Category: Nature & Wildlife

Animal Defenders International have rescued 33 lions, 24 from circuses in Peru and nine from Colombia, after both countries banned the use of wild animals in circuses. The lions will be returned to their homeland on Friday 29 April when they will be flying to a destination in the natural African bush at Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary, South Africa.

The hunt is on for the best sheep flocks in Dorset as part of a new competition being staged by the Dorset County Show. The competition is open to all farmers who have flocks in the county and is for breeding sheep, including commercial, pedigree and rare breed flocks. There are three classes: small flocks…

In the countdown to World Day for Laboratory Animals on 24 April, the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) has released shocking details of primate experiments and their failure. The animal suffering in the experiments is clear and NAVS, the world’s oldest anti-vivisection organisation, describes them as “unreliable, unethical, unnecessary.” Around 6,000 primates are used in European…

To celebrate the beauty of the Dorset Countryside, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Dorset branch) is launching a photo competition.