The National Trust issues licences to hunts at various locations around the country. In 2020, following revelations from leaked Zoom webinars that trail hunting is nothing but a ‘smokescreen’, the Trust temporarily suspended all licences pending the ongoing police investigation and court case. This suspension remains in place — but now is the time to see it to be turned into a permanent ban; and you can help.
Category: Wildlife Blog
Latest posts from Kate on Conservation; Top 10 UK wildlife blog for animal welfare and conservation.
How to care for your local foxes
Once upon a time, largely rural human cultures valued foxes because they ate crop-ravishing mice. Mechanization condensed the amount of land needed for cultivation; technology provided pesticides to kill mice. Now country foxes, out-of-work and homeless, have emigrated to town, where they are again expected to earn their keep…
Announcing The Wildlife Blogger Crowd Book – Meet The Contributors
I’m so happy to share the exciting news that I’m creating and editing an anthology of work; “Connections with Nature”. The new book is due out later this year, and is comprised of chapters sent in from our Wildlife Blogger Crowd members…
How to be a successful wildlife blogger
Have you dreamed of becoming a wildlife blogger? Check out these top tips for improving SEO, site visibility and audience engagement.
8 reasons to plan a visit to the Maasai Mara
With the onset of a global pandemic, people living in the Maasai Mara and dependent on tourism income lost livelihoods and had to face other challenges that they were unprepared for. However, Kenya wildlife tourism is gradually springing back into action…
What is World Female Ranger Day?
Today is the first ever World Female Ranger Day – a day dedicated to recognising, celebrating and supporting female anti-poaching rangers in Africa and beyond!
A unique opportunity to find your voice for nature
’m so excited to be realising a long-held dream of mine. It has always been of the utmost importance to me to support other wildlife bloggers and storytellers, and it’s wonderful to announce that in the next couple of weeks, I will be launching The Wildlife Blogger Crowd mentoring programme!
5 Signs that Petra’s Working Animals are Suffering — and How to Help Them
Petra is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. A magnificent and unparalleled place for sure. At the same time, you get a sense of how Petra’s working animals are treated.
Top 10 reasons to love pangolins
Something about Pangolins stuck with me from an early age, maybe it was their cute faces; that crazy-long tongue or the fact that they looked to me like a tiny mythical dragon creature. Whatever it was, I want to convince you of how cool they are too! Here are my top 10 reasons to love the strange but adorable pangolin…
Forgotten Ukraine lions finally out of lockdown
After years of cruel abuse and months of delays following their rescue in Ukraine, three lions have been given a new chance at life through being relocated to a sanctuary in South Africa.