Scelte sbagliate, dettate da paure ataviche (e dall’ignoranza)

vedi articolo apparso sulla stampa CdT 9.5.2019   Easier to break down wolves.  Wrong choices, dictated by atavistic fears (and ignorance) Wolves and bears in the viewfinder: the Swiss National Council has decided to loosen the conditions of regulation of the great predators, making their killing easier. The deputies went beyond the Government’s demands. The …

Amphibians in danger * gli anfibi in pericolo

. Questo video mostra alcune rane salvate dalla strada a Magadino, una delle quali visibilmente gravemente ferita che ancora voleva raggiungere la libertà. È così orribilmente difficile guardare le rane spiaccicate per strada perché alla gente non importa e invece di rallentare, danno gas. Abbiamo bisogno di volontari per aiutarci, specialmente quando piove o con …

Animal trade for medicine purpose?

Post taken from:   Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)   &   venus2407 World Animals Voice   Who heard their scream, thinks of children’s voices. Fear of death, wounding and desperate children’s voices. Collarbears release these terrible screams twice a day. If they still have the strength. Bile juice is taken twice a day in an unbearable procedure. For this …

Conference of the WWF Sections Switzerland * Conferenza delle sezioni WWF 2018

Once a year, all the Swiss WWF Sections meet to discuss topics and strategies, put priorities and get updated about the many projects going on especially in our Country. This weekend, I had the Chance to attend with my husband, President of the Swiss Italian part, and himself a "volunteer" too. After the greetings of …

Why let the hunters kill them? * perché lasciarli ammazzare?

Non più specie “strettamente protetta”, ma solamente “protetta”. Il Consiglio degli Stati ha deciso martedì che sarà più facile abbattere i lupi, declassandone il grado di protezione. Con 29 voti contro 14 è stata respinta una proposta della sinistra di rinviare al Governo la modifica della legge federale sulla caccia. La revisione – di cui …

Protection dogs for flocks * cani da protezione per le greggi

The presence of large predators (in this case I refer especially to the wolf) always have a disproportionate impact on public opinion, and this is caused by the loss of habit to live with them. More than a century ago, in our territory wolves were present in the valleys and pre-Alpine areas and cohabitated with …

The protection of species in the target * La protezione delle specie nel mirino

WWF Stories:      La protezione delle specie nel mirino copyright WWF The beaver, the lynx, the wolf and many other threatened wildlife that populate Switzerland may soon lose the protection they enjoy. Parliament is debating the revision of the hunting law. Soon the regulation of the effects of different protected species and their preventive …

Interview with “Mr. Bad Wolf” * Intervista con il “Grosso Lupo Cattivo”

picture copyright Jiajia on Flickr.com Original post form: Wildlife reporter Wildlife-Reporter: If we would have a “TIME” magazine type of nomination, you would definitely be on the cover of the 2017 edition. Not once you made the headline in Europe, you made a remarkable comeback in Greece, France, Italy and even Germany, you have been …

Get to know the Wolf and start to protect him * impara a conoscere il Lupo per proteggelo

Amici del Lupo - Svizzera italiana . To all my beloved readers and follower...  I need your support! Recently I opened a new blog with the desire to inform the public about the need to protect the Wolf. I belong to a group of people who think that in Switzerland and in Ticino, there is …