‘Put the gun away’ says Brian May
Queen’s Guitarist Joins the Campaign to Save Windermere’s Geese
Posted 15 Feb 2012
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Badger Trust gives notice of legal challenge
In a letter to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) , the Badger Trust has outlines the legal challenge it will pursue if Defra does not abandon its plans to kill badgers.
Posted 10 Feb 2012
Edinburgh’s zoological prison
It is hardly surprising that both pandas at Edinburgh zoo have been sick with colic – no doubt as painful and distressing a condition in pandas as it is in children. The male, Yang Guang,...
Posted 01 Feb 2012
Another victory for the monk parakeets
Campaigners on the Isle of Dogs have persuaded Tower Hamlets Council to stop the cull of wild monk parakeets. The Council has now formally requested that Defra stop its cull, a step that the government...
Posted 27 Jan 2012
Spelman badger cull decision ‘vicious and counter-productive’
The decision by Caroline Spelman to approve the culling of badgers in two English pilot areas represents a miserable capitulation to a cattle farming industry that is intent on pursuing abusive practices that lead inexorably...
Posted 14 Dec 2011
MPs unanimously back a ban on wild animals in circuses
Following the debate in Parliament last night (June 24), MPs have defied the government and voted unanimously in support of a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses. This sends an unmistakable message...
Posted 24 Jun 2011
Reprieve for Welsh badgers
A cull of badgers in Pembrokeshire, which was a cherished policy of the former Welsh Assembly Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones, appears to have been scrapped by her Labour Party successor. New Environment Minister, John...
Posted 02 Jun 2011
Defra forced to admit ‘mistake’
In recent weeks, Defra announced that it cannot ban the use of wild animals in circuses because of a lawsuit taking place in Austria. But according to The Guardian Jim Paice – Defra’s pro-hunt animal...
Posted 19 May 2011
Jim Paice branded ‘the worse animal welfare minister in living memory’
In just 12 months, Defra’s Jim Paice has: Refused to ban wild animals in circuses… Overturned a ban on battery cages for ‘game birds’… As Hunting and Shooting Minister, committed to a repeal of the Hunting...
Posted 19 May 2011
Government marks one year in power by refusing to ban wild animals in circuses
As the Coalition government reaches its first anniversary, The Independent has today (6 May 2011) reported that Downing Street has blocked plans by ministers to ban the use of wild animals in circuses. It is...
Posted 06 May 2011