News and comment

22 May 2014
Comments News and comment For every 1,000 Oriental White-backed Vultures Gyps bengalensis found in southern Asia in the 1980s, only one remains today. They've been wiped out by diclofenac - a drug used to treat pain and inflammation in livestock. Alarmingly, South African resea...
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Hopes soar for threatened albatrosses

01 May 2014
Comments News and comment Later today [Tuesday 13 May 2014] at a special event at Fishmonger's Hall in London, HRH The Prince of Wales, will hear of the success of a collaboration that is saving the lives of 99% of the globally-threatened albatrosses that would otherwise have acci...
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