Source: BBC News An MP is calling for a ban on keeping primates as pets after seeing the condition of rescued animals. South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray is set to introduce a Ten Minute Rule motion in the Commons on 18 January calling for a ban. Mrs Murray said she visited the Wild Futures Monkey Sanctuary, near [...]
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28. August 2011
By Francesca Wakefield In celebration of their 50th Anniversary, the World Wide Fund for Nature has released a short film that they hope might inspire a new generation to care about conservation. Written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by the BAFTA winning Charles Sturridge, the seven minute film – Astonish Me – stars Bill Nighy and [...]
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13. June 2011
PASA rehab strategies help orphaned apes to recover psychologically from bushmeat traumas and could be a reason that success rates are so high in PASA reintroductions.
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17. April 2011
Of intense debate at the moment is Sir Richard Branson's plans to introduce lemurs (native to Madagascar) to a Caribbean island.
Continue reading...12. November 2010
In many ecosystems a single species is often conserved in the hope that action towards them will improve survival chances of other species within the habitat. These organisms are also known as keystone species and their influence on fellow animals or an entire ecosystem can be enormous; species include the Eastern Red Backed Salamander and [...]
Continue reading...5. November 2010
Throughout human history, humans have used animals as test subjects, before putting others into the situation, from cosmetics and medical testing, even as far as space travel. Animals are used to see what effect these processes such as space travel have upon a human like body. This practice of taking advantage of animals for such research [...]
Continue reading...29. October 2010
Zoos and sanctuaries appear the world over. They are now a major part of both conservation and the entertainment industry. There are significant differences between the two with sanctuaries being set up as a safe haven mistreated animals. Unfortunately some zoos have focused upon the entertainment aspect and many of these cases are well documented. http://www.captiveanimals.org/zoos/southport.htm Another [...]
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24. October 2010
Update: Thank you to everyone who voted for Alasdair and Laurence to win a 2010 Digital Hero award. It is with great delight that we can announce that they scooped the Regional Award! The Primate Handshake will be awarded £5000 towards its primate conservation expeditions and projects across Africa. With such a fantastic award fund, both [...]
Continue reading...22. October 2010
Does corruption encourage poor environmental strategies and animal rights? Most of the world biodiversity hotspots are found within the third world. Poverty is usually rife in these areas and this breeds corruption. This is also a major problem populations have to face. The extreme poverty encourages people to take the rules into their own hands and [...]
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8. October 2010
At first glance, eco-tourism initiatives that allow people to get close to endangered species seem like a brilliant way of dealing with several of conservation’s significant problems; raising awareness and increasing people’s passion for conservation, boosting local economies, and bringing money in to help pay to conserve not only the species in question, but others [...]
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20. January 2012
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