OPINION – COMMENT: It is said that Chinese bullfighting is more humane than Spanish bullfighting because the bulls fight themselves whereas in Spain the bulls are mercilessly killed by a matador. Chinese bullfighting is rooted in a centuries old rural tradition of the Yi people, …
The Duke of Cambridge was advised to approach China on the issue of wildlife conservation in a positive manner and talk about cultural issues which are particularly deeply rooted in that country. The message when he went to China was to obtain the agreement of …
A huge Chinese fishing fleet of 300 vessels has ‘raped’ the oceans around Galapagos taking several thousand tonnes of fish.
Chinese conservationists and researchers have built an arboreal highway by using a rope to span between two areas of a fragmented habitat lived in by the Hainan gibbon. This is the world’s rarest primate. It is also the most critically endangered primate species. Only 30 …
Poaching has increased in Africa because of the coronavirus pandemic and the consequential collapse of tourism.
COMMENT ON NEWS: Wuhan in China, the alleged source of the coronavirus is thriving and humming along nicely, we are told. Everything is pretty well back to normal and everywhere is packed out with people, as normal. Good for them because the rest of the …
NEWS AND OPINION: The law regarding the importation of animal fur into the UK is highly complicated. I know that the European Union banned cat and dog fur in around 2009. But I also know that animals are bred in captivity in the European Union …
The gold rush of the 21st-century is the mining of precious metals and minerals wherever they are found in order to supply the burgeoning high-tech industries. The obvious precious metal which is in great demand these days is lithium which is extracted by China in …
There is a rather sinister history, it seems to me, behind the name of the dog breed called Chow Chow. I’m told that the slang Chinese word for food is “chow”. And this is the name of the edible dog. And the Chinese edible dog …
