Tiger Found Caged in Houston House
In the US, only 35 States have banned the private ownership of wild cats, and Texas is not one of them.
A Crime of Reporting: Inaccurate Media Failing Zimbabwe’s Elephants
The CNN article characterizes a government whose hands are tied. This is, frankly, erroneous – a mistake.
Arizona’s New Animal Proposal Goes to the Governor
There’s a great link between domestic violence and abusing animals. These people need help. This bill gets them help.
Botswana Risks International Condemnation if It Reintroduces Elephant Hunting and Turning Elephants-Into-Pet-Food Plan
This is an idea that, if turned into reality, would see Botswana internationally reviled.
35 More Baby Elephants Being Sent From Zimbabwe to Lives of Hell in China
Many of these babies will still be breast feeding. Scientists say they will never fully recover from the trauma.
CITES CoP18 Will Be Held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in May 2019
Cites, the United Nations organisation which regulates wildlife trade, meets in Sri Lanka in May for its 18th session.
What Brexit Could Mean for Animal Welfare
Whatever the outcome, of the current debate on Brexit, the UK leaving the EU will have profound implications for Animal Welfare.
Hunters Pepper Caged Fox With Bullets
The hunters claim they hunt to protect the environment, but it’s really an excuse for the kind of barbarity shown in this video.
Vietnam Continues to Be a Major Center of Ivory Trading
Regulatory and enforcement efforts must catch up to the markets, or the Vietnamese illegal ivory market will remain one of the largest in the world.
Japan to Defy the World-Wide Whaling Ban and Start Killing Whales
A massive battle is underway to protect whales and allow their stocks to recover before they are lost forever. The situation is so serious that a world-wide ban on commercial whaling has been in place since 1986.
UK Introduces Strict Ban on Sale of Ivory
The number of elephants living in the wild has declined by almost a third in the last decade and around 20,000 elephants a year are being slaughtered due to the global demand for ivory.
Some Giraffe Subspecies Are at Risk of Extinction
Two out of nine subspecies of giraffe are listed by IUCN as critically endangered, while others are considered endangered, vulnerable and near threatened.
New Hope for Fin Whales and Mountain Gorillas
The IUCN Red List now includes 96,951 species of which 26,840 are threatened with extinction.
Could the End of Captive Lion Breeding in South Africa Be In Sight?
Continued and sustained pressure on the government is the only way to ensure that the parliamentarians’ wishes are respected.
Singapore Seeks a Ban on Ivory Sales
If the ban is passed, it means individuals and local businesses will no longer be able to sell or buy any form of elephant ivory in Singapore.
China Reverses Tiger and Rhino Products Ban
“We are relieved and pleased that sanity has prevailed,” said David Barritt, a spokesman for the Animal Survival International (formerly Political Animal Lobby).
Orphaned Rhino Highlights the Tragedy of the Trade in Rhino Horn
Baby David’s mother was the latest victim of the poaching scourge that has swept across South Africa since 2008.
Godfray Review Shifts Focus From Badgers to Farmers
We intend to keep applying pressure on the UK government until it finally does what any responsible government must surely do under the circumstances: abandon its policy of killing badgers.
New Knowledge About Tigers Could Help to Protect Them
Preserving what is left of tigers’ genetic diversity will mean ensuring that all remaining subspecies are taken into account, say the researchers.
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
They challenge the government to abandon its 25-year bTB eradication policy.
Criminals May Be Using Antiques as a Way to Launder Rhino Horn
Sophisticated criminal networks use every way possible to traffic illegal rhino horn to consumer countries, often routing it through countries in the European Union.
Botswana’s Safari Tourism Industry to Fight Elephant Poaching
Until recently, these forces have combined to stop widespread poaching activity, making Botswana a haven for Africa’s increasingly threatened wildlife.
Conference Focuses Spotlight on the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Participants at the London conference sought to strengthen international partnerships in an effort to tackle the illegal wildlife trade which is worth as much as £17-billion (US$22.5-billion).
The Airline Industry Has the Power to Curb Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
Illegal wildlife trafficking impacts more than 7,000 species of animals and plants. Criminal organizations involved in wildlife trafficking are often directly connected to other trafficking networks, with the profits being used for all manner of illegal activities.
Vietnamese Wildlife Syndicates a Growing Threat to Elephants
While the seizures likely represent a small fraction of the actual volume trafficked, they represent as many as 11,414 dead elephants.
Sniffer Dogs Prove Their Worth in Rhino Poaching Crisis
Network for Animals supports seven of the 54 sniffer dogs that work for the Kruger National Park’s canine unit. The dogs and the brave men who work with them, hunt down poachers in the huge nature reserve, which is larger than the country of Wales.
Tories Expand Cruel and Pointless Badger Cull
It’s clear that neither scientific reasoning nor constant pressure from animal lovers will end the horror of the badger cull. Only a change in government will stop the madness.
Is Zimbabwe Exporting Rhinos to China?
Most recently, it was reported that 31 young elephants captured in the Hwange National Park in January this year, were to be exported – probably to China.
Kudos for Singapore Airlines. It Won’t Transport Lion Bones From South Africa
Our organisation strongly supports the movement by animal rights activists and organisations to shut down this industry that is a stain on South Africa’s reputation as a leader in the conservation of wild animals and natural landscapes.
Elephant Massacre in Botswana
The bodies of 87 elephants, most with their tusks chopped off, were discovered by a non-governmental organisation, Elephants without Borders, which was conducting a routine elephant census along the Botswana border.
