Dear Friends,  I have been doing blogs on Blogger/Blogspot for so long that it seems really strange not to be doing them anymore, but as many of you will have found out, dear Louis - who really is a Saint among men for putting up with me during the full-moon - has done a magnificent all singing all dancing website for us. You can find it at cfz.org.uk… As Pete Townshend would have said “meet the new blogs, the same as the old blogs, except they are not, they are much better”. These blogs on Blogspot will remain as legacy sites, so never fear that all the stuff that you have read o ..read more

      Good morning!  Our main news today is that we are mounting a challenge of DEFRA's regulations that relate to burning vegetation on peatland soils. However, we know that many of you are interested in our tussle with the Shooting Times over an article they published back in February so we'll take this opportunity to tell you about that and a few other things too.  But first, our challenge of the Burning Regulations...   1. Burning Regulations Back in early June, in Wild Justice newsletter 63, we told you that we had sent a Pre-Action P ..read more

  Malay tapirs need your help No images? Click here The meaningless destruction of the Malay tapir Malay tapirs are glorious. These adorable animals spend their time innocently wandering around the rainforests of Southeast Asia, blissfully grazing on foliage and keeping to themselves. Often disguised in the deep undergrowth, they rarely encounter humans face to face, so we actually know surprisingly little about them. But what we do know is shocking.  The forests they call home have become a literal death trap. The trails they use daily have been filled with ti ..read more

 Meet "Brunswick" And 8 Other Bone Chilling Great White Sharks Who Have Visited Our Jersey Shore 943thepoint.com Cats are predators and natural hunters, but kittens must be taught how to stalk and kill. Wild cats often injure animals and carry them back so their  ..read more

 North Carolina man reels in record-setting 127-pound blue catfish KIRO Seattle It is the third-largest blue catfish ever caught in the U.S. ... "But once we got that big one in the boat and it bottomed out my 110-pound scale, we ... new North Carolina state record blue cat would've been on the other end of the line ..read more

Anglers have been asked to report catches and sightings of an invasive species of salmon in Scottish rivers. Pink salmon are native to Pacific Ocean waters but have spread to parts of northern Europe after being released into rivers in Russia in the 1960s. "Unprecedented numbers" of the fish were found in Scottish rivers in 2017, and high numbers were again seen in 2019. The salmon have already been caught this year in the Ness in the Highlands. Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS) has asked anglers to report where else the fish have been found. Read on ..read more

 A city in the US state of Minnesota has urged residents not to release their unwanted pet fish into the wild after finding huge goldfish in a lake. The common household pets can grow far bigger in the wild and cause major disruption to ecosystems. The city of Burnsville shared images showing several monster goldfish caught during a survey of Keller Lake. It said goldfish could contribute to poor water quality by disturbing sediment and uprooting plants. "Please don't release your pet goldfish into ponds and lakes!" the city wrote in a tweet. Read on ..read more

  Great apes in grave danger What’s happening is a tragedy. Nothing short of it. Over the last few decades, Grauer’s gorillas have been practically obliterated. They’ve been under assault from all sides - hunted by humans, carved up for bushmeat, sold as pets, plagued with diseases and had their forest home decimated by illegal logging and mining. Unsurprisingly the cost in lives has been brutal. A staggering 77% of the population was wiped out in just 20 years - three-quarters of the population gone in less than a lifetime. The devastating civil war in the Democr ..read more

    Good morning!   Our main news today is that Wild Justice has made significant progress on reform of the general licences that apply in Northern Ireland. But first, here are a couple of snippets from elsewhere, and some 'thank you!'s.    Thank you for your continuing support, both in terms of moral support, practical support by signing petitions and writing letters, and your financial support. Wild Justice couldn't be the challenging organisation that it is without your help. Thank you to the large numbers of you who helped get the #stateofnature pet ..read more

Tiger touch for India's newest snail recorded The Hindu The "snail of Sahyadri" recorded for the first time from Maharashtra's northern is carnivorous. But that is not its only indirect link with the big striped cat ..read more