New Year's Eve 2025/26 was not a „bit of exaggerated banging“, but a national stress test, which Germany failed magnificently with eleven dead, mutilated children, traumatised animals and a cheering pyro lobby. While some are popping corks, others are losing their hands, homes and joie de vivre - and yes, but the main thing is „tradition“.
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...
Page views: 69 „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: 81 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: 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...
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“....
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...
Page views: 135 Every year, a bloody spectacle takes place 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...
Pageviews: 164 First things first: #shameondenmark 💔 #shameonfaroeislands #shameonisland #shameonjapan @mette @peterhummelgaard #freepaulwatson #cpwf My past few weeks have been... mentally tough. So harsh, in fact, that I stopped publishing posts I'd already finished writing, like this one from 17 September. To make matters worse, I was accused on Instagram for my first cover story about Paul Watson of harming the environment by...
Page views: 229 Repost (excerpt) from 8.11.2024 🌳 Now also available as an 🔊 audiobook 🔊 Fascinating creature that lives in the intertidal zones on the west coast of Canada. Exactly where our forever protected forest stands. It has adapted perfectly to its habitat. It protects a pretty shell, which finally got me drawing again after a long time. In addition...
