy conservation efforts. An unnamed
government minister is said to have ordered the illegal shooting of an
elephant in Hwange National Park recently.
24/7/09
Malaysia's dwindling tiger population could be wiped out in less than a decade
unless authorities quickly halt the illegal trade in tiger parts and poaching,
a wildlife expert warned Tuesday.
24/7/09
The government lays out details of a badger vaccine trial for cattle TB, and
says the attitude of farmers will be crucial.
23/7/09
Naturewatch's flagship project in Eastern Europe Lithuania. Action
Day for endangered Goosander in Kaunas - Tremendous media interest in
the specially designed nesting boxes to be located along the Nemunas River.
23/7/09
On Line Petition. Recently, Kenyan Wildlife Authorities seized $1 million worth
of elephant tusks hidden in coffins that were bound for illegal ivory markets in
Asia. Ever since members of the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) allowed a limited legal ivory
trade, there has been a growing demand in tusks. This has lead to skyrocketing
rates of illegal poaching, and unless sales are permanently banned, elephants
are likely to go extinct.
23/7/09
Police raid a Chinese medicine shop suspected of selling products derived from
endangered species.
22/7/09
Conservationists who use tranquilisers to sedate Indian tigers may in fact be
killing the endangered big cats.
23/7/09
Australia calls in hit squad of snipers... to protect penguins from mystery
predator
22/7/09
Ban
Hare Coursing Website,
Which highlights the barbarity of the blood sport of live hare coursing in
Ireland, the campaign to have hares (better known as jack rabbits in North
America) protected from this cruelty, and my book that promotes this campaign
in addition to encouraging animal protection campaigners worldwide in their
own endeavors.
21/7/09
A tip-off to the National Anti-Snaring Campaign led to the rescue of a fox cub
from a snare in the north-east.
21/7/09
A police officer is to face prosecution over the deaths of two police dogs in
Nottinghamshire, BBC News has learned.
19/7/09
Plaese help with this, ROLDA appeals to all friends, individual donors or
organizations (especially located within Europe) for a donation of a pick-up
SUV (4X4), fabricated in 2002 or sooner, used but in good condition,
well-ventilated for transporting dogs, especially for long distances.
18/7/09
Five men are facing a laundry list of wildlife crime charges in Deschutes
County following a 10-month investigation, Oregon State Police said this
week.
17/7/09
A couple arriving at Stansted Airport from Corfu are arrested after seven
tortoises are found in their luggage.
16/7/09
Foxes stage Dens Park invasion, Preparations for the new season at Dundee FC's
stadium are being hampered by a family of foxes.
16/7/09
Smuggled ivory 'hidden in coffins' Kenyan authorities say they have seized
more than 300 kilograms of smuggled ivory and rhinoceros horn in a raid on a
cargo plane headed for Asia.
16/7/09
Good news! Recent reports from the agricultural committee in Kenya's parliament are saying that the manufacturer of
carbofuran pesticide is being told to remove the remaining pesticide in Kenya -- and that an environmental committee
is being set up to draft a final ban.
16/7/09
Five men face charges in Bend following a 10-month investigation into
wildlife crimes in Oregon and Idaho, officials have said.
15/7/09
The attitude of farmers to a study into vaccinating badgers for cattle TB will
be crucial in determining its success, the government acknowledges.
14/7/09
Bloody and incomplete, their horns hacked away by poachers, rhinoceros
carcasses are appearing in greater numbers, due to growing Asian demand and
international trade, groups say.
14/7/09
One of India's main tiger parks, Panna National Park in the central state of
Madhya Pradesh, admits it no longer has any tigers.
13/7/09
A massive official cover-up could be underway after police investigations into
the ballooning illegal trade in rhino horns netted two Zanu PF ministers.
13/7/09
New Delhi is Alarmed at the growing wildlife crime taking a toll on the
country's fauna, the Centre is planning to bring in a legislation for speedy
conviction of poachers.
