Tiger bone wine sale
December 2011. The Chinese Government has banned a private auction of 400 bottles of tiger wine, made from crushed tiger bones, which was planned to take place in China. It comes at a time when there is increasing concern about the practice of farming tigers and the imminent threat that the tiger in the wild is facing extinction. There are estimated to be only 3,200 wild tigers left on the planet.
Hundreds of TigerTime supporters responded to the call from the TigerTime Campaign Team to email Chinese officials demanding that the auction be banned.
David Shepherd
The renowned artist and conservationist Davis Shepherd CBE, whose Foundation set up the TigerTime campaign on his 80th birthday in June 2011 said, ‘China is allowing a so called ‘licensed' trade in tiger skins and body parts from so called ‘tiger farms'. The practice of ‘farming' tigers is barbaric in its own right. They are treated like battery hens. Worse still, farming helps support a demand for tiger skins, bones and other body parts that is the perfect smokescreen for the continued shooting, trapping and poisoning of wild tigers. I'm delighted that this horrific auction has been cancelled but the world needs a total ban on all trade in tiger parts if the tiger is to be saved'.
Sam Fox
The former model and now International singer Samantha Fox, one of the celebrities helping lead the TigerTime campaign said, ‘This just shows that people power can work and does work. We've helped stop this awful auction. I'm thrilled we've helped to pull this off - but there is so much more to do. The Chinese Government must ban ALL trade in ANY tiger or Asian big cat body parts from ANY source if we are to save the wild tiger'.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/tiger-wine-sale.html
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America bans bird-killing insecticide
August 2010: America's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bayer CropScience have decided to halt the production of the insecticide aldicarb by 2014 in a move that has delighted leading bird conservation organisation the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and other environmental groups today.
Some of its most dangerous applications are to be phased out immediately, while all uses will be ended by 2018.
ABC has been voicing grave concerns to the EPA over the use of aldicarb since 2005, and as a result use had already been heavily restricted - but the decision to end the use of the pesticide completely is clearly welcome.
‘While that earlier decision regarding restrictions for aldicarb was certainly a step in the right direction, we felt at the time that an outright ban was called for. The decision to implement a phased cancellation, will better safeguard birds and other wildlife as well as drinking water and the health of people in rural America,' said Dr Michael Fry, Director of Conservation Advocacy for ABC.
Birds mistake it for grit or grain
Aldicarb is one of the most toxic insecticides on the market. Applied to the ground as tiny granules, aldicarb can be mistaken by birds for grain or grit. It is so toxic that a single granule is lethal if eaten by a songbird.
Since 1986, the Avian Incident Monitoring System has documented numerous bird kills from aldicarb, including Bald Eagles and Golden Eagles.
Under federal regulations, each registered pesticide must undergo a technical review every 15 years to be eligible for continued registration. With this EPA decision, the highest risk uses will be terminated first, and lower aldicarb application rates will be implemented for continuing uses.
To address the most significant risks to human health, producer Bayer has agreed first to end aldicarb use on citrus and potatoes, and will adopt risk-mitigation measures for other uses to protect groundwater resources.
Bayer will voluntarily phase out production of aldicarb by December 31, 2014. All remaining uses will end no later than August 2018.
During the phase-out, the pesticide will continue to be registered for use on cotton, dry beans, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sweet potatoes.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/insecticide-ban.html
Some of its most dangerous applications are to be phased out immediately, while all uses will be ended by 2018.
ABC has been voicing grave concerns to the EPA over the use of aldicarb since 2005, and as a result use had already been heavily restricted - but the decision to end the use of the pesticide completely is clearly welcome.
‘While that earlier decision regarding restrictions for aldicarb was certainly a step in the right direction, we felt at the time that an outright ban was called for. The decision to implement a phased cancellation, will better safeguard birds and other wildlife as well as drinking water and the health of people in rural America,' said Dr Michael Fry, Director of Conservation Advocacy for ABC.
Birds mistake it for grit or grain
Aldicarb is one of the most toxic insecticides on the market. Applied to the ground as tiny granules, aldicarb can be mistaken by birds for grain or grit. It is so toxic that a single granule is lethal if eaten by a songbird.
