A new report by the monitoring network TRAFFIC documents the “industrial-scale” trade in pangolins in Indonesia and states that up to 10,000 of the trafficked animals are being seized by the Indonesian […]
New TRAFFIC report says there is an ‘industrial-scale’ trade in pangolins in Indonesia
Asia for Animals: combatting cruelty, ignorance, and greed
KATHMANDU CONFERENCE, PART ONE. Delegates to the 10th Asia for Animals (AfA) conference grappled with the issue of changing human behaviour, which was the theme of this year’s gathering. There were inspiring presentations about […]
Asia for Animals: ‘We need compassionate courage and fearless altruism’
The 10th Asia for Animals conference got underway yesterday (Saturday) in the Nepali capital Kathmandu with a series of workshops followed by four presentations on the subject of Animals and Happiness. The French Buddhist […]
Asia for Animals: Changing Human Behaviour
The 10th Asia for Animals conference gets underway this coming Saturday in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, and this year’s theme is Changing Human Behaviour. “Most animal suffering is caused by humans doing, […]
Lawyers file world’s first habeas corpus petition on behalf of elephants
The US-based Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has filed the world’s first petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of elephants. The NhRP lawyers are demanding that “in accordance with state […]
New orangutan species identified in Indonesia
Scientists have identified a new species of orangutan in Indonesia, but there are so few individuals in the population that the newly named Tapanuli orangutan is already being described as one of […]
Protesters lock onto machinery in a bid to stop Adani’s mega coal mining project
As work starts on the railway line being built to transport coal from Adani’s planned Carmichael mine, protesters have been locking themselves onto construction machinery, and are vowing to do whatever it […]
International Gibbon Day: smaller apes are ‘endangered, yet overlooked’
Today (Tuesday) is International Gibbon Day and events are being organised around the world to foster awareness about the endangered primates and raise money for gibbon conservation. Gibbons live in tropical and […]
Malaysia chooses American company Ocean Infinity to search for MH370
The Malaysian government has chosen an American private seabed exploration firm, Ocean Infinity, to resume the search for MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. It is […]
Australia rolls out Gardasil 9 amid reports that HPV vaccination is causing death, injury, and infertility
There are updates at the end of this article about Colton Berrett, who passed away on January 5, 2018, and a court ruling in the US that states that the death of […]
Anti-Adani protest: thousands of Australians demand an end to mega coal mining project
Thousands of Australians protested today against plans by the Indian multinational conglomerate Adani to build the largest coal mine in Australia in the Galilee Basin in Queensland. The #Stop Adani movement organised […]
MH370: Australian authorities express regret for failure to find Malaysia Airlines plane
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) today released its final report on the search in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and said the disappearance of the […]
Borneo foundation to create a forest island for albino orangutan
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) is appealing for funds to create a forest island for an albino orangutan rescued in April. The primate, who has been named Alba, is believed to […]
Canadian court to hear case about alleged money laundering by relatives of Malaysian politician
A judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Canada has ruled that a financial disclosure case related to alleged money laundering by relatives of the former chief minister and current […]
Coal mining devastates villages and cultural heritage in Australia’s Hunter Valley
Update: The anti-protest charges brought against Bev Smiles, Bruce Hughes, and Stephanie Luke were dismissed by a magistrate in Mudgee on June 5, 2018. See new article for details. In Australia’s Hunter […]
Malaysian women rally against toxic politics
Hundreds of women marched in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday (Sunday) in protest against the country’s “toxic politics”. They dressed in purple, the colour worn by the suffragettes and other women’s […]
First international sun bear symposium gets underway in Malaysia
The first international symposium about sun bear conservation got underway in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday (Monday). Attendees shared information about the plight of the animal, which has been listed as […]
Wildlife poacher arrested in Sumatra ‘was set to sell tiger carcass’
This article has been updated with details of conviction and sentencing. A wildlife poacher who was in possession of a tiger carcass has been arrested in North Sumatra in Indonesia. An anti-trafficking […]
World Orangutan Day: conservationists call for an end to habitat destruction
It’s International Orangutan Day today (Saturday) and events have been organised around the world to raise awareness about the plight of the now critically endangered primate, whose DNA is 97 percent the […]
MH370: Experts say satellite images and drift studies indicate likely crash zone
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has just released two reports that are being taken as an indication that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have gone down in an area […]
