On Monday there was a vicious attack at the Fundimvelo Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Rhinos were killed, care-givers severely beaten and one young woman sexually assaulted. "What transpired the evening of February 20, 2017 when five criminals descended upon the once tranquil sanctuary of Karen Trendler’s revered Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage, is an extreme wake-up call to just how dangerous,...
The newest updates can be viewed here: Call to Action: Letter to Indonesia Ministry of Tourism and Call to action. Please rate Google Bandung Zoo review. There are some new ways to help: 1. There is a Facebook page "Bandung Tourism Promotion Board" where you can leave a comment and rate it. 2. The Minister of Tourism in Indonesia, Mr Arief Yahya has a Twitter page: https://twitter.com/ir_ariefyahya where...
"What the U.S. House of Representatives did today – actually a very narrow majority of the House – was shameful. Cruel. Callous. Venal." The H.J. Resolution 69, which was authored by Alaska’s Representative Don Young, was voted in Congress yesterday, and was in favor 225 to 193. A federal rule was overturned, that was years in the works, crafted by professional wildlife managers...
"Some members of Congress are determined to use the obscure and rarely employed Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal a rule enacted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that protects wildlife on Alaska’s national wildlife refuges from cruelty. The threatened FWS’ rule prohibits egregiously cruel and unsustainable predator control methods, including killing bears with leghold traps and snares, and killing black...
The Army Corps of Engineers notified Congress on Wednesday that it intends to override the environmental review process for the Dakota Access Pipeline, end the public comment period, and grant Energy Transfer Partners the easement they require to drill under Lake Oahe. The drilling has officially continued! The President's announcement of his plans is very interesting. See for yourself: What can we all...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established on December 2, 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety of activities to ensure environmental protection. Since its creation, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. EPA's mission is to protect human health by safeguarding the air we breathe, water we drink and land on which we live....
Newest update is available here: Working another angle. The new information that has been discovered shows that the Perhimpunan Kebun Binatang Seluruh Indonesia (PKBSI) also knows as Indonesian Zoo Association is not working for the better of the animals. According to a report by Smithsonian Magazine, the Secretary General of the PKBSI tasked to clean up the zoos, "took healthy animals to his privately run...
Here is the newest update: Bears are fed BUT........... The media release from Cee4Life organization on this issue can be found here: https://www.cee4life.org/media-release/ After reading the media release from Cee4Life my opinion of whether the Bandung Zoo should be closed or not has not changed. In my opinion every zoo should be closed. What is the purpose of zoos? To help animals? To care for...
