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Rainforest on Sumatra

Page views: 99 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...

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The EPP and environmental protection

Page views: 70 „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,...

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Nestlé food or no food

Page views: 95 And suddenly it's food or no food: Nestlé food or no food So. This article and the research on it will be exciting. For medical reasons, I am no longer dependent on receiving my tube feeds by bolus (syringe), but via the PEG pump. My previous tube feed, restoric® supportiv S Vegan from Vitasy, which I have been very happy with for years, has unfortunately...

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Nuremberg - Dag Encke has 12 baboons shot

Page views: 233 I want to see Nuremberg zoo director Dr Dag Encke on trial in the baboon murder case. What do I dream about at night? Of baboons with a shotgun to the temple. Maybe not anymore. It's over. On 29 July 2025, despite months of protests, vigils and massive resistance from animal rights activists like me and my family, Nuremberg Zoo has put twelve...

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High profile for Nuremberg's baboons

Page views: 210 Interview with Mark Benecke, running demo for Nuremberg's baboons with Colin Goldner from the Great Ape Project (GAP) in Wales, UK & Parents as roving reporters under the spell of animal welfare - this weekend is all about animals. This weekend has it all. It is likely to be the climax of the „baboon murder in Nuremberg“ case. Vegan network Nuremberg...

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Euthanasia at Nuremberg Zoo

Page views: 153 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“....

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Baboons in the crosshairs

Pageviews: 185 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...

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The hidden cruelty in our bathroom

Page views: 75 The cabinet of horrors of the everyday: The true horror behind Bepanthen ointment and lanolin Bepanthen ointment can be found in almost every German bathroom. What few people realise: Behind the famous eye and nose ointment lies a cabinet of horrors of animal suffering that is unrivalled. Each gram of ointment contains 250 milligrams of wool wax - obtained from the agony of countless sheep. Most consumers...

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