Page views: 110 The last paradise on earth The Leuser ecosystem on Sumatra - a name that makes nature conservation enthusiasts' hearts beat faster and at the same time should give them a twinge. Because here, on 2.6 million hectares of Indonesian rainforest, is the last place on our planet where tigers, elephants, orangutans and rhinos live together in the wild. Three times larger than...
Page views: 74 „It has taken decades to fight for our protection laws. Let's not allow them to be quietly abolished because conservative parties - such as the European People's Party, the sister party of the CDU/CSU - want to exploit the majority situation to abolish good and important protection standards.“Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. Open letter to the EU Commission Plenary Chamber of the European Parliament in Brussels,...
Page views: 86 Something big is coming. So big, in fact, that it's not quite finished yet. Which is a shame, because tomorrow morning at 11am Robert is going to drop a bombshell that might prove everything my radio play claims. And because that's the case, I've decided to give you a little taster today. If we get the kind...
Page views: 155 Born to bring in visitors - died because nobody wants to see you anymore A drama is currently unfolding at Nuremberg Zoo that shows with scandalous clarity what ails modern zoos. 20 Guinea baboons, intelligent, social, sentient, suffering - born in captivity, reared under artificial conditions - are to die. Why? Because they are „too many“. Because they are no longer „useful“....
Page views: 127 The grim reality behind the zoo profiteering scheme Imagine a world in which animals are bred for profit rather than out of love for nature. This has long been a reality in zoos: animals are born, put on display and killed when they are „surplus to requirements“. This practice not only affects small animals, but also vertebrates, marine mammals and primates. And...
Pageviews: 190 How Nuremberg Zoo wants to set a dangerous precedent Nuremberg Zoo is facing an ethical decision that could have far-reaching consequences for the entire German zoo landscape. While over 40 Guinea baboons are fearing for their lives in the zoo's cramped enclosures, the zoo management under director Dag Encke is trying to set a precedent that will make it impossible for all zoos to...
