Fundraising Appeal To Save Lions

BBC News:

A wildlife park near Doncaster has launched a fundraising campaign to bring 14 lions from a Romanian zoo.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park says it needs to raise £150,000 to transfer the lions from the country’s Oradea Zoo…

Soldiers’ Hero Dog Rescued From The Streets Of Iraq To Be Flown To UK

Daily Mail:

A stray dog who became a mascot for British soldiers in Iraq has been transported to a safe house with his puppy in preparation for their flight to the UK.

Troops were forced to return home without their four-legged friend Sandbag earlier this year and feared he would not last long once they had left – although he was rumoured to have already survived being shot five times…

Company Director Kills Neighbour’s Dog Over Dispute

Times:

A company director killed his neighbour’s dog with a garden hoe after warning her that he intended to make her life a misery, a court has been told…

Brazilian Zoo Investigated Over Dying Animals

Guardian:

Brazilian authorities are investigating a series of mysterious deaths at a zoo in the city of Goiania after 63 animals this year alone.

The latest casualty was Kim, a former circus giraffe, whose limp corpse was winched from its enclosure on Tuesday. The cause of death is unknown…

Farmer Banned From Keeping Animals

BBC News:

A Gloucestershire farmer has been banned from keeping any animals for life after being found guilty of breaching a court order…

Animal Wall Des-Res For Wildlife

BBC News:

A housing development in Cardiff Bay hasn’t just thought of human residents with its latest project.

It’s commissioned a specially designed ‘animal wall’ containing integrated bird and bat nesting boxes in Century Wharf…

City of Broome, Australia, Suspends Sister-City Tie with Taiji, Japan, Over Dolphin Kill

Earth Island Institute:

Ric O’Barry, Director of Save Japan Dolphins Coalition and star of the hit documentary “The Cove”, successfully convinced the Shire Council of Broome, Australia, to suspend its 1981 sister-city relationship with Taiji, Japan, the town where thousands of dolphins have been slaughtered in secret. Furthermore, the story has broken the silence of Japanese media about the dolphin slaughter, with stories about Broome action in NHK, Asahi Shimbun, and other Japanese outlets…

Wildlife Crime Not Taken Seriously

BBC:

A shake-up of wildlife policing is being called for by conservationists including The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and The Wildlife Trusts.

They say an inconsistent and often poor response to wildlife crime from police means criminals are able to break the law with little fear of detection. But why are so few perpetrators being brought to justice?…

Cowell Gives £100K A Year To Dogs’ Home

The Sun:

Simon Cowell secretly funds a dogs’ home run by former Exorcist child star Linda Blair, TV Biz can reveal.

The multi-millionaire X Factor boss gives a whopping £100,000 a year to Linda’s charity…

Albino Humpback Returns To Queensland Waters

Wildlife Extra:

Not seen since 2007, Migaloo – bigger than a truck and iridescent white – made his annual migration north past Cairns unnoticed.

Greg Kaufman, from the Pacific Whale Foundation, said the whale, estimated to be in his mid 20s, was looking well and “doing all the things whales should be doing” but warned the famous humpback may have a tumour…