by Helen Seddon | Dec 15, 2019 | Wildlife
An account of a single Asian elephant in a zoo in Alberta, Canada sums up the depressing life of a solitary animal. Words by Kristen Warfield: “Every day for Lucy is mostly the same. She stands in her barren concrete enclosure, behind a glass wall, as visitors watch...
by Helen Seddon | Dec 11, 2019 | Wildlife
As many as 10,000 lions are bred and kept on South Africa’s lion farms when only between 1,300 – 1,700 adult lions remain in the wild. Today it is estimated that there are only 20,000 lions living in the wild across the whole of Africa. Sadly they are disappearing...
by Helen Seddon | Nov 17, 2019 | Wildlife
Who are the people who think it’s acceptable to keep dolphins and killer whales in captivity? I guess it has to be those people who are making a lot of money from keeping them in dolphinariums and marine parks. It’s a broad guess but it has been estimated that between...
by Helen Seddon | Nov 11, 2019 | Wildlife
“On 17 May 2019, an Amendment to the Animal Improvement Act, 62 of 1998, was issued by the then Department Of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In this amendment, lion, cheetah, rhino and giraffe have been added to the list of ‘farmable animals’, along with almost...
by Helen Seddon | Sep 17, 2019 | Wildlife
DEFRA and Natural England appear to have learnt nothing from the previous badger culls!Ministers have approved the addition of 11 new cull areas and reauthorization of the 29 cull areas from last year. Up to 64,000 badgers could be killed this autumn. Last year’s cull...
by Helen Seddon | Sep 16, 2019 | Wildlife
You’ve gotta love an octopus! Octopuses are the most fascinating and intriguing creatures you are likely to ever come across. Outwardly they are difficult to describe other than their obvious eight arms. But inwardly they are renowned for their high intelligence, blue...
