November 18th 2014 marks the ten year anniversary of the passing of The Hunting Act, which prohibits chasing wild mammals with dogs for sport. This victory against animal cruelty followed an extensive and often exhausting campaign spanning eight decades, with the League Against Cruel Sports and our supporters at the forefront since 1924.
Continue reading The Hunting Act: the most successful wild animal welfare legislation
On Tuesday 27th of January the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt illegally killed a fox. The incident was caught on film by Dorset Hunt saboteurs. Sabs briefly heard the hounds in cry before seeing them ripping a fox apart at Densham Farm, Bishops Down near Sherborne, Dorset. The dead fox is then taken away by a masked hunt supporter, believed to be Ben Doggrell, the huntsman’s son. He was filmed covered in blood and later changed his jacket and replaced the mask he was wearing with a flat cap, but didn’t change his trousers.
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The Guardian has reported that police in Tanzania have arrested a Kenyan businessman suspected of being behind an international ivory smuggling ring.
Police said that Feisal Mohamed Ali was linked to a three tonne haul of elephant tusks seized in the Kenyan city of Mombasa.
Continue reading China holds the key to the future of the African Elephant
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe — author of “The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future” — is the Republicans’ first choice to head the Senate committee that oversees the country’s environmental policy.
Continue reading Inhofe the oaf to oversee US environmental policy (video)
Endangered Species International starkly warn us that:
“Millions of tons of plastic debris are ingested by hundreds of animal and fish species, clogging their digestive systems and infusing their systems with chemicals. More than 180 species of animals have been documented to ingest plastic debris. The ocean is the world biggest plastic dump with garbage areas twice the size of Texas.”
Continue reading Plastic oceans could be a bigger threat than global warming
I have spent some of my time this year adding my support to online petitions and writing online to my MP about issues that concern me. I don’t have a lot of money to donate to what I consider to be good causes but I am a strong believer in the power of Social Media to exert pressure on politicians, companies and even whole Governments. We all know that there is a negative side to the internet, it can provide a platform for those who would promote hate and violence, but I believe it can be a dynamic mechanism for good. Let’s face it, how long does it take to click a few links on a computer and how remarkable are the results sometimes?
Continue reading Armchair activism: a case for clicking on….
In his book “In It Together” Matthew d’Ancona claims that George Osborne questioned Iain Duncan Smith’s IQ and confided to allies “You see Iain giving presentations, and realise he’s just not clever enough.”
It could be argued that a politician that gave us the bedroom tax, a housing policy that is eloquently summed up by Caroline Lucus , as “nasty, ineffective, counterproductive and unjust ” has clearly demonstrated a degree of ineptitude.
Continue reading Is Iain Duncan Smith “not clever enough”
