California has recently enacted a groundbreaking law that bans both the farming and sale of farmed octopus products. Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 27, 2024, this legislation, known as the Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses (OCTO) Act, aims to address ethical and environmental concerns …
In a novel method to prevent elephant incursions onto farmland in Kenya, they have tapped into the elephant’s dislike of bees by lining fences with beehives which have proved to be an effective deterrent to the animals. The idea for elephant-proof fences guarded by bees …
A female pair of two-year-old, critically endangered, blue-throated macaws native to Bolivia, flew away from London Zoo described as ‘escaping’ but it seems to me they simply flew away because they have a routine session of flying freely at the zoo. On this occasion they …
The UK has adopted America’s attitude towards Halloween. The Americans love it, it seems to me. They celebrate Halloween with gusto. They spend lots of money and have a lot of fun. Great to have fun but not so great if it is at the …
I think the reason why Pee Wee, a Herman’s tortoise survived the full effects of a recycling plant is because of his shell (details below). Such a great form of protection. It is remarkable how he survived. Pee Wee arrived at Mid-UK Recycling Centre in …
There is an article in the news today of a mink cull to save the water vole in the UK. One headline reads: “Mink eradication aims to save nature’s ‘good guys’”. The ‘good guys’. Mink are clearly the bad guys then? The water voles are …
The video below is extremely hard for an animal advocate to view as it such a horrendously powerful reminder of how humans are destroying the human world – themselves and infrastructure – over some complicated historical dispute – almost a vendetta between Jews and Arabs …
NEWS AND VIEWS: The news media or at least the newspaper I am reading (The Times) indicates that there is some surprise that a stray dog claimed to the top of one of Egypt’s great pyramids but I’m not surprised because there are lots of …
For me, being a former solicitor and on occasions dealing with landlord and tenant disputes, and also reading about them in the newspaper since I retired getting on for 20 years ago, this kind of story which I describe below is not uncommon and points …
