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UK to become first country in Europe to ban live animal exports

December 3, 2020December 6, 2020ecolightenment

Plans to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening are to be unveiled by the UK’s environment secretary, George Eustice, on Thursday. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the plans were part of a renewed push to strengthen Britain’s position as a world leader on animal welfare. An […]

Beaver families get ‘legal right to remain’ in the UK

August 10, 2020August 17, 2020ecolightenment

A victory of science and conservation ensures that several families of beavers will be allowed to live in southwest England. It’s the first time an extinct native mammal has been given the official right to remain in England. The European beaver was once common across much of Europe and western Asia. However, they were hunted […]