WORLD NEWS: Pig Activist on Trial, Dog Racing Ban Lifted, & More!
In this week’s episode, Animal People reviews the trial of pig activist Anita Krajnc, the lifting of Australia’s dog racing ban, good and bad news for endangered wildlife, and more!
Browsing: Environment
Artificial reef sculptures instead of captive dolphin pens in US Virgin Islands! (petition)
A project to keep dolphins in captivity in the U.S. Virgin Islands is endangering 250 coral colonies within the proposed enclosure area. However, there is an alternative that could help preserve the coral reefs, enhance tourism, and avoid holding dolphins in captivity.
WORLD NEWS: Penguins, Pigs, & Pit Bull Bans
In this week’s report, the Animal People Forum reviews current events involving pigs in Europe, Montreal’s ban on pit bulls, and how NOT to “rescue” zoo penguins.
Uganda: Refuse plans to farm pangolins, say wildlife experts
Farming wildlife actually increases the hunting pressure to supply wild animals to the farms, while making law enforcement for wild taken specimens more challenging. Taking wild pangolins into captivity is too risky given they are already in steep decline.
NEWSFLASH: Reindeer, Rats, & Donald Trump
In this week’s report, the Animal People Forum reviews current events involving reindeer killings, birth control for rats, Donald Trump on animal rights, and more!
POETRY: Earth
I am full of this place,
Her forests, her rivers,
Her birds, her animals,
This suffering place,
This place we have desecrated…
Global Fishing Watch: New Online Tool Tracks Commercial Fishing Worldwide
By providing the first free global view of commercial fishing, Global Fishing Watch delivers a powerful and unprecedented tool that can help to protect our oceans, which are threatened by global overfishing, illegal fishing and habitat destruction.
POETRY: Raven
Guardian of the Forest
Some say Creator of Mankind.
What do you think
About the destruction of your forests?
…
For the Profanity Peak Wolf Pack: “The Lament”
They have run all day
With the caribou.
Now, silvered shadows
On the moonlit tundra
They gather…
Profanity Peak Wolf Massacre, and the Profane History of Human Tyranny
Wildlife officials are currently killing off a grey wolf pack in Washington state for preying on livestock. Underlying the Profanity Peak wolf massacre is the toxic ideology of human tyranny over nature, which must be exposed and overcome to avoid catastrophe for humans and non-human animals alike.
POETRY: For Thine is the Kingdom
All Hail to RA
Giver of Life
Who brings forth
The fruit and the flowers
And makes earth green…
Many More Species at Risk from Southeast Asia Tree Plantations, Study Finds
As more of Southeast Asia’s natural forests are cleared and converted into plantations for growing oil palm, rubber and other tree crops, a Duke University-led study finds that 42 percent of species endemic to the region’s forests face a much higher risk of extinction from habitat loss than previously thought.