The Law Commission has been tasked with setting out a proposal to modernise and amalgamate all the laws relating to wildlife. It has produced a lengthy consultation paper, which sets out a series of propositions,...
Posted 26 Nov 2012
The government has pushed through legislation to ‘regulate’ the use of wild animals in circuses via a new licensing scheme. The move comes despite massive public and parliamentary opposition.
Posted 16 Nov 2012
Despite massive opposition from both the public and MPs to the use of wild animals in circuses, the government is still refusing to implement a ban on this exploitation. Following a committee debate in the...
Posted 02 Nov 2012
Thank you to everyone who signed the Team Badger e-petition, which has collected more than 155,000 signatures to date.
Posted 17 Oct 2012
The campaign group, Hounds Off, has now been running for one year. It promotes hunt-free areas by encouraging anyone with land – no matter how little or how much – to contact their local hunt...
Posted 01 Oct 2012
An appeal to halt the proposed badger cull failed yesterday (11th September) at the court of appeal. The Badger Trust had challenged an earlier ruling that permitted the slaughter of thousands of badgers in two...
Posted 12 Sep 2012
It has been confirmed that the Great British Circus will continue to use animals in its performances, despite recent news reports to the contrary.
Posted 29 Aug 2012
The Badger Trust today lost its High Court bid to prevent the mass slaughter of badgers in England. The Trust had argued that: the cull will not prevent the spread of the disease and could...
Posted 12 Jul 2012
Animal Aid has this week sent a new report to 1,000 local authorities right across the country. Titled Alternatives to Culling, it urges councils to seek humane, cost-effective, long-term solutions to complaints relating to wild...
Posted 18 Jun 2012
Twenty-two of the 30-strong population of roe deer who lived on the meadowland around Tullos Hill in Aberdeen have now been killed. Various agencies were involved in the plan to plant trees on this site...
Posted 09 May 2012