#Act4 Wildlife Wildlife crime is believed to intersect with other transnational organised crimes such as drugs, arms and human trafficking. Wildlife crime: the soft underbelly of organised crime 19 October 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Weak legislation and limited checks on private captive tiger facilities across the EU and the UK provide significant opportunity for tiger parts, such as skins and bones, to enter illegal trade, according to a joint report from WWF and TRAFFIC. "Falling Through the System": The role of the European Union captive tiger population in the trade in tigers 30 September 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Six years after the launch of the WildLeaks Project, the world’s first whistle blower initiative dedicated to environmental and wildlife crime, Earth League International (ELI) has released its first report on this ground-breaking platform. The world’s first whistleblower initiative dedicated to wildlife crime releases first report "WildLeaks" 14 September 2020
#Act4 Wildlife In this study, researchers explore how the public perceives wildlife crimes, finding that a significant portion think stealing a loaf of bread is worse than killing a deer outside of hunting season. How does the public feel about crimes against wildlife? 7 September 2020
#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 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 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 Party also pledges, if in government, to ban trophy hunters from selling their spoils in the UK Labour plans to phase out animal testing as part of manifesto promise 28 August 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The Foreign Secretary said he would hold a vote on the "barbaric" sport if he becomes Prime Minister - and he'd opt to scrap the ban UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants to bring back fox hunting 3 July 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Conservationists who support trophy hunting as a means of raising funds for preserving wild areas and wild animals have always argued that ‘if it pays, it stays’. IUCN study shows trophy hunting doesn’t live up to its claim of supporting conservation 30 June 2019
#Act4 Wildlife 26 wildlife advocacy groups have sent an open letter to Member State Environment Ministers calling for a clamp down on the import of hunting trophies into the European Union (EU). Time to clamp down on trophy hunting – Wildlife advocacy groups call on European Governments to take action hunting trophy imports 3 March 2016 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife MEP Neena Gill tabled in January a Written Declaration to call the Council and Commission upon to re-examine rules and procedures with a view to restricting all trophy imports. In the video below she calls on the public to contact their MEP to ensure their support. MEP Neena Gill’s Written Declaration on Trophy Hunting 2 February 2016 Eurogroup for Animals
