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 […]
National Trust Hunting Ban Defeated by a Whisker
A vote to ban trail hunting on National Trust land was narrowly defeated in October, but anti-hunting campaigners have vowed to continue the fight.
UK Plans to Ban Ivory Trade to End ‘Shame’ of Elephant Poaching
The Animal Survival International (formerly Political Animal Lobby) welcomes consultation by UK environment secretary to ban sales of all ivory goods, regardless of age and origin By Sue Cullinan The UK government has bowed to pressure from wildlife campaigners and says it will ban ivory sales, depending on the results of a consultation launched in […]
UK Expands the Kill Zone for Badgers
In spite of a lack of convincing evidence that its policies are helping to eradicate a strain of tuberculosis that strikes cattle, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) announced in September that it would allocate an additional 11 licenses to kill badgers in parts of Devon, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset and Cheshire. […]
More Than 500 South African Rhinos Were Killed for Their Horns in the First Six Months of 2017
More than 500 South African rhinos were killed for their horns in the first six months of this year – that’s nearly three rhinos a day. Official government statistics show that at least 529 rhinos were killed nationwide between January and the end of June in 2017. Should this killing rate continue unchecked, the final […]