13/7/09
White rhino from Kruger sold to hunters, it is feared. Hundreds
of white rhino from one of the world's most famous game reserves are to be
herded up and sold, many of them to private hunters.
12/7/09
You can help! - let us continue to pressurize the Korean government to
make a law that prohibits the consumption of dogs and cats, please sign the
petition: Animal abuse in Korea.
12/7/09
Twin baby red pandas have been settling in well to their new surroundings at a
wildlife centre in south-west Scotland.
11/7/09
A charity that goes undercover to catch ivory and tiger-skin smugglers is
looking for three people to get a taste of its work.
10/7/09
Pet Owners Speak Out. NASC supporter Patrick Prekopp video of Ann and Chris, who
lost their cat, Marmalade, in a snare in February, 2009. Since then, Ann has
campaigned to ban all snares and launched a petition locally to add to mounting
call for an end to indiscrimate trapping.
9/7/09
The
race to protect greyhounds. Every year at least 10,000 greyhounds are retired
from racing. The fate of many of these greyhounds is unknown and huge numbers
simply 'disappear'.
8/7/09
Please Sign This Online Petition: Dog meat eating was banned in the
Philippines in 1998. Sadly, the law is rarely enforced, and the penalties are so
weak that convicted dog meat traders get off with a slap on the wrist only to
return to their cruel trade.
7/7/09
Levels of rhino poaching are at their highest levels for at least 15 years,
conservation groups have warned. Populations in Africa and Asia are seriously
threatened.
6/7/09
Rhinos are in a "desperate situation" with poaching reaching its worst
levels in many years, conservationists have warned. Demand for their horns is
still high in countries such as China and Vietnam.
5/7/09
Cheetahs
to return to India's grasslands under multimillion-pound plan. A meeting of
international experts is to be held in Rajasthan in September.
4/7/09
Bald eagles at risk in Washington The only nesting pair in the capital could
lose a chunk of its scarce urban habitat to the Department of Homeland Security.
3/7/09
The persecution of peregrine falcons in Cumbria has been highlighted as
conservationists demand more protection for the bird of prey.
2/7/09
The recent arrival of the invasive harlequin ladybird in the UK is likely to
threaten more than 1,000 native species, scientists have warned.
1/7/09
A massive dog-killing campaign has come to an end, apparently due to strong
protest within China and mounting pressure from the international community.
1/7/09
An inquisitive fox cub who got a glass jar stuck on his head needed the help of
the RSPCA earlier this month. The cub was found in Renance Gardens in Ilford,
north-east London, with the jar firmly wedged on his head.
1/7/09
One of Thailand’s major wildlife traffickers has been sentenced to two years
in jail for trying to smuggle 245 Malayan Pangolins and 63 Black Marsh Turtles
into Bangkok three years ago, police sources said yesterday.
1/7/09
THE Uganda Wildlife Authority is hunting for poachers and traders in ivory
following the recovery of 100 pieces of elephant ivory hidden in sacks of beans
at Kabusu in Kampala.
1/7/09
Two men have been found guilty of badger digging after they were caught in the
act on camera by an undercover RSPCA inspector.
1/7/09
On 1 July, brothers Matt and Nick Strange will be setting out on an amazing
journey to raise money for the moon bears. Cycling the length of the UK from the
south-west tip of Cornwall to its most northern outpost in Scotland.
1/7/09
On
Line Petition please sign. In Yerevan and in districts continues to kill
homeless dogs! Of course democracy works and the number of killed dogs decrease,
but it is not enough. Not a single dog can be killed.
Photo below is from on line Petition please help
them.
1/7/09
Pigeon fanciers are being accused of targeting peregrine falcons in the West
Midlands in a series of sick attacks, including lacing their prey with poison.
1/7/09
An Australian wildlife sanctuary is carving out a niche exporting dingoes to
foreign zoos, aiming to preserve rare bloodlines and shatter misconceptions
about the native dog.
1/7/09
An epidemic of mountain pine beetles, which has devastated forests in British
Columbia, is threatening to spread.
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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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