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Sea turtles invade Bournemouth beach with IFAW warnings

May 11, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

The International Fund for Animal Welfare today swarmed Bournemouth beach with 200 cardboard hawkbill turtles.

Cardboard hawkbill turtles invade Bournemouth beach

The arrival of the turtles is a publicity stunt co-ordinated by the IFAW and agency Rapp designed to raise awareness of the dangers that souvenir hunters are having on wildlife.

Each of the cardboard turtles has a message written under it explaining the dangers of poachers and the efforts of the IFAW to fight them. “Turning the turtle over is the first thing that hunters do”, reads one hard-hitting message.

Extinction Sucks: Indian Rhinos

May 10, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In this week’s Extinction Sucks Aleisha Caruso and Ashleigh Young go all out to try and aid the endangered Indian Rhino. The pair travel to Nepal, the only other place in the world where you can find Indian Rhinos, to investigate the poaching situation.

There are less than 410 Indian Rhinos left in Nepal. A good place to find them is in the Chitwan National Park – a park divided into the buffer zone where locals are allowed to stray and the core zone which is only open to controlled tourism.

Guides from WWF Nepal explain how locals near the buffer zone can hope to earn around 5000 or 6000 rupees a month but by poaching rhinos they might make 6000 rupees a day. The temptation is clear. Sound like a lot of money? That’s about AU $70 or, as Ashleigh explains, about the price of a pair of shoes.

Thousands overcome Swine Flu fears to visit miracle Malaysian boars

May 5, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Thousands have travelled to a temple in the Malaysian state of Perak to visit a Hindu temple. Visitors have come as far as Thailand and Singapore to see the boars which started to appear by the temple about a year ago.

Some Hindu devotees believe that the boars possess magical powers and are capable of brining good luck. Despite fears of swine flu the visitors, who are bussed in to the temple, attempt to touch the animals. Others will try and feed the animal and rub a four-digit number on the boar’s flank in order to maximise their chances of benefitting.

Chattanooga: The pothole battles between PETA and KFC

May 4, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Fast food powerhouse KFC has donated $3,000 to the American town of Chattanooga to help repair potholes in the road. In exchange for the money the road repair crews use chalk sprays to mark the repairs as “Refreshed by KFC”.

Until the temporary chalk logos wear off over time they act as advertisements for KFC. This has enraged the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) who approached Chattanooga with a counter offer.

PETA offered Chattanooga $6,000 and vegetarian lunches for the road crew. In exchange PETA wished to chalk the repairs with a caricature of KFC’s Col. Harlan Sanders and the phrase “KFC Tortures Animals”.

Extinction Sucks: Sea Turtles

May 3, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

There have been sea turtles on Earth for over 100 million years. In this week’s Extinction Sucks Aleisha Caruso and Ashleigh Young spring in to action to try and ensure we have sea turtles for many years to come.

There are seven species of sea turtles and all of them are under the threat of extinction. Problems range from turtle eggs being eaten by pigs, turtles choking on plastic bags mistaken for jellyfish and ghost nets.

Ghost nets are fishing nets either lost or abandoned which trap the sea turtle, keeping them below the surface until they suffer a horrible and slow death.

Oxford hosts spiritual healing for pets

April 28, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

On Saturday spiritual healers turned their attention towards beloved family pets. The North Oxford Christian Spiritualist Healing Church has run spiritual and holistic healing for a number of years but this year the session was opened up to pets.

The idea is credited to Oxford Brookes University tutor Humphrey Truswell. He told Oxford press, “Healing works for human beings, so I thought we could try it with animals.”

Families and pet lovers travelled for miles to attend the event. Lynwood and Lorraine Hagin travelled over 240 miles so that their dog Elbie could benefit from the healing. Elbie suffers from suspected mouth cancer.

Britain’s Most Talented Pet

April 27, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The Ultimate Pet Show this year will attempt to find Britain’s Most talented Pet. Held in the NEC Birmingham, this year, between the 2nd of May and the 4th of may the Ultimate Pet Show will feature dancing dogs, singing horses and piano playing pussy-cats.

Britain’s Got Talent winner George Sampson will feature alongside judges Kevin Sacre, the UnderDog winner, and Marc Abraham, TV vet and the dog behaviourist Caroyyn Meneith.

The winner of the competition – held on the 2nd of May – will walk off with prizes worth £250 including a digital camera and a professional pet photography shoot.

Extinction Sucks: Tasmanian Devils

April 26, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Some scientists believe that the wild Tasmanian Devil cannot be saved. One high risk strategy may be to let the wild devils die out which would provide a chance to re-populate the island with disease free devils currently in captivity.

The Tasmanian Devil suffers from an unique extinction threat. The population is being wiped out by a contagious cancer – one that’s spread by biting.

Last chance to save Firsland Animal Sanctuary

April 24, 2009 by Andrew 2 Comments

An animal sanctuary on the outskirts of picterquese Torquay will close today unless a good Samaritan steps forward at the last minute.

The sanctuary is currently home to 150 abandoned animals including cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, ducks, chickens, geese, turkeys, Reppy the point, Barbie the sheep and some goats.

Are thetrainline’s new adverts cruel to sheep?

April 20, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

British train ticket booking website thetrainline.com are using sheep to support their TV campaign.

Iain Hildreth, Director of Marketing at the trainline, said in this YouTube video that the sheep seemed to be enjoying themselves. Farmer Michelle Waterman, in the same video, explains that these sheep are used to wearing the jackets. It wasn’t made clear how long sheep wear show jackets for and how long they’ll wear the trainline jackets for each day.

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