Author: F4W

We inform the public of the deadline to submit public comments relating to the Regulations on domestic trade in Rhino Horn, on the 21st of October. See the LINK  Here is a guideline and a sample letter, please feel free to use this text and content for your own submission. ——————————————————————————  Send all comments to: The Read More

TAKE PART IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS (PPP) AND FORMALLY OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED “DRAFT MINING CHARTER 2018” by the 30th of August 2018. HERE IS A GUIDELINE. A blue crane chick, South Africa’s emblematic bird, listed in the Vulnerable Species by the IUCN, wanders around in a threatened area. Photo credit: Environment.co.za 23.08.18 Read More

SOUTH AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS (DEA), UNDER UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK, REFUSES A MEETING WITH 29 ORGANIZATIONS “SKYE the lion, this is how habituated to humans he was. – Photo credit by Charlie Lynam” The South African Department of Environmental Affairs is facing a barrage of bad press over the trophy hunting of an iconic pride Read More

Specific European Legislation is necessary to prevent the malpractice of abusing, neglecting, abandoning, exploiting, torturing or killing companion, domestic or stray animals. Such malpractice is widespread across many European Member States while the whole issue is not covered by any EU legislation. Future 4 Wildlife, with the collaborations of many organizations, will deliver to the Read More

Photo credit by: LIPU Castel di Guido The illegal killing of wolves in Italy continues. We believe that a lot of misinformation had been done in Italy also by media, blogs and certain press, which, to support the political vision of their readers, continue to release alarming news of wolf population being out of control and Read More

FOR BIODIVERSITY DAY ZERO IS ALREADY ON While the whole world is watching with both interest and concern the first big city to run out of water, Cape Town citizens and the whole Western Cape are hard at work to push the Day Zero further into the South African winter, when rain is expected. A Read More

We need to consider our Water Footprint while we eat, if we want to overcome droughts. After three consecutive years of intense drought, the dams of Cape Town are empty and the big city, with its four million inhabitants, is preparing to run out of water in April and to become the first metropolis in Read More

Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, son of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, who is Arab world’s richest investor, famously called ‘the Arabian Warren Buffett’. In a country that is steeped in conservatism, 38-year-old Prince Khaled is a breath of fresh air, he passionately supports animal rights and strives to bring his country to a more Read More

Who is Boyan Slat and how will he change the future of our oceans. Dutch, 23 years old,  this inventor and entrepreneur aims to creates technologies to solve problems affecting the society on a big scale. Already at the age of 16, Boyan, after coming across more plastic than fish while diving in Greece, decided Read More

Demonstrators demand harsher punishments for animal abusers, an end to shipments of live animals, barring sales of furs in Israel, increasing budget for neutering and spaying and an end to killing healthy animals at shelters and pounds. Thousands of people took part in a march to promote animal rights in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, Read More