MikeB
A group of animal activists/advocates/celebrities under the umbrella of the wildlife charity Freedom for Animals have claimed that the penguins at Sea Life London Aquarium live under conditions which are unacceptable and where there is “no daylight, no fresh air, and just a pitiful pool …
NEWS AND OPINION: this story is an example of a foxhunter going on the attack to defend foxhunting. I think the man, Ed Swales, 55, a former army captain from rural Northumberland, got the idea from Ukraine who as the world knows went on the …
I think this is a very cool idea and it is based upon the model that animals learn from observation often young learning from their mother’s actions. Dublin Zoo has a 19-year-old orangutan called Mujur who has given birth to a male baby but she …
Two kits have been spotted in a wetland area in Ealing, to the west of central London, and we are told that they are the first beavers to be born in urban London for more than 400 years (The Times reports). They are the offspring …
The infographic summarises the tests performed which tell us that horses are smarter than we thought. How many times have we discovered this with a range of animals over the recent years in other studies? Many times. There is an emergence of knowledge about animal …
It seems impossible to stop the cruel practice of trophy and sport hunting in Africa. I’ll provide one example of how vested interests get in the way. During the last UK government’s time in power, they introduced the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill 2022-23. That …
Captain Paul Watson is a hero to animal advocates and a thorn in the flesh to Japan. He is the protector of whales. He will risk his life to protect whales. He feels that it is necessary to take extreme measures; direct physical measures in …
My interpretation of this Chinese study is that street lighting can make the leaves of urban trees lining streets tougher which makes them harder for insects to eat or too tough to eat. As insects are near the bottom of the food chain for many …
Here is an infographic on the ‘Labour government urged to crack down on foxhunting on MOD land.” It is self-explanatory. In the UK the MOD is being challenged by campaigners to meet the first test of a Labour manifesto pledge by banning fox hunting on …
