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800,000 song birds illegally trapped and killed on a British military base in Cyprus
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...
read moreGive Europol the teeth it needs to tackle wildlife trafficking
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 countries...
read moreChallenges of enforcing the ivory ban in China
Member of MEPs for Wildlife Catherine Bearder has written a letter to President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China congratulating him on the historic ban on ivory sales across the republic. However, whilst this ban signifies remarkable progress, Catherine...
read moreDeforestation and the trapping of wild night monkeys in Colombia
Member of MEPs for Wildlife Catherine Bearder has written a letter to President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia regarding the threats affecting night monkeys in his country. The concerns arise from the large extraction of wild primates for malaria research and the...
read moreHuman rights abuses and deforestation in Cameroon
MEPs for Wildlife have written a letter to President Biya of the Republic of Cameroon on alleged human rights abuses of the Baka people by a trophy-hunting company.
read moreIllegal wildlife crime now recognised as a “serious and organised crime”
On October 13th the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of Catherine Bearder MEP’s report on the EU’s Action Plan against wildlife trafficking. The report to the Environment Committee demanded that wildlife crime is included in Europol’s 2017 SOCTA...
read moreCatherine Bearder MEP Wildlife Trafficking Report
Catherine Bearder MEP has drafted her report on the Commission's Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking. Please follow the link to see the draft report. The deadline for amendments is Friday September 9th at 12:00pm, please feel free to contact...
read moreTurtle dove hunting letter to Commissioner Vella
MEPs For Wildlife recently wrote to Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella regarding the Maltese government's decision to open a turtle dove spring hunting season. This decision directly violates a former EU court ruling stating that...
read moreEU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking event at the European Parliament
On the 2nd March 2016 Catherine Bearder MEP hosted the launch of the EU's Action Plan against Wildlife Crime at the Yehudi Menuhin space in the European Parliament. The audience included MEPs For Wildlife members Benedek Jávor MEP, Stefan Eck MEP, Marco Affronte MEP...
read moreUS to ban hunting trophies from Zimbabwe
THE United States will not allow the importation of hunting trophies from Zimbabwe as it feels government revenues are not being channelled towards the communities where the species reside. Recently, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USWFS) listed two lion subspecies...
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