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  1. This tiger has no voice - so please give this poor animal your voice.

    The tiger is in a tiny cage in Greece.  

    Sign this petition here with Care2.com

    In Rhodes in Greece, the Esperos Village Hotel is keeping a tiger in inhumane conditions.

    All our signatures are needed to urge the hotel to release the tiger to a sanctuary now.   

    The hotel owns thousands of acres of land but this tiger is in a tiny cage.  The only source of shade is a metal container - and that can get boiling hot in the summer heat.  

    The tiger is supposed to be an attraction for its guests - but visitors often throw stones and rocks on top of the netting covering the tiger's enclosures. 

    The tiger needs to go to a sanctuary that can offer a more natural home and veterinary care.   

    Sign the petition urging the Esperos Village Hotel to release its tiger to a sanctuary.

     

  2. There’s a wonderful video on the BBC website about an amazing couple who live in Morocco who have set up a retirement home, orphanage and care centre for working animals there.

    The centre is in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains near Marrakech.



    Charles Hantom is a retired solicitor from Manchester, and Susan Machin was a barrister in Manchester too.   They moved to Morocco and as well as caring for these equines, they also provide work for local people.  You can find out more about them here.

    The muleteers are all Berbers raised alongside animals and who have ridden since childhood so they are experienced in the handling of donkeys and mules.


    You can help by making a donation or adopting a mule or donkey.  And don’t miss Tommy’s Blog.

    Thank you to Charles, Susan and the muleteers for all you’re doing to help the equines of Morocco. 

     

  3. IT'S BEING REPEATED!!!

    If you missed the first showing of Pangolins - The World's Most Wanted Animal shown in May last year, the good news is that it's being shown on BBC2 at 6pm on Sunday 27 January 2019!

    Sir David Attenborough wastes no time, says the Sunday Times review.  He introduces us to the pangolin, and then explains it's the world's most trafficked wild animal.

    100,000 are killed every year for their meat and scales, and the pangolin is rapidly heading for extinction. 

     

    German pangolin conservationist Maria Diekmann is based in Namibia, and she travels to Vietnam, Thailand and China in an effort to help their plight.  Maria founded the Rare and Endangered Species Trust  (for short, REST Namibia)

    Visit BBC2 here.

    Adopt a Pangolin from the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation 
    Adopt a Pangolin from the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
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    Visit the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation here and adopt a pangolin

    Visit ZSL's website to find out more about their pangolin conservation work

    You'll find a list of other pangolin conservation organisations here