#Act4 Wildlife Commissioner Sinkevičius on behalf of the European Commission answers to an oral written question by Virginie Joron MEP inquiring on the CITES' ban on hunting endangered species: does the Commission support banning the hunting of endangered species or does it side with supporters of permit-based hunting? What is the current legal state of play with regarding to hunting trophies? The European Commission confirms its position on "sustainably managed" trophy hunting 19 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife One Voice is launching a vast campaign based on their high-risk infiltration into the world of underground hunting to denounce this despicable hunt which subjects’ badgers to the worst ill-treatment. Badger hunting: hell underground 13 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife The British primatologist Dame Jane Goodall believes the Duke of Sussex will give up hunting because of his wife’s dislike for the sport, and thinks he has been finding life “a bit challenging” since the couple moved to North America. Prince Harry may quit hunting over Meghan's dislike of sport, says conservationist friend 14 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Trophy hunters ‘boasted about how easy it is to shoot giraffes’ at a ‘gruesome’ trade show flogging low-price and ‘illegal’ killing expeditions. Cheap deals on ‘easy’ animal killing trips at Europe’s largest trophy hunting fair 10 February 2020
#Act4 Wildlife On the first Sunday of February animal protection organisations took the streets to say no to hunting in several European cities. "Ban hunting!" protest in Madrid 4 February 2020 ANDA
#Act4 Wildlife A debate over the future of trophy hunting points out that many effective alternatives to funding and supporting conservation have started to emerge. Scientists: Trophy hunting ‘not irreplaceable’ for conservation funding 3 December 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Earlier this month Animalia gave the Anti-Animal Award of the Year to Jari Leppä, Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, for his questionable interpretation of the EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation. ANIMALIA: Misinterpretation of the EU Invasive Alien Species regulation leads to more suffering for raccoon dogs in Finland 25 November 2019 Animalia
#Act4 Wildlife A pregnant woman has been killed by dogs in a forest in northern France where a hunt with hounds was taking place, investigators have said. Pregnant woman killed by dogs in France during hunt in forest 20 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The report aims for assisting IUCN to clarify the ethical acceptability of trophy hunting according to current IUCN statutes and policies and consistent with generally accepted methodologies of social and environmental ethics. New IUCN report: Trophy hunting not consistent with “sustainable use” 27 September 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The arguments for trophy hunting contained within a recent letter published in the journal Science simply don't stack up. Trophy hunting is not sustainable 19 September 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Botswana is reintroducing elephant hunts and is likely to sell licenses to kill the animals at a discount to its neighbors. Botswana is reintroducing elephant hunts - with discounted licences likely 11 September 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Japan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town of Taiji. Taiji cove hunt: Japan starts controversial dolphin hunt 2 September 2019