#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 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 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
#Act4 Wildlife A major animal transport operation took place across Europe: five tigers have being transferred from the rescue centre AAP Primadomus in the small town of Villena, in South-East Spain, to Isle of Wight Zoo, in the English Channel. Five ex-circus tigers en-route to new future in the UK 24 June 2018
#Act4 Wildlife Animal Defenders International (ADI) has welcomed the decision by Defra (UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to refuse big cat circus trainer Thomas Chipperfield a licence to perform in England. DEFRA to refuse a big cat circus trainer a licence 19 April 2018
#Act4 Wildlife Former Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey Circus big cat trainer Alexander Lacey is back performing in Europe following his controversial departure from the US last month. The show sadly goes on for ex-Ringling big cats in Europe. 18 October 2017 ADI
#Act4 Wildlife OneKind welcomes the Stage 1 vote in support of the General Principles of the Bill, which will see the use of wild animals in travelling circuses banned in Scotland. Unanimous vote for the ban of wild animals in circuses in Scotland 6 October 2017 OneKind
#Act4 Wildlife ADI investigation reveals the misery of Chipperfield’s lions and tigers as Government stalls on promise to ban wild animal circuses. Lions and tigers are left behind by broken promises 29 November 2016 ADI
#Act4 Wildlife In its new proposed programme for Government 2016/17, the Scottish Parliament has pledged to introduce a Bill this session to end the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland. Scotland commits to ban wild animals in circuses 8 September 2016 OneKind