by Rachel Harper | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
The MEPs for Wildlife group have written to the US Ambassador to the EU, to thank Donald Trump for not reversing the ban on elephant trophies into the US. The letter highlights the fact that trophy hunting cannot be used as conservation method because some of the...
by admin | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
The European Commission recently launched an online consultation to find out what EU citizens think about the ivory trade. MEPs For Wildlife want citizens to have their voice heard in this process, but the questionnaire itself is not for the faint-hearted! It can get...
by Rachel Harper | Jun 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
The MEPs for Wildlife group have written letters to all the Home Offices and Interior Ministries of the EU Member States calling on them to support the EU council’s decision to list wildlife trafficking as a priority in the EU’s fight against organised and...
by Rachel Harper | Apr 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
This week Catherine Bearder MEP met with the Chinese mission to the EU regarding her letter to President Xi Jinping on the Chinese ivory ban. Mrs Bearder was presented with an informal progress report on the ban. Interestingly the report says: ““It is hoped that the...
by Rachel Harper | Mar 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Catherine Bearder, the Chair of the MEPs For Wildlife Group, has written a letter to Michael Fallon MP, the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the killing of songbirds on a British military base in Cyprus. Over 800,000 songbirds were illegally trapped and...
by admin | Feb 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Today the cross-party MEPs For Wildlife group are launching their campaign to make wildlife trafficking a high priority in Europol’s 2017 security threat assessment (SOCTA). The MEPs have written to the ministers for environment and home affairs in all 28 EU...
