7 Year Old Boy Goes On Animal Killing Spree
The director of an Australian zoo said on Friday he is “horrified” after a seven-year-old boy broke into the zoo, fed an assortment of animals to a crocodile and clubbed various lizards to death with a rock…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Zimbabwe Fails Wildlife
Born Free heard last week that four poachers who admitted to killing 18 rhinos in Zimbabwe had been released. Such lax law enforcement is unravelling conservation progress according to the The World Wildlife Fund…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Support For Bullfighting Plummets
A new Gallup poll found that support for bullfighting among young people in Spain has plummeted. A staggering 86 percent of 14 – 24 year olds have no interest in bullfighting. This figure is up from an already high 82 percent when the poll was last conducted in 2006…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)75% Support Ban On Fox Hunting
The latest IPSOS MORI poll results show not only that the numbers of those who support the ban on fox hunting have increased slightly, to 75% but also that almost 60% of Conservative voters support the ban as well…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)399 Penguins Fly South
Two months ago more than 1000 juvenile penguins were washed up in poor condition on the coast of north-east Brazil. Local wildlife groups acted quickly to rescue about 850 of the animals but sadly many died on the beach.
IFAW’s blog reports on the operation to fly 399 rehabilitated Magnellanic penguins 1000′s of kilometers south towards their breeding ground close to Antarctica.
Follow their journey here: IFAW’s Animal Rescue Blog
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Urgent Regulations Needed To Protect Marine Environment
An oil spill affecting most of the north Caithness coastline has impacted scores of seabirds and raised the urgent need for better regulations for the marine environment…
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Orangutan Print Donated For Charity Auction
To mark World Animal Day BOS (Borneo Orangutan Survival International) are auctioning on ebay a beautiful framed print donated by childrens’ illustrator Valerie Berkley.
View the print here: eBay
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