Found abandoned in February, Lula the bear and Simba the lion were starving and living in cages filled with feces and urine. Lula was also suffering from pneumonia. Simba had a joint condition, and both animals had severe diarrhea and rotting teeth. Locals were trying to look after and feed the remaining bear and lion,…
Category: Wildlife
MEPs for regulation of online pet trade
The Members of the European Parliament expressed concern about the growing problem of fraud in on-line sales of animals as pets, mainly puppies and kittens, but also exotic spices. An independent investigation showed 600% growth of the puppies sales from Eastern Europe – Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, to the UK, and the other West European member-states….
EP calls for single scheme for palm oil
Palm oil is extensively used in food, cosmetics and biofuels, however the unsustainable production of the cheap vegetable oil leads to deforestation, loss of nature habitats and greenhouse gas emissions. MEPS vote on 4 April on a report by Czech GUE member Kateřina Konečná calling on the European Commission to take measures to ensure among…
Zoo rhino killed for his horn…in Paris!
Poachers have broken into a zoo near Paris and shot a rhinoceros dead before stealing his hugely valuable ivory horn. #Breaking: Murders break into Thoiry Zoo, outside #Paris, kill an #endangered White #Rhino named Vincent, and saw off his horn. Why? Greed pic.twitter.com/QJ26IfANcd — Daniel Schneider (@BiologistDan) March 7, 2017 In the first case of…
Russia to invest in windmills
Gazprombank will provide a loan of 64.6 billion rubles ($1.1 billion) to the Rosatom state nuclear corporation for the wind farms construction in Russia, according to the Rosatom procurement website, Russian Radio Sputnik reports. VetroOGK, part of Rosatom, will attract 64.6 billion rubles from Gazprombank in two tranches. The amount of the first tranche is to stand at 57.4 billion rubles,…
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