Monthly Archives: August 2010
EU seal products ban in the courts
Following a legal challenge by Canadian Inuit subsistence hunters, the EU ban on seal products has been suspended. However, EU officials made it clear the suspension only applies to those hunters who are party to the legal challenge. “This suspension … Continue reading
Buy a beautiful book and raise money for CWI
To draw attention to the plight of the world’s tigers, award-winning company Dakini Books are producing “Tigers”, a beautiful coffee-table book telling the story of a lone tigress’s struggle to raise her cubs in the wild. Preorder from Dakini … Continue reading
EU Seal Trade Ban Begins
http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2010/08/19/eu-seal-trade-ban-begins/ Care for the Wild International is delighted that the European Union will begin its ban on the trade of all seal products this week. The decision to outlaw practically all trade in seal products was primarily directed at Canada, … Continue reading
Save Yupi the Polar Bear in Mexico
Yupi has been living alone in a small, barren concrete enclosure in Mexico’s warm climate for far too long. Care for the Wild International is asking for our supporters to help Zoocheck with their campaign to transfer Yupi to a more … Continue reading
Is Africa’s wildlife being eaten to extinction?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8877062.stm Is Africa’s wildlife being eaten to extinction? By CWI Director, Mark Jones The rapid growth in the global demand for bushmeat is leaving many African species facing the possibility of being eaten out of existence, says Mark Jones. In … Continue reading