Since 1986, the Avian Incident Monitoring System has documented numerous bird kills from aldicarb, including Bald Eagles and Golden Eagles.
Under federal regulations, each registered pesticide must undergo a technical review every 15 years to be eligible for continued registration. With this EPA decision, the highest risk uses will be terminated first, and lower aldicarb application rates will be implemented for continuing uses.
To address the most significant risks to human health, producer Bayer has agreed first to end aldicarb use on citrus and potatoes, and will adopt risk-mitigation measures for other uses to protect groundwater resources.
Bayer will voluntarily phase out production of aldicarb by December 31, 2014. All remaining uses will end no later than August 2018.
During the phase-out, the pesticide will continue to be registered for use on cotton, dry beans, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sweet potatoes.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/insecticide-ban.html
America bans bird-killing insecticide
August 2010: America's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bayer CropScience have decided to halt the production of the insecticide aldicarb by 2014 in a move that has delighted leading bird conservation organisation the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and other environmental groups today.
Some of its most dangerous applications are to be phased out immediately, while all uses will be ended by 2018.
ABC has been voicing grave concerns to the EPA over the use of aldicarb since 2005, and as a result use had already been heavily restricted - but the decision to end the use of the pesticide completely is clearly welcome.
‘While that earlier decision regarding restrictions for aldicarb was certainly a step in the right direction, we felt at the time that an outright ban was called for. The decision to implement a phased cancellation, will better safeguard birds and other wildlife as well as drinking water and the health of people in rural America,' said Dr Michael Fry, Director of Conservation Advocacy for ABC.
Birds mistake it for grit or grain
Aldicarb is one of the most toxic insecticides on the market. Applied to the ground as tiny granules, aldicarb can be mistaken by birds for grain or grit. It is so toxic that a single granule is lethal if eaten by a songbird.
Since 1986, the Avian Incident Monitoring System has documented numerous bird kills from aldicarb, including Bald Eagles and Golden Eagles.
Under federal regulations, each registered pesticide must undergo a technical review every 15 years to be eligible for continued registration. With this EPA decision, the highest risk uses will be terminated first, and lower aldicarb application rates will be implemented for continuing uses.
To address the most significant risks to human health, producer Bayer has agreed first to end aldicarb use on citrus and potatoes, and will adopt risk-mitigation measures for other uses to protect groundwater resources.
Bayer will voluntarily phase out production of aldicarb by December 31, 2014. All remaining uses will end no later than August 2018.
During the phase-out, the pesticide will continue to be registered for use on cotton, dry beans, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sweet potatoes.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/insecticide-ban.html
Some of its most dangerous applications are to be phased out immediately, while all uses will be ended by 2018.
ABC has been voicing grave concerns to the EPA over the use of aldicarb since 2005, and as a result use had already been heavily restricted - but the decision to end the use of the pesticide completely is clearly welcome.
‘While that earlier decision regarding restrictions for aldicarb was certainly a step in the right direction, we felt at the time that an outright ban was called for. The decision to implement a phased cancellation, will better safeguard birds and other wildlife as well as drinking water and the health of people in rural America,' said Dr Michael Fry, Director of Conservation Advocacy for ABC.
Birds mistake it for grit or grain
Aldicarb is one of the most toxic insecticides on the market. Applied to the ground as tiny granules, aldicarb can be mistaken by birds for grain or grit. It is so toxic that a single granule is lethal if eaten by a songbird.
Since 1986, the Avian Incident Monitoring System has documented numerous bird kills from aldicarb, including Bald Eagles and Golden Eagles.
Under federal regulations, each registered pesticide must undergo a technical review every 15 years to be eligible for continued registration. With this EPA decision, the highest risk uses will be terminated first, and lower aldicarb application rates will be implemented for continuing uses.
To address the most significant risks to human health, producer Bayer has agreed first to end aldicarb use on citrus and potatoes, and will adopt risk-mitigation measures for other uses to protect groundwater resources.
Bayer will voluntarily phase out production of aldicarb by December 31, 2014. All remaining uses will end no later than August 2018.
During the phase-out, the pesticide will continue to be registered for use on cotton, dry beans, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sweet potatoes.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/insecticide-ban.html
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