Welcome to the latest news
and Archives for June 2011.
26/6/11
Excellent news MPs, yesterday saw Parliament finally pledge to ban the use of
wild animals in circuses once and for all.
20/6/11
The League's Fighting Dogs campaign was launched to highlight the problem of
dogs being used for fighting with other animals.
17/6/11
CRUEL CAPTIVE HUNTING REVEALED. On
Monday, June 20, at 9 p.m. EDT/PDT, watch as producers of "Animal Planet
Investigates" ride shotgun with Humane Society of the United States
undercover investigators exposing the unsavory captive exotic animal hunting
business, where fenced, tame animals are shot for guaranteed trophies.
16/6/11
An announcement is expected from the Welsh Government early next week on whether
or not it intends to push ahead with controversial proposals to cull badgers in
Pembrokeshire.
14/6/11
A thirty-four year-old man from Rochdale, Lancashire, has become the latest
person to be convicted under the Hunting
13/6/11
A Derbyshire gamekeeper is convicted of trapping birds of prey using a live
pigeon as bait on land in the Peak District
13/6/11
The RSPCA in Norfolk says ducks which have been stamped on, run over or pelted
with toys are among the hundreds of injured birds brought to its wildlife
centre.
12/6/11
Bangladesh is to set up a special force to save the critically endangered Royal
Bengal Tiger and other animals, officials say.
11/6/11
Goa forest officials raided the house of a youth in the Ribandar village on
Thursday night after his bragging posts on social networking site Facebook of
relishing eating and killing of Indian Bull frogs tipped off a network of
wildlife NGOs.
10/6/11
The hunting lobby has today attempted to re-brand their cruel blood sport in an
attempt to justify their desire to allow packs of hounds to chase and kill wild
animals for sport.
10/6/11
Ireland's largest online bookstore removes bullfight book. ICABS has thanked
Kennys.ie - Ireland's largest online bookstore - for removing a bullfighting
book from sale
9/6/11
A collection of stuffed animals including two Bengal tigers, a black bear and a
spitting cobra are found at a house on Merseyside
8/6/11
The death of a red kite in the Lake District is being investigated after it was
found that it had been poisoned
7/6/11
Thai authorities have found nearly 400 protected tortoises in unclaimed bags at
an airport in Bangkok, according to an official.
6/6/11
A man was expected to appear in court later in connection with alleged wildlife
crime offences committed on a Scottish island.
5/6/11
Wildlife officials say they had to kill a young black bear that had become a
safety problem after being hand-fed by visitors to a northeastern Pennsylvania
park.
5/6/11
Bangladesh is set to launch a new police force to protect wildlife in response
to a sharp rise in poaching and exotic animal smuggling, the government's chief
conservationist said Tuesday.
4/6/11
Thai customs officials have found 431 turtles and other rare reptiles stuffed
into four suitcases and smuggled into the Bangkok airport.
4/6/11
The shocking discoveries of mutilated carcasses in woodlands in North Wales are
now being investigated by police Antlers ripped off the heads of deer sold on
eBay for just £103/6/11
Police investigating a spate of deer deaths believe the animals' antlers may
have been removed as "sickening" trophies
3/6/11
Police have said they are now hunting for the killers of three red kites in
Cumbria UK.
3/6/11
The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division are hunting for a vehicle
that they think is responsible for killing Caspian terns, which are federally
and state protected, in Astoria.
2/6/11
An poacher died yesterday after eating meat from an elephant that was killed
using poisoned arrows. Ndunda Musango, 32, was among several poachers who
entered Tsavo East national park two weeks ago to look for the treasured
elephant ivory.
2/6/11
Anti-hunt protestors will not face charges anti-hunt activists arrested during a
controversial police operation have been told they won't be facing criminal
charges.
1/6/11
Hedgehog numbers have declined by a quarter in the past decade because garden
fences and decking are stopping them moving around to feed, mate or nest.
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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.
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