Is the Tide Turning for Elephants?
The work done by Network for Animals and its supporters comes at an important time for elephants − a time when the tide appears to be turning against the trade in ivory.
Canned Lion Hunting
This Zapiro cartoon in the Daily Maverick captures the essence of South Africa’s shameful canned lion hunting industry that places cash before conservation.
Legal Challenge to the Controversial Badger Cull
According to the Badger Trust, 30,000 badgers have been killed since 2013 as a result of the Defra’s policy to cull badgers.
A Step Backwards for the American People
We assure our supporters that ASI will continue to push back against laws like this one that lead to untold pain and hardship for wild animals.
Wildlife Crime: Global Seizures and Arrests in Transcontinental Operation
The global law enforcement community is to be congratulated for these significant seizures.
South Africa’s Famed Wildlife Is at Risk
When wildlife becomes a commodity as it has done in South Africa, the welfare of animals becomes secondary.
Australia Seeks to Stop the Trade in Donkeys Before It Starts
The number of donkeys in African countries has thinned dramatically in recent years: Kenya’s donkey population, for example, has fallen by half since 2009, to 900 000.
Pet Shop Sales Ban Could Help to End the Misery of the Illegal Puppy Trade
We would like to see a public education campaign instituted to highlight the serious health implications and terrible cruelty that is associated with puppy farming
Yulin Is the Evil Headquarters of China’s Animal Cruelty
Around ten million dogs and cats are killed and eaten by humans each year in China. Horrifyingly, they actually celebrate this shame at the annual Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat festival.
Huntsman Is Found Guilty and Fined
Hunter, George Adams, 66, was fined £1 000 (US$1 430) and ordered to pay costs and damages of £1 030 (US$1 475) when he was convicted and sentenced by the Peterborough Magistrates Court earlier this month for using hounds to kill a fox on 1 January 2016.
Oxford Residents to Say “No” to the Badger Cull
Animal Survival International (formerly Political Animal Lobby) spokesperson, David Barritt, said the organisation agreed absolutely with the Oxfordshire Badger Group and ASI was heartened by the groundswell of support for badgers that is rising across Britain.
ASI and NFA Honor Daphne Sheldrick
“Daphne was a giant among animal lovers,” said David Barritt, NFA campaign director and a spokesperson for ASI. “We honour her life’s work and we pledge to continue doing everything in our power to protect the wild animals and wild places of Africa.”
Hunters Should Stop Using Lead Bullets and Help Save the Vultures
Concern over the threat to scavenging raptors is increasing. Recent research has shown that lead poisoning can have negative effects even if it doesn’t kill the birds.
South Africa’s Shame
In South Africa lion breeding and canned lion hunting are controversial, but legal. There are an estimated 200 farms breeding captive lions and almost 8 000 individual animals are known to be held in cages or confined areas.
Keep African Elephants in the Wild!
Conservationists estimate that almost 100 elephant calves have been exported from Zimbabwe to Chinese zoos since 2012, in spite of growing international condemnation of the practice.
Labour Party Raises Animal Welfare to the Top of the Political Agenda
The Animal Survival International (formerly Political Animal Lobby) has welcomed last month’s launch by the British Labour Party of a draft policy document that promises radical action on animal welfare.
Taiwan Dog Meat Ban Raises Hope Across Asia
A ban on the consumption of dog and cat meat that was implemented by the Republic of China (Taiwan) last year has raised hopes that the brutal dog meat trade might finally be on the wane across Asia.
The Tide Is Turning for Elephants
Exactly a month after China shut down the last of its licensed ivory carving factories and retail outlets, the Hong Kong Legislative Council voted to end the ivory trade in Hong Kong.
Badger Blood Bath Continues as UK Government Reviews Its Policies
When the UK government talks about the badger cull, it uses euphemisms to hide the fact that it is slaughtering badgers at an unprecedented rate.
Boxing Legend Manny Pacquiao to Fight Against the Dog Meat Trade
After two decades of persistent lobbying against the horrific dog meat trade, representatives of the Animal Survival International (formerly Political Animal Lobby) in the Philippines met with boxing legend Manny Pacquiao in the hope that he would throw his considerable weight behind animal welfare campaigns in his country. ASI team members met with Pacquiao on January 17. The boxer is the pride of the Philippines and in 2016 was elected to the country’s senate. He is regularly mentioned as a future candidate for vice president and then president. Pacquiao is an animal lover who during his boxing career, was regularly joined on early morning road training sessions by his dog, Pacman. Pacquiao is vocal in his condemnation of the cruel and illegal practice of horse fighting in his country and ASI is hoping that the Senator will endorse the efforts of ASI’s sister organisation, Network for Animals, which has been at the forefront of putting an end to the killing of dogs for the illegal dog meat trade in the Philippines. While NFA continues to monitor dog meat traders and coordinate raids on slaughter houses and restaurants with the National Meat Inspection Service and local police, ASI lobbies constantly for improved legislation, education and enforcement. “Our team in the Philippines is in talks with Mr. Pacquiao and his staff,” said ASI representative, David Barritt. “Although he rose to fame as a boxer, Mr. Pacquiao is today an influential member of the Senate of the Philippines. We believe that his support for our work would be a telling endorsement and might mean that finally, the people of the Philippines can turn their backs on the dog meat trade and the unimaginable cruelty it engenders.”