‘A barbaric federal program’: US killed 1.75m animals last year – or 200 per hour
Activists condemn Wildlife Services, a division of the USDA, which says deaths necessary to protect farmers and public health An obscure division of the US government had a busy – and ruthless –...
Mangled sea turtle found along Changi Beach
The mangled carcass of a sea turtle was discovered at Changi Beach on Monday morning (Jan 2). The metre-long turtle was found with its shell sliced open. “I was jogging in between the beach and the...
World’s smallest elephants killed for ivory in Borneo
Even the planet’s smallest elephants, tucked away on the island of Borneo, are no longer immune to the global poaching crisis for ivory. On New Year’s Eve, wildlife officials in Sabah, Malaysian...
Anti-fur activists bare all in Barcelona
Animal rights defenders stripped down Sunday in the Spanish tourist hub of Barcelona to draw attention to the alleged cruelty of the fur industry. Dozens of activists, naked, doused in fake blood...
Reindeer are shrinking: warming threatens Christmas icon
Over the past 16 years, the weight of adult reindeer in Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic has dropped by 12 percent, likely due to global warming, said study findings presented to a meeting at the...
P. libani Fish is not Extinct… A beauty swimming in Lebanon’s Fresh Water
Marine organisms in Lebanon have been gaining more attention in the past few years. While it is extremely important to highlight violations against marine life in general, it is also very important...
Scientists investigate death of 10,000 endangered ‘scrotum’ frogs in Peru
Scientists are investigating the mysterious deaths of at least 10,000 endangered frogs, in a river which leads into South America’s most famous lake on Peru’s border with Bolivia. The dead Titicaca...
10k endangered ‘scrotum frogs’ die in Peru
Peru is investigating what killed some 10,000 Titicaca water frogs, a critically endangered species affectionately known as the “scrotum frog,” in a river that is feared to be polluted, authorities...
