RSPCA opposes Canada geese cull
'There appears to be little evidence that the geese are responsible for the damage, pollution and public health issues…’
Posted 01 Mar 2012
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New international movement calls for ban on whip in horse racing
With the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) having this week completed an almost total retreat from the strengthened whip rules it introduced four months ago, the case for an outright whip ban is stronger than ever....
Posted 23 Feb 2012
Bill Oddie speaks up for Windermere Geese
Just three days before a mass petition is to be handed in to the Lake District National Park Authority, the campaign to stop the planned cull of Canada geese on Windermere has received support from...
Posted 21 Feb 2012
Wildlife campaigners petition the National Park Authority
On Friday 24th February at 1pm, campaigners opposing the cull of Canada geese on Lake Windermere will hand in a 2,000-strong petition to the Lake District National Park Authority (on Oxenholme Road, Kendal) calling on...
Posted 20 Feb 2012
‘Put the gun away’ says Brian May
Queen’s Guitarist Joins the Campaign to Save Windermere’s Geese
Posted 15 Feb 2012
CRUK rebuttal
Tamoxifen (Paragraphs in italics are extracted from CRUK’s letter) ‘Tamoxifen is one of the most successful anti-cancer drugs in current use, and it is estimated to have saved the lives of over 400,000 women worldwide…’...
Posted 14 Feb 2012
Cancer Research UK’s pro-animal research claims debunked
In reply to a recent enquiry from an Animal Aid supporter, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) offered three examples of ‘how the use of animals in our research has resulted in life saving scientific progress’, and...
Posted 14 Feb 2012
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