Animal Aid: Boycott Restaurant Selling Frog Leg Pizza

October 15th, 2008

London restaurant chain Eco have a new pizza on their menu, for £17.95 you can buy a ‘Hopper’ which contains between 6-8 frogs legs. The charity Animal Aid have urged people to boycott the restaurant saying: ‘The animals typically have their limbs hacked off whilst still alive having been captured by the bucket from the wild in countries like Indonesia.’

Article: Mail Online

Dunfee Fights To Save Red Squirrels

October 15th, 2008

BBC News:

Across Dundee there is a dedicated group of people who are fighting a tough battle – to protect the city’s red squirrels…

Rescue Group Leaves Baghdad Without Puppy

October 15th, 2008

Star Tribune:

A rescue group left Baghdad Wednesday without a puppy adopted by a Minnesota soldier, but the group said the military had cleared the animal and was hopeful to get it out of the country as soon as Sunday…

Hope For Red Squirrel

October 15th, 2008

BBC News:

…Scientists have found that some red squirrels have developed immunity to a disease that has ravaged their numbers…

Disasterous Desert Tortoise Translocation Suspended

October 15th, 2008

World Wire:

Fort Irwin officials on Thursday suspended their disastrous desert tortoise translocation program, in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and Desert Survivors. The flawed translocation project, undertaken to remove tortoises from an area where the fort intends to expand its training areas, has so far sustained huge losses. More than 90 relocated and resident tortoises have perished, primarily killed by predators, and more losses are expected due to healthy tortoises being introduced into diseased populations — against the recommendations of epidemiologists.

RSPCA – Who Is Setting Homemade Snares?

October 15th, 2008

RSPCA:

The RSPCA is warning local cat owners in Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, North Wales, to be on their guard after a cat returned home twice entangled in an illegal snare…

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