BlogDefra in the media World Lion Day – 10 August 2018 Posted by:Defra Press Office, Posted on:10 August 2018 – Categories:Weekly stories On today’s blog we look at World Lion Day and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. World Lion Day: Raising awareness of the threats to big cats Today (10 August) is World Lion Day and the Daily

There are over 80 national parks in India, spread all over the country. Some are larger and more accessible then others. These parks are all popular with visitors, and offer a diverse variety of flora and fauna. Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand India’s first national park, Corbett was established in 1936 by legendary tiger hunter Jim

These photos were taken by Simon and Kavitha Pender in Selous and Ruaha Tanzania East Africa. For more photos visit http://www.adventurecampstz.com Ruaha Nation Park Tanzania Ruaha is a very large and important wildlife reserve located in the southern region of Tanzania. This is a top quality safari location, one of the best in Africa, a wonderfully remote and

European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010. European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 A ghostly cheetah appears against a charred landscape, hunting prey that has nowhere left to hide. This shot, taken after a bushfire in Tanzania, won Britta Jaschinski the overall GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 prize. Page last updated

 www.highlandtiger.com The Scottish wildcat is endangered by interbreeding with the closely-related domestic cat and the resultant hybridisation is pushing the wildcat into extinction. In order to “turn off the taps” of the flow of domestic cats into the wider countryside, where they can create considerable problems for wildcats and other wildlife, the Cairngorms Wildcat Project

http://www.adventurecampstz.com/acguestsphotos2010.htm These photos were taken by Kate Vince while staying at Selous Impala camp in September 2010 For all her photos of this safari see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54677272@N05/sets/72157625130723106/  

The hunting ban is here to stay. The pro-hunt lobby is hoping that a Tory win will see the return of their ‘sport’ – but the public won’t stand for it. By Hilary Benn . theguardian.com Five years ago this country banned foxhunting. We made a clear statement that hunting with dogs had no place