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.

Afghan forests shrinking, Britain opposes pesticide ban, vehicles affect bird evolution, Guinness' fish bladder problem, the Barbi Twins stand up for rabbits.

Animal rights activist poseur, Veganissimo and medicine, Gucci wants to only use 'legally sourced' python for fashion, and a splendid visual documentation of wildlife.

Shark dies in Kmart commercial, livestock feces in waterways exceeds sewage from US population, monarch butterflies declining, ivory trade unabated due to China's demand.

Human conquest of nature, CITES conference delegates facing opposition, inmate tortured with vegetables, and a good-old-fashioned anti-vegan diatribe.