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UK fish industry may be damaged by global warming causing smaller fish

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on February 4, 2021 by MikeBFebruary 4, 2021
Drawing of cod a predator fish near the top of the food chain

The UK fish industry is in the news because of Brexit. It was a central part of the negotiations. Global warming may make those negotiations seem incidental in the long term because a study by Aberdeen University tells us that … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged climate change, environment, fish, fishing, global warming, marine wildlife

Getting rid of dog poo in an environmentally friendly way

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 17, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 17, 2021
Compostable dog poop bags are good for the environment

I don’t know about you but on my walks around the area where I live I not infrequently see small, black plastic bags containing dog poo on the pavement (sidewalk). It looks as though people are picking up their dog’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged dog ownership, environment

Felling of Hackney tree symbolic of human population growth and destruction of the planet

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 6, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 6, 2021
Happy Man tree in Hackney before being felled

There’s been wailing and gnashing of teeth (and I would have joined them if I had known about it) at the felling of a magnificent plane tree adjacent to a road in Hackney, London. It was called the Happy Man … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, human population, trees, UK

Yorkshire community group block road construction and build their own common

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 27, 2020 by MikeBDecember 27, 2020
Nidd Gorge Community Action group

A North Yorkshire community has achieved something which I think is very impressive. It almost points the way to the future of how people should live and take charge of their lives. What I love about this story is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged air pollution, conservation, environment

Amazon must curb its use of plastic packaging

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 16, 2020 by MikeBDecember 16, 2020
Oceans polluted with plastic

In the interests of wildlife conservation, and the protection of our planet including the oceans, Amazon must take urgent steps to reduce the use of plastic in their packaging. This is the demand of any reasonable person including the campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged Amazon, Carrie Symonds, Oceana, plastic pollution

Human created produce will soon outweigh the entire natural world

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 10, 2020 by MikeBDecember 10, 2020
Discarded fridges, an example of human waste

A research project – which is designed to open the eyes of humankind to the realisation that we can’t go on destroying the planet – came to the finding that if we weighed everything that humans had produced since 1900 … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, human behavior, human consumption, human population, plastic pollution, water pollution

Planned obsolescence of devices harms the environment impacting animal welfare

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 26, 2020 by MikeBNovember 26, 2020
Planned obsolescence

The state of the environment is important for animal welfare. Damage the environment and you also harm the animals including of course the human-animal. There is a clear trend among the mighty manufacturers and retailers of gadgets, predominantly computers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged conservation, environment, news

Cutting down a 43 foot spruce tree for Parliament Square at Christmas

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 18, 2020 by MikeBNovember 18, 2020
Spruce tree destined for Parliament Square at Christmas.

NEWS AND VIEWS: I’m going to be the only one who thinks like this. I don’t like to see a 30 year old, 43-foot tall Sitka spruce tree cut down in the Kielder Forest, Northumberland, to take up the traditional … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged conservation, deforestation, forests, trees

Fipronil and imidacloprid pet flea treatments poisoning river wildlife

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 17, 2020 by MikeBNovember 17, 2020
Fronline fipronil

NEWS AND VIEWS: This is a cross post because I think the issue needs to be flagged up as strongly as possible. Some very high-profile and well-known cat and dog skin parasite treatments such as Frontline and Advantage contain strong … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged cats, dogs, domestic cats, environment, human to cat relationship, human to dog relationship, news, pesticides, pet flea treatments, products, study, toxic products

GCSE in Natural History including work in the field to stop damage to the planet

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 15, 2020 by MikeBNovember 15, 2020
Educate children early on nature and wildlife so they connect with nature

NEWS AND VIEWS: Tim Smit, 66, the creator of the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, said that if natural history was taught in schools from the age of 5 to the age of 19, people would not damage the planet … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged education, environment, good news, nature

300-year-old oak trees cut down for HS2

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 15, 2020 by MikeBFebruary 13, 2021
300-year-old-oak cut down for HS2

Trees are a home to wildlife. Ancient oak trees planted in the reign of George I, 300 years ago, are being cut down to make way for HS2. There are many examples but I’ve picked out a couple and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, HS2, trees, UK government | Leave a reply

Rectangular slabs of cheese are more environmentally friendly than square slabs

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 13, 2020 by MikeBNovember 13, 2020

I’m not sure that it is strictly the change from square to rectangular which reduces the amount of plastic waste from cheese products because the amount of plastic remains the same it seems to me but Tesco, a major supermarket … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, oceans, plastic pollution, Tesco

Three guys committed a crime by cooking chickens in a Yellowstone hot spring

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 12, 2020 by MikeBNovember 12, 2020
Thermal water feature Yellowstone NP

NEWS & VIEWS: This is an interesting minor crime, a misdemeanour in America. Two men admitted making their dinner by boiling chickens in a Yellowstone Park hot spring. Dallas Roberts was making dinner, he said, with his cousin Eric and … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged conservation, environment

Fish in rivers and the sea poisoned by cigarettes

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 30, 2020 by MikeBOctober 30, 2020
Cigarettes poisoning rivers and sea

It’s an interesting thought, the 5,000 or so poisonous chemicals in cigarettes can end up being leached into rivers and the sea. Cigarettes are known to be highly toxic. It is also known that fish have a good sense of … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged conservation, environment, fish, marine wildlife

Tax meat to stop disease and to protect the animals and the environment

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 30, 2020 by MikeBOctober 30, 2020
Tax meat

PETA and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services both say, as do many others, that meat should be taxed in the same way that cigarettes, alcohol and gasoline (petrol) is currently taxed. It would be a “sin” … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged Amazon, animal law, deforestation, law, meat, rainforest, vegan

Monty Don is slammed for advising that people should not buy peat-based products

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 29, 2020 by MikeBNovember 25, 2020
Monty and Nellie in the jewel garden

NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): People in the business of making money from plants and gardening have acted unreasonably and in my honest opinion stupidly in criticising Monty Don, the well-known television gardening guru, for advising people not to buy peat … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged climate change, commercial enterprise, environment, global warming, Monty Don, news, peat

Farmers will lose subsidies if they pollute rivers

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 24, 2020 by MikeBOctober 24, 2020
More cows in sheds results in more slurry contamination of rivers

In the UK, rivers are becoming more polluted from farms and water company sewer overflows; 84% of rivers have failed to meet government targets concerning ecological standards. The Environment Agency has cut farm inspections by 66% since 2014-15. They failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged animal laws, cows, environment, farmers, law, rivers, UK government

Don’t buy plants that grow in peat

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 23, 2020 by MikeBDecember 16, 2020
Peat bog and harvesting

In the UK, peat harvesting takes place on an industrial scale and it is a total disaster so says Catherine O’Connell, the chief executive of the Irish Peatland Conservation Council. John Craven of the BBC Countryfile programme has said that … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, peat

Richmond Park, London by Sir David Attenborough

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 11, 2020 by MikeBOctober 11, 2020
Richmond Park

Sir David Attenborough lives in Richmond, a 20 minute walk to Richmond Park. I live in Kingston and from Kingston you can also walk to Richmond Park although I usually drive. This park is a treasure. You can lose yourself … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, human behavior, human health

Double whammy: carbon tax to save the planet and to chip away at UK’s national debt

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 9, 2020 by MikeBOctober 9, 2020
Carbon Tax

Rishi Sunak, the UK Chancellor, is preparing to instigate a carbon tax in the UK to raise billions of pounds after we complete Brexit negotiations and leave the EU at the end of the year. The idea is to raise … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged climate change, environment, law

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