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Posts Tagged ‘captive animals’
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Local campaigners have been in touch with council officials regarding the circus as it is taking place on council land. Northampton Borough Council has apparently banned circuses using animals from its land and this ban has been in force for approximately 20 years.
When questioned a council employee explained that the ...
Tags: Bobby Roberts, CAPS, captive animals, circuses
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
(photo courtesy of CAPS)
Bobby Roberts circus is visiting Northampton over the Easter weekend and we are hoping to organise demos to protest against their continued use of animals. If you can join us please get in touch and let us know which dates and times you can make. Demos are ...
Tags: Bobby Roberts, CAPS, captive animals, circuses, demos
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
NIRAH Director Ronnie Murning has been forced to publicly apologise to Tony Hare, formerly a councillor on Bedford Borough Council, for comments made about him in an email. Tony Hare recently won his legal case against Ronnie Murning, who now has to pay damages and print a public apology in both ...
Tags: aquariums, CAPS, captive animals, nirah
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
(photo courtesy of CAPS)
Every year the Captive Animals Protection Society (CAPS) holds a Zoo Awareness Day to raise awareness of the suffering of animals in zoos. This is held on Easter Monday, one of the busiest times of the year for zoos.
Bedford Animal Action will be marking this day with ...
Tags: CAPS, captive animals, demos, Whipsnade, zoos
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
(photo courtesy of CAPS)
Last year Whipsnade Zoo made the news when it shot one of its chimps dead after it had escaped. Campaigners from Bedford Animal Action have been in contact with South Beds District Council, the local authority responsible for licensing the zoo, and DEFRA calling for a public ...
Tags: CAPS, captive animals, Whipsnade, zoos
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
The government has recently given NIRAH the green light. It has the power to call-in large-scale developments for further scrutiny and a final decision if there any concerns, however Bedfordshire County Council have now received a letter from the Secretary of State informing them that they are happy for the project ...
Tags: aquariums, CAPS, captive animals, nirah
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Please note that EDM 1342 'Keeping of cetaceans in captivity' has now expired due to the start of a new government session. If you have not already done so, please ask your MP to sign the new EDM 63 'Keeping of cetaceans in captivity', this is identical to the previous ...
Tags: aquariums, CAPS, captive animals, EDMs, nirah
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
The UK has been free of dolphinariums for 14 years now, however there are fears that this may change in the future due to the recent purchase of Blackpool Zoo by Spanish company Parques Reunidos, who have captive dolphins in other countries. Furthermore NIRAH have not ruled out the keeping ...
Tags: aquariums, CAPS, captive animals, dolphins, nirah
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
NIRAH demo report 19 October 2007
Planning Application Meeting speech
Photos from the Demo
Tags: aquariums, CAPS, captive animals, demos, nirah
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