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China’s Crackdown Shows the Impact Intelligence-Led Enforcement Can Make on Wildlife Crime
China Customs announced last week the seizure of 2,748 elephant tusks following a major enforcement crackdown. The 7.48 tons of ivory were seized as part of a joint operation in relation to major smuggling cases in the country.
Laparoscopic Sterilization of Invasive Nutria
These semiaquatic rodents can reproduce rapidly and cause environmental degradation in habitats where they lack predators, but that doesn’t mean they deserve to be killed. A program in Italy has had great success with surgically sterilizing and releasing them.
North Macedonia’s Stork Villages: Where Birds and People Live Side by Side
How did a sleepy rural community become the stork capital of North Macedonia? We meet the white storks who live alongside local people, and discover how one woman’s love of birds inspired an entire movement.
How to Help a Neighbor’s Neglected Animal
It can be heartbreaking to see a neighbor’s animal suffering in a situation of neglect. Depending on the situation, there are various ways you can help the animal or animals involved.
Campaign Improves Conditions for over 70,000 Birds in Single Indian City
FIAPO reports on a multipart campaign to improve conditions for chickens held in illegal slaughterhouses in the city of Mangalore. Though the changes are only a first step, the relief for the birds has been significant.
The Biophilic City: Towards a New Understanding of Urban Wildlife
Cities will certainly be the most important human habitat going into the foreseeable future, and it is crucial that we get them right. It is essential to understand that our well-being is tied to a connection to nature and that nature in the city is not an amenity but a necessity.
Music Icon Tanya Tucker Speaks Out Against Special Memories Roadside Zoo
After a recent visit to Special Memories Zoo in Greenville, Wisconsin, Tucker was so disturbed by the conditions and health of the animals she felt compelled to stand up and advocate on their behalf. Please take action and urge the USDA to investigate the roadside zoo.
Anti-Poaching Camps Give Honey-Buzzards Sweet Taste of Success
European honey-buzzards are fearless in the face of stinging wasps and hornets, but they have no defense against illegal shooting for sport. In Italy, “anti-poaching camps” sparked an extremely successful movement which has saved thousands of honey-buzzards.
Short Film Exposes Nova Scotian Mink Farming
The film, now available online, efficiently and convincingly compiles many of the reasons the fur farming industry is harmful to animals, human health, and the environment, and should be brought to an end.
US Poll Says ‘No’ to Botswana Plans to Hunt and Cull Elephants
As tourism is a mainstay of Botswana’s economy, lifting the hunting ban could, the poll suggests, have severe economic consequences and damage Botswana’s international reputation.
Springtime Means Wildlife Emergencies – Get the Free Wildlife 911 App!
Because wild animals are on the move in spring, they run the gauntlet of anthropogenic threats. Animal Help Now offers resources so that you can help wild animals in crisis find the safety and care they need.
Spotted! Thriving Orangutan Couple Two Years After Their Release
The two orangutans were rescued from captivity, rehabilitated, and released in 2017. They have become a loving couple and are thriving, living free, and learning from each other.
Croatia’s Third March for Animals: Louder and Bigger
Organizations Animal Friends Croatia and Victoria’s Association invite everyone to join the third March for Animals in Zagreb, Croatia on April 13th at 11:00 AM.
Donating Tissue Saves Human and Animal Lives
By simply registering to become an organ and tissue donor, you can help scientists save human lives and reduce and replace animals used in research.
Chinese Government Document Signals Decision to Open Tiger Trade is Quietly Going Ahead
A document recently issued by the government of Shaanxi Province appears makes no reference to the November 2018 claims that a full ban on tiger and rhino products is still in effect. Instead, it states that permits to buy or sell these products can be applied for in “special circumstances.”
Yellowstone Bison Killing Season Ends, Calves Soon to Arrive
Yellowstone National Park and other bison managers took the lives of 458 of the United States’ last wild buffalo this year. All those buffalo souls lost simply because livestock interests don’t want to share the land.
What’s Wrong with High-Welfare Animal Products?
There is no humane meat. Animal Aid UK explains how animal products labeled as organic and free-range still mean cruelty and suffering for animals.
Young Elephant Shot 13 Times as Tourists Watched in Horror
Balule Associated Nature Reserve has justified the killing of a young elephant bull in front of tourists as an “act of self-defense,” ignoring eye-witness accounts and backtracking on an original announcement condemning the act.
Zoo Animals Abandoned in Yemen’s War-Zone
Yemen has been in the merciless grip of a civil war since 2015. The government is in meltdown, public authorities are penniless and workers without salaries, leaving zoos abandoned and their imprisoned animals starving to death.
How to Veganize Other People
In the end, we can’t make other people do anything. But we can influence them in the right direction and help them open their heart and minds.