The sale and export of almost all ivory items would be banned in the UK under plans set out by the government. Today we announced plans to ban the sale of ivory in the UK.The cruel poaching of elephants shames our generationhttps://t.co/N8RtEwHvTU — Theresa May (@theresa_may) October 6, 2017 Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced…
Category: Wildlife
Russia: Bear cub sadistic killing unpunished
WARNING! Disturbing images below. Russian news site Sakhalin info and social media reported sadistic torture and murder of a bear cub for the sake of his gull by locals in city of Makarovo (Sakhalin). A cub appeared in a residential area in outskirts of the city, when locals prevented him to go back to the…
More exotic animals in need of rescue
European Parliament, Strasbourg Representatives of the European Alliance for Rescue Centres and Sanctuaries (EARS) and of AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection presented the views of CITES – accredited rescue centres, key players in struggle against wildlife trafficking. The MEPs of the Intergroup for the Welfare and Conservation of Animals discussed the conditions of confiscated animals and…
A moose saved from lake in Moscow
Moscow rescuers have saved a moose from drowning in a lake to the east of the capital, the emergencies department said. #Moscow rescuers save moose from drowning in lakehttps://t.co/HyxDmvHIrt pic.twitter.com/usqDGEWotQ — TASS (@tassagency_en) September 15, 2017 It took the rescuers some 1.5 hours to drag the animal out of the lake located on the territory…
Hajar lion cub sudden death
An international animal charity says a month-old lion cub whose mother had been rescued from a defunct zoo in war-stricken Syria has died. We are really sad to inform you that lion cub Hajar, whose mother Dana we had rescued from an amusement park near Aleppo, passed away today. pic.twitter.com/a4KOgIeee6 — FOUR PAWS USA (@FOURPAWSUSA)…
Lioness Dana from Aleppo gave birth
Amman, 14.08.2017 – The rescue from the war-torn zoo in the “Magic World” amusement park close to Aleppo came just in time for a pregnant lioness. On Saturday 12 August, she gave birth to a healthy cub in her new species-appropriate home in Jordan. Only a few hours prior to this, the international animal welfare…
Killing wolves: En Marche! to Middle Ages
Anna van Densky, OPINION. The presidency of Emmanuel Macron has been ‘inaugurated’ in a Middle Ages tradition of killing ‘evil’ wolves. Difficult to imagine that it can happen in France of the 21 century, when progressive humanity is increasingly concerned by ecological catastrophe of destruction of ecosystems, and extinction of rare species. The ‘licence to…
FOUR PAWS to continue rescue from Aleppo
Turkey/Syria, 24 July 2017 – The first part of FOUR PAWS (UK) latest rescue mission was successful: the animals evacuated from a neglected zoo located in the crises region close to Aleppo arrived in their temporary home after a 24-hour road trip through Turkey. In an animal protection center in Karacabey near the city of Bursa, the…
Xandra-lion shot for trophy in Zimbabwe
Cecil the lion’s 6-year-old son was shot and killed by a big-game trophy hunter in western Zimbabwe earlier this month, according to a source familiar with the hunt. Xanda had been tracked with a fitted GPS satellite collar since 2015, the same year his father was killed. His death on July 7 was first indicated…
Rangers killed in Congo wildlife reserve
Five park rangers were killed in a joint operation with the army to rescue an American journalist and three park rangers, who went missing in a wildlife reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said. Unidentified gunmen attacked the group late on the 14th of July in Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Mambasa…
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