Category: Pets
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China hopes to take rare animals off the menu with tough jail sentences
People who knowing eat products made from 420 species classified as endangered face of up to 10 years or more in prison
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Illegal python skins feed hunger for fashionable handbags and shoes
Python farms could be the antidote to the $1bn-a-year black market in these fashionable and expensive skins
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A major victory for whale protection efforts
World court ruling reaffirms protection of Southern Ocean whales. Commercial whaling was banned worldwide in 1986. The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was declared a whale sanctuary eight years later, but Japan’s whaling activities under scientific programme JARPA II continued the annual slaughter of whales. In addition to whaling, Southern Ocean whales are under threat by…
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Monterey Bay Aquarium inspires conservation of the oceans through breakthrough ‘Tentacles’ exhibit
It’s time for tentacles. From the kraken to Cthluhu (ku-thoo-loo), the myths surrounding octopuses, squid and cuttlefishes live in our collective memory. Now the Monterey Bay Aquarium is opening the largest, most diverse living exhibit ever created to showcase these amazing animals. “Tentacles: The Astounding Lives of Octopuses, Squid and Cuttlefishes” is the most dynamic special…
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Why are handbag manufacturers using stingray skin?
I find it repugnant that bags and purses are being made out of shagreen. Isn’t it unethical?Email [email protected] with your ethical dilemma
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Japanese company named as biggest online retailer of ivory and whale meat
Conservation groups say Rakuten’s website carries 28,000 adverts for elephant ivory and 1,200 for whale products