Polar Bears International: Still refusing further protection for polar bears

Protect the Wild recently published an exposé of international conservation charity Polar Bears International (PBI). Our supporters have already sent more than 6000 messages to PBI calling for them to adopt a firm stance against the international trade in polar bear furs, skins and body parts, and take a stand against trophy hunting. So far, […]

EXPOSED: ‘Polar Bear Protection’ Charity Backs Killing Them

Polar Bears are well known and much beloved animals. I bet not many of Protect the Wild’s readers have seen one in real life, but we have watched the wildlife documentaries, seen photos. Many children are familiar with what a polar bear cub looks like. What else do we know about them? Well, they’re threatened […]

Durrell Trust performs yet another U-Turn on deer stalking

For many months, Protect the Wild has been following the grassroots campaign to stop the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT) from allowing pay-to-shoot deer stalking at the estate it manages in the Cairngorms. After initially doubling down on its support for trophy hunting, the Trust subsequently bowed to pressure from its supporters and pledged to […]

Trail hunting: government reaffirms support for ban

On April 1st Perran Moon, the Labour MP for Cornwall’s Camborne and Redruth constituency, called on the government to ban so-called trail hunting and made a plea for jail time for hunters who are caught breaking the law. Currently, trail hunting – which supposedly involves hunts laying scent trails for hounds to follow, a scenario […]

Notorious fox hunters just helped sabotage the trophy hunting bill’s chances

Peers in the House of Lords recently discussed the proposed ban on trophy hunting imports. The session is typically used to iron out details in proposed legislation. But this time, a small group of peers used the time to undermine its progress – and they included some well-known names from the world of fox hunting. […]