Animal petitions and issues

[Pajarita]

Three bald eagles killed in Pennsylvania (they don't say whether it was accidental or on purpose but it's almost impossible for this to have been accidental because of the poison used).

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/ ... 65376.html


Gorilla protectors attacked at Virunga national park!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... onal-park/

[Pajarita]

Mink on fur farms test positive for coronavirus:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ronavirus/


Blackfish director pushes for Big Cats Public Safety Act:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... lebrities/


Rescuers struggle to save orphaned wildlife in lockdown:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -pandemic/


Ca commissioner resigns after seen throwing cat in video conference:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... k-meeting/


Petition: justice for dog tied and dragged behind car (killed the poor thing!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -the-road/


Philippine flying foxes almost extinct:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/in-th ... f-77230706


Bonobo poacher drops phone and we can see the terrible cruel 'industry' at its worst (I did NOT look at it):

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/image ... f-77230706


Traders peddling tiger bones, bear bile, etc as cure for coronavirus:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/cor ... title_1120


UK military beef supplier bought from sanctioned ranchers!

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/uk-mi ... f-77230706

[Pajarita]

Covid19, latest threat to rarest ape in the world:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/tapan ... f-77230706


Vietnamese killing and grinding black cats into paste as treatment for coronavirus (sheesh!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural- ... treatment/


Wet markets still open in Indonesia:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... till-open/


80 wet markets in NY!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -new-york/

[Pajarita]

Petition to stop animal testing in labs and story about monkey that strangled to death in lab:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ornia-lab/


Petition for the USDA to stop speeding slaughterhouse lines (it's bad for the animals AND for public health):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... terhouses/

[Pajarita]

Pets can now get tested for Covid19:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ronavirus/


Dead animals found in 'no-kill' shelter freezer (personal note: there are two kinds of 'no-kill' so you need to read the fine print because there is the true no-kill where no animal is euthanized unless it's suffering from a fatal condition, and then there is the 'we don't kill adoptable animals' meaning, if they think the animal is not adoptable, they will kill it):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... s-freezer/


China list the vulnerable white dolphin as a 'source of medicine' (I said it before and I'll say it again, the Chinese ignorance really do test my patience)

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/chi ... title_1120

[Pajarita]

Amazon's 'ghost dogs' should be listed as vulnerable:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... U2MDU5MwS2


Tiger shark makes 4,000 mile trip across oceans but they don't know why:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... li=BBnb7Kz


Because it is interesting: the Tully Monster:

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/anima ... a-40378997


Markets in Vietnam are still selling wild animals:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural- ... d-animals/

[Pajarita]

Nigeria disappearing forests and the animals that live in them:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/takeo ... f-77230706


73 MILLION sharks killed every year for their fins and what the scientists are doing to stop it:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/dna-d ... f-77230706


Don't blame the bats!

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/anima ... b-40378997


Man in China stole black swan, killed it and cooked it in a soup

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ooking-it/



Facebook allows sales of pangolins (personal note: I used to think that FB was a good thing but I have since changed my mind radically)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... to-humans/

[Pajarita]

100 corella toos found dead next to a lake in Australia - they suspect poison... either mice/rat poison pellets put out by farmers or pickled grain (this is seed grain treated with antifungals).

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14264


630 kgs (that's almost 1,400 lb) of dog and cat carcasses found in Vietnam bus:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... etnam-bus/


Safari park owner caught on video punching young lion:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... hing-lion/


Petition: Nigeria pangolin trade continues despite pandemic:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -pandemic/


Injured pelican had to stay behind when flock left:

https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/of ... -1.4748048

[Pajarita]

Badger cull to go through despite covid19 crisis:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/bad ... title_1120


Alarm over fatal bee virus spreading in UK:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/ala ... title_1120


Fears for endangered animals in Australia as house developments continue to destroy natural habitats

https://www.domain.com.au/news/fears-fo ... ts-953846/


Increase in bird life might disappear once people are out of lockdown

https://www.domain.com.au/news/fears-fo ... ts-953846/


Australian aborigine forest theft and vandalism endangers plant and animal species

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-06/ ... r/12219956

[Pajarita]

Asian road-building boom endangers tigers:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/end ... title_1120


Rare wild snow leopard trapped and sent to inadequate zoo in India:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ra ... li=BBnb7Kz


Investigating the mass fatal poisoning of vulture (1,600 so far) in Guinea-Bissau:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/inv ... title_1120


US military dogs given to Jordan are dying from neglect and abuse!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/us/jorda ... index.html