Welcome to the latest news and Archives for March 2011.

30/3/11 A Bath film-maker has stirred up controversy with a new movie about hunting. His balaclava-clad men wielding weapons to threaten revenge on the hunting community appeared to be the next chilling step in the ongoing war between animal rights extremists and the country sports fraternity.

30/3/11 Indian tigers, thought to be on the brink of extinction a few years ago, have increased in numbers with the latest census showing a jump of some 300 of the big cats.

29/3/11 Ounce for ounce, rhino horns sell for more than gold - one reason why conservationists say Africa's rhinos are facing their worst poaching crisis in decades.

27/3/11 A barbaric duo who made animals fight to the death were branded “sick” by campaigners after they had their jail sentences cut because of a legal technicality.

26/3/11 Anne's agony: Battered, kicked and stabbed, the desperate plight of Britain's last circus elephant. Anthony's view this sickens me they should be jailed for Animal cruelty.

25/3/11 ANIMAL welfare officers last night appealed for help to track down sick thugs who set their dogs on a defenceless badger. The badger baiters struck at a woodland area in the west of Barrhead but were spotted by a horrified member of the public, who raised the alarm.

24/3/11 ICABS has complained to TV3 following the airing of a documentary purporting to present the "the truth" about blood sports in Ireland. In an email to the programme's producer, ICABS criticised the lack of balance and the fact that it was biased in favour of the blood sports enthusiasts

22/3/11 Anti-hunt saboteurs arrested after protest in Huntley. SIX animal rights activists have been arrested after an anti-hunt protest in Gloucestershire. Around 50 police officers and a helicopter attended the demonstration in Newent Lane, Huntley, after fears that it could turn violent. They were called by the Cotswold Vale Farmers Hunt after running into 50 protestors from the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) on Saturday.

21/3/11 Poachers caught on land were illegal hare-coursing. Police caught two men and a youth poaching on land and involved in illegal hare-coursing, a court heard.

19/3/11 Please sign this Petition. Please sign and say NO to mass killing of Romania strays ! The Romania’s state officials intend to reintroduce into the legislation - as a measure of solving the stray dogs problem in Romania.

18/3/11 Rescued dog snares award. A RESCUE dog from Toton who lost a leg in a fox snare has won a national award for its harrowing rescue story.

17/3/11 JAPAN QUAKE VIDEO: Dog Survivor Protects Injured Friend. The International Fund for Animal Welfare Emergency Relief team continues to closely monitor the situation and the radiation from the Fukushima nuclear reactor. As soon as the situation stabilizes and ensures responder safety, our IFAW team intends to be on the next plane in to begin our animal relief mission.

17/3/11 Russia Bans Winter Den Hunt for Bears, Countless Cubs Saved. New “Rules of the Hunt” legislation was enacted in Russia, which will effectively end the cruel hunting practice of rousting bears from their dens during winter hibernation and then shooting the bears. Often, this hunting practice left tiny bear cubs orphaned and the cubs would quickly die of starvation or freeze to death.

16/3/11 It looks like Los Angeles County didn’t want to wait for a national or state wide puppy mill law to go into effect.  On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance to protect animals raised by breeders or kept in pet stores.

15/3/10 A former gamekeeper has been jailed for 16 weeks after he admitted filming an horrific attack by two dogs on a trapped fox.

12/3/11 The League is delighted to announce that Joe Duckworth will be joining the charity in July as Chief Executive, Joe, who has a long and distinguished background in public services, has been appointed through an open recruitment and selection process which followed the announcement that the current Chief Executive, Douglas Batchelor, will be retiring in the summer.

11/3/11 Countryside Alliance boss told Buckinghamshire members fox charity “should not receive a penny” from Waitrose appeal in Thame. A statement from Waitrose said: “This is simply a charity that has been nominated by our customers who feel that they want to support the work it does.” Anthony's view well said to Waitrose for standing up to animal abusers that like to kill more than they like to help I my self reported the CA not so long back to the Charity Commission for asking for public donations when they are a political group not a charity. Here is Little foxes wildlife Rescue. The CA targeted.

11/3/11 A prominent animal rights campaigner has won a landmark ruling that his beliefs should be protected from discrimination at work in the same way as religion.

10/3/11 A wealthy landowner has accused other lairds and their gamekeepers of killing golden eagles in Scotland because they believe it is a "victimless crime".

9/3/11 African elephants victims of Thai trafficking. For many years Southeast Asia had a bountiful supply of elephants to satisfy Thailand's ivory traffickers, but the decimation of the species has seen them turn to Africa for their plunder.

8/3/11 PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION SAVE THE TULLOS HILL DEER. Aberdeen City Council intend shooting circa 30 roe deer at Tullos Hill where the Council want to plant a new woodland and create new wildlife habitat. They are going to slaughter established wildlife to create a new wildlife habitat. If that is not madness I’m Admiral Nelson.

8/3/11 Animal smuggling has grown to a £6bn-a-year criminal industry, and is exceeded only by the drugs and arms trades. Its illicit profits are a major source of funding for terrorist and militia groups, including al-Qa'ida, and the snaring and slaughtering of animals is driving dozens of species to the brink of extinction.

8/3/11 The Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge and Education Centre has been in Orlando for the past 22 years, but now it's running out of money

7/3/11 Police are appealing for witnesses of a suspected arson attack on a stable block in North Yorkshire.

7/3/11 Wildlife groups are taking a roundabout approach to protect Africa's iconic lions. They want the big cats listed as endangered in the United States.

6/3/11 Police in Narok are holding a suspect in connection with killing of a white Rhino in Maasai Mara Game Reserve on Monday evening.

5/3/11 Badgers need you more than ever today! The Badger Protection League is an independent website supported by many societies, groups, VIP’s and Celebrities. We need you to help us in fighting against the proposed killing of thousands of badgers in England and Wales.

5/3/11 A teenager has been charged with offences against the Hunting Act in the Bramdean area near Alresford.

4/3/11 People are used to stories of conservational doom-and-gloom with fragile species threatened by creeping urbanisation, but recent reports suggest some birds of prey are booming in the UK. So why does the prospect of a soaring hawk or eagle leave some people worried?

3/3/11 BADGER baiting sicko Wayne Lumsden is plotting an early release from prison. The yob, jailed for animal cruelty, is fighting against his sentence.

2/3/11 Attempts to ban the use of snares in Scotland have today failed in the Scottish Parliament after MSPs voted against ending their use.

1/3/11 PSNI and USPCA rescue County Down hunt stags. A man has been arrested after the USPCA and PSNI seized a vehicle and trailer containing two stags which, it is thought, were about to be hunted. The practice known as 'carting' is illegal and the hunting community has long maintained that it doesn't exist.

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