#Act4 Wildlife Environment Secretary Michael Gove has today (1 May) announced a new Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. UK Government bans wild animals in circuses 1 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals A miniature horse which helps visually-impaired people has trained on the Tyne & Wear Metro to help his new owner. A guide horse's day out: metro training in North East England 18 April 2019
As we gradually take stock of the full extent of the devastation humankind is wreaking on our planet’s oceans and life therein, this report takes a critical look at one of the most wasteful industries currently plundering the seas: industrial aquaculture and its use of wild-caught fish for feed. Report sheds light on the environmental and food security impacts of the use of wild-caught fish as feed in the aquaculture industry 16 April 2019 CIWF
#Act4 Equines A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, with the co-sponsorship of Sen. Mark Warner, to crack down on an abusive practice among show horses. U.S. senators introduce bill to end horse soring 3 April 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Some 67,154 badgers have been killed in the since the scheme began in 2013. Tens of thousands more badgers face slaughter as UK areas ask for licences to kill 17 March 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The limitations of animal experimentation in improving human healthcare is overwhelming, but more than 11 million animals are still used in research every year in the EU alone. New book proposes ways to move away from animal experimentation 11 March 2019 ADI
#Act4 Wildlife ‘If you target certain pockets, you are disrupting the social network and making them move around lots, and this can spread the disease’ Badger cull may actually make TB spread worse, UK scientists warna 3 March 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The Animal Welfare Category will recognise initiatives that have improved the welfare of farmed or wild animals. UK’s Aquaculture Awards now include animal welfare category 7 February 2019
#Act4 Aquatics An interactive online course on the health and welfare of Atlantic salmon has been launched by Benchmark’s Fish Vet Group and Knowledge Services today. The welfare of Atlantic salmon is the focus of an online course for British fish farmers 4 February 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Fish and chip shops and fishmongers are selling endangered sharks to an unwitting public, according to researchers who used DNA barcoding to identify species on sale. UK fish and chip shops are selling endangered sharks, DNA tests prove 31 January 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 A new study, published in the Journal of Veterinary Behaviour concluded that snakes should not be confined to enclosures that prevent them from fully stretching their bodies. Give snakes some space 21 January 2019 APA