Vegan News 3.20.13

By Published On: 20 March 2013Last Updated: 17 January 2017

Lion-meat ban in the works in Illinois, Poachers kill 86 elephants (33 pregnant) for China's ivory market, BBC film disturbs bears, Ozzy fails as a vegan.

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Proposed lion-meat ban shines light on wild-animal meat. Illinois Rep. Luis Arroyo says he believes there are at least two sites in Illinois selling African lion meat, according to the Associated Press, though the legislator did not identify them by name. Crawford Allan, an illegal wildlife trade expert for the conservation group World Wildlife Fund, said lions are farmed for meat in the United States to sell in restaurants. ‘We have no evidence that lion trade in the U.S. is illegal,’ he said.”

Poachers in Chad slaughter 86 elephants, cut out ivory. “The International Fund for Animal Welfare reports that poachers in Chad slaughtered 86 elephants, including 33 pregnant females, in less than a week and hacked out their ivory. Jason Bell, Director of IFAW’s Elephant Programme, said it’s now almost inevitable that certain regions of Africa face the total decimation of their elephant populations. ‘The poaching of elephants for their ivory is an issue of global significance, and needs a global response if we are to turn the killing fields of Central Africa into safe havens for elephants. This cannot happen in a vacuum. Ivory consuming nations – notably China – have to make a concerted effort to reduce the demand for ivory in their own backyards. Otherwise, the battle to save elephants will be lost,’ said Bell.”

BBC film ‘disturbed polar bears.’  “A film-maker who shot a BBC documentary about polar bears could be fined up to £5,700 after Norwegian authorities said his methods disturbed the wild animals. Jason Roberts was making The Polar Bear Family and Me, in which bears were filmed from a clear plastic hide. One attacked the box and the Svalbard islands’ deputy governor said the crew broke regulations because they looked ‘like they are disturbing the animals’. Mr Roberts said he had ‘never bothered, disturbed or injured’ the bears.”

In other “vegan news…”

Ozzy Osbourne on failing as a vegan: ‘I’m eating more meat now than ever.’ “Instead of a vegan diet, Ozzy is now subsisting on a low-carb, high-protein diet to stay in shape, since he is, after all, a senior citizen.”

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