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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agohttps://conservationaction.co.za/recent-news/cashing-in-on-asian-seal-penis-craze-namibia/
Cashing in on Asian seal penis craze (Namibia) - Conservation Action TrustMore than 400 000 individual CITES-listed specimens were exported to Asia in just more than a decade. Namibia not only exports the largest number of mammal skins to Asia, which predominately consists of seal skins, but is also one of the largest exporters of seal genitalia to these markets, where they are believed to beRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Op-Ed: Legal Eastern markets are gutting Africa’s wildlife – Traffic | Daily MaverickQuite apart from the decimation of illegal poaching, legal export to Asian markets is tearing the wild heart out of Africa. Each year thousands of tonnes of live animals, bones, skins and meat head East in a plunder with no end in sight, writes DON PINNOCK.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
https://www.eturbonews.com/180438/europeans-major-smugglers-southern-african-reptiles
Europeans are major smugglers of Southern African reptiles - eTurboNews (eTN)The European Union is a major destination for illegally smuggled live snakes, lizards and tortoises from southern Africa, posing a serious threat to their conservation. Wealthy EU citizens are big collectors of rare reptiles, with one tortoise openly offered for sale at R35 000. Most of the species are protected by
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Nearly 150 beached whales die after mass stranding in AustraliaRescuers worked for hours to return the whales to deeper water as they died by the dozens.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoCockroaches' DNA reveals why they thrive in filthy placesBy identifying which genes are key to the bugs’ survival, scientists hope to find ways to better eradicate them
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago'Great Pacific garbage patch' sprawling with far more debris than thoughtThe patch of detritus is more than twice the size of France and is up to 16 times larger than previously estimated
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoDestruction of nature as dangerous as climate change, scientists warnUnsustainable exploitation of the natural world threatens food and water security of billions of people, major UN-backed biodiversity study reveals
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoMore than 130 whales die in mass stranding in Western AustraliaRescue operation under way to save 15 beached whales in Hamelin Bay near Augusta on state’s south-west coast
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago'Dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico will take decades to recover from farm pollutionA new study says that even in the ‘unrealistic’ event of a total halt to the flow of agricultural chemicals the damage will persist for 30 years
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoEU in 'state of denial' over destructive impact of farming on wildlifeEU’s subsidy system, that benefits big farming rather than sustainability, needs to change to prevent ongoing collapse in birds and insect numbers, warn green groups
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoEurope faces 'biodiversity oblivion' after collapse in French birds, experts warnAuthors of report on bird declines say intensive farming and pesticides could turn Europe’s farmland into a desert that ultimately imperils all humans
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoThe radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matterBirds are not just diverse, vivid and extraordinary. They can also save our souls – let’s protect them
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/23/scientists-witness-first-reported-case-of-killer-whale-infanticide?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=268684&subid=9773987&CMP=GT_US_collection https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/23/scientists-witness-first-reported-case-of-killer-wh…[Read more]
Scientists witness first reported case of killer-whale infanticide‘His blubber shook like Jell-o,’ says researcher of the attack on newborn orca by unrelated 32-year-old male
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago‘Cows carry flesh, but they carry personality too’: the hard lessons of farmingThe long read: They may be crucial products in a vast industry – but abandoning our relationship with the cattle we keep would mean throwing away something valuable
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
https://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare-advocates-cluck-about-backyard-chicken-safety.html
Animal Welfare Advocates Cluck About Backyard Chicken Safety | Care2 CausesAnimal advocates fear that some urban chickens may be living in unhealthy conditions without adequate regulatory oversight.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
It’s time to stop testing drugs on animals and start using better, more modern methodsLisa Kramer is a professor of finance at the University of Toronto. You can follow her on Twitter at @LisaKramer
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Drought causes Somali livestock numbers to plummetSevere droughts have wiped out huge proportions of livestock in Somalia, leaving the population at risk.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Danish government to build wild boar fenceIn an effort to prevent African swine fever (ASF) from reaching Denmark, the government and the Danish People‘s Party have signed an agreement on a number of initiatives, including the erection of a wild boar fence between Denmark and Germany.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Quebec lawmakers waver on anti-pit bull legislationQuebec’s main political parties are approaching a proposed province-wide ban on pit bull-like dogs with great caution, despite chomping at the bit two years ago to pass a ban as quickly as possible.
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