In the UK, with the change in the law which has outlawed XL Bully dogs, owners can either have them euthanised or apply for an exception to keep their dogs under strict terms and conditions including always being on a lead in public and wearing …
NEWS AND COMMENT: You might know that in Britain for many years the police have been closing police stations at the rate of more than one a week. They’ve closed 663 since 2010 according to a Times report. Ther public want police stations with customer …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, has claimed that UK farmers are irresponsibly and recklessly overusing antibiotics where this extravagant use of a precious drug remains legal because UK ministers have failed to stand up to vested interests by which he means farmers’ …
NEWS AND COMMENT: There is a rather disturbing report in the news today based upon a study which tells us that young people are less likely to take action to reduce their carbon footprint than older British citizens. Worryingly, they are substantially less likely compared …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Once again, this Conservative government is letting down the people who voted for them and animals. They’ve reneged on their promises to improve animal welfare. Imports of foie gras were due to be banned in 2022 under the Animals Abroad Bill. That …
RESEARCH AND COMMENT: The Times reports that “cannibalism was widely practised” in Stone Age Britain and north-west Europe about 15,000 years ago according to a study. The interesting part of this study is that the researchers believe that cannibalism wasn’t about food and sustenance. It …
NEWS AND COMMENT: The Times today reports that one in six British species face extinction with some bright spots amid the gloom in respect of the Eurasian Beaver, Red Kite and Cartilage lichen. The environmental editor of the newspaper tells us that one in five …
The RSPCA report that there has been a rise in dog cruelty and abuse for the second year in a row in the UK. The charity confirmed that they had 9,776 reports of intentional harm to dogs in 2022 compared to 8,176 in 2021. In …
In the UK, the water vole population has declined over the past hundred years from about 8 million to only 132,000. This small mammal has disappeared from 94% of the areas where it once lived. And now, in a strong conservation programme, 365 captive-bred water …
