#Act4 Wildlife Influencers on social media and otter cafés in Japan cause an otter madness: more and more people in Southeast Asia want an otter as a pet. But is that really so much fun? ‘Otter Madness’: Cruel practices of wild animals kept as pets and in cafés in Japan 29 May 2019 WAP
#Act4 Wildlife Nestled in blankets in a Surrey wildlife hospital, an adorable fluffy animal glugs specially formulated milk from a syringe, blissfully unaware it is the subject of a bitter Brexit-related row. Grey squirrels have an image problem, so is it time to stop persecuting them? 28 May 2019
#Act4 Wildlife It was decrepit, the liver and kidneys were no longer working properly - now Malaysia's last Sumatran rhinoceros has died. Malaysia mourns the last male Sumatran rhino 27 May 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Singapore has seized nearly 26 tonnes of pangolin scales - the most ever recorded - in two separate operations over the past week, increasing calls for improved protection for the endangered species. Singapore busts reveal loss of 38,000 endangered pangolins 11 April 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Snares are cruel, primitive and indiscriminate traps that are widely used across Scotland mostly to protect gamebirds from fox predation to benefit the shooting industry. 5 reasons why snares should be banned 8 April 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Animal Welfare Minister Beate Hartinger-Klein (FPÖ) has spoken out in favor of a Europe-wide ban on fur farming. Fur farming: Austrian Minister Hartinger-Klein for EU-wide ban 18 March 2019 Four Paws
#Act4 Wildlife With regard to animal welfare and conservation, whistleblowers are often alerting authorities, media, and NGOs about the lack of compliance with the legislation. Intergroup meeting report: "Whistleblowers: the protection of persons reporting on breaches of EU law” 14 March 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The one-year anniversary of the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online (the Coalition) was celebrated in China this week during an event themed under “Protecting Wildlife with Technology”. Global internet giants gather in China to protect wildlife with technology 6 March 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Canada has passed the halfway mark in prohibiting the trade of shark fins with Member of Parliament Fin Donnelly tabling Bill S-238, the Ban on Shark Fin Trade Act, into the House of Commons. Bill to end trade of shark fins gains momentum in Canada’s House of Commons 22 February 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Londoners are taking so much cocaine that it has seeped into the city’s famous River Thames, new research by King’s College London has discovered, prompting concerns over what it is doing to the river’s wildlife. London record levels of cocaine could make Thames’ eels high 22 January 2019
#Act4 Wildlife In January 2018 the Swedish Board of Agriculture got assigned by the government to evaluate if the mink industry comply with the new Animal Welfare Act. The Swedish Board of Agriculture’s evaluation of mink welfare (English summary) 18 January 2019 Djurens Rätt