Pageviews: 118 The last paradise on earth The Leuser ecosystem on Sumatra - a name that makes the hearts of nature conservation enthusiasts beat faster and should sting at the same time. 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: 75 „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: 87 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 may 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: 100 And suddenly it's food or no food: Nestlé food or no food So. This article and the research into 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...
Pageviews: 242 I want to see Nuremberg's 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...
Page views: 214 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...
Pageviews: 213 You'll have to go there for me. Colin is such a charismatic animal rights activist and Mark, well I write something new about him on my blog about every four weeks. His talks are simply legendary. I would love to be there myself. 🗓️ Sat, 26 July 2025 | 1-5 pm📍 Sebalder Platz, NurembergWill you be there? 🐒 In the Tiergarten...
Page views: 156 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“....
Pageviews: 191 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 more than 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 animals to...
Page views: 149 A bloody spectacle takes place every year in the quiet forests and wide open fields of Germany: the fox hunt. Over 400,000 of these intelligent and adaptable animals fall victim to hunting every year. But more and more voices are asking: Is this practice still in keeping with the times? Was fox hunting ever appropriate? What impact does it have on our ecosystem, and what...
