Madrid City Council approved this Thursday the definitive text to prevent circuses with wild animals from holding shows in the capital and will give a one-year moratorium for circus companies to "reorient their business". Madrid City Council gives circuses one year to stop having animals 7 March 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The Trump administration is seeking to lift Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf, arguing the predators found mainly in the western United States have been brought back successfully from the brink of extinction. U.S. seeks to lift endangered species protection for gray wolf 6 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 FarmAnimals I know that in polarised, tribal Britain, my plant-based product would be dismissed. The Netherlands is more open-minded "I make vegan cheese in Amsterdam, and no one here calls it faux" 6 March 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Cargolux has decided to place a ban on the transport of lion bones in an effort to curb and deter this worrying new trend in wildlife trafficking. Cargolux bans lion bone transport 6 March 2019
#Act4 Wildlife A man has been mauled to death by a lion caged at his family home in the eastern Czech Republic. Czech man mauled to death by lion he kept in backyard 5 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals New market research finds Americans divided on meat alternatives — and consumers elsewhere hungry for them. In India and China, consumers are eager for lab-grown meat. In the US? Not as much. 5 March 2019
Vegan food company Good Catch has created a version of albacore tuna said to look and taste just like the real thing without using any fish. Plant-based tuna aims to be the future of fish — without the smell 4 March 2019
#Act4 Aquatics JRC scientists developed a novel method to identify fish species present in processed food. This method is complementary to existing fish identification strategies and will support the prevention of frauds. Which fish is in your fishstick? EC scientists develop new method to identify fish species in processed food 3 March 2019
#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 Wildlife In particular, wild animals in circuses should be a thing of the past, with an increasing number of organisations calling for a ban at EU level. EU leaders should work harder to protect wild animals (and citizens) 3 March 2019 AAP