(Amboseli, Kenya – 12 January 2023) – Rain has returned to the Amboseli ecosystem, but it is far too very little, way too late for 1000’s of wildlife that have by now perished in Kenya’s worst drought in 40-years. Kenya’s so-called “short rains” year has also delivered under-regular rainfalls, building […]
Animals
COVID-19 is more widespread in animals than we thought
We think of COVID-19 as a human pandemic, but it’s much more than that. The virus that causes the disease, SARS-CoV-2, can infect a wide and growing range of animals, both captive and wild. So far, the virus has been detected in more than a hundred domestic cats and dogs, […]
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Rules Wild Animals Are Subjects of Legal Rights Under the Rights of Nature
This Court warns that animals ought to not be secured only from an ecosystemic viewpoint or with a see to the demands of human beings, but primarily from a point of view that focuses on their individuality and intrinsic value. – The Constitutional Court of Ecuador (Final Judgement, Case No. […]
Monroeville considers ordinance to prohibit feeding wild animals
Monroeville Council programs to vote Jan. 10 on an ordinance that prohibits the feeding of wild animals and gives penalties for violations. “This was a thing that came about for a few of explanations, but what was definitely the genesis of it was that we experienced a coyote assault a […]
Rescuer Saves, Rehabs Hundreds of Wild Animals in Peru
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Samantha Zwicker had been involved in the rescue and rehabilitation of 260 wild animals across Peru. She performs to protect additional than 7,400 acres of rainforest and the animals that stay there. Zwicker is the founder of Hoja Nueva, a wildlife rescue and rehab center in Las Piedras, a remote […]
Hundreds Of Social Media Videos With Billions Of Views Show Wild Animals Being Tortured, Report Finds
Concerning September 2021 and September 2022, SMACC uncovered 840 videos on social media depicting endangered wild animals this kind of as macaques, tigers and lions bodily and psychologically tormented by people with a overall of 11.8 billion sights. getty Animal cruelty on social media platforms isn’t new, but hundreds of […]