Shocking picture of bats for sale in Indonesia shows wet markets are still open

When will wet markets be banned across the globe? As this photo from Indonesia shows, it’s not just China. EVGENY LEBEDEV issues a call for action By Evgeny Lebedev For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:31 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 05:28 BST, 26 April 2020 Since I have begun to write on the … Read more

A wet winter has seen Britain’s otter population flourish and they are raiding fishponds 

A wet winter has seen Britain’s otter population flourish and they are raiding people’s gardens and eating their fish Otters were a common sight across the United Kingdom back in the 1950s However, their numbers dwindled around 1970–80 due to pesticide usage Now these chemicals are banned and otters are protected, numbers are rising Winter rainfall … Read more

Sir Paul McCartney brands Chinese wet markets ‘medieval’ and calls for them to be banned

Former Beatles frontman Sir Paul McCartney has branded Chinese wet markets ‘medieval’ in light of the coronavirus pandemic and called for them to be banned. Sir Paul slammed the Chinese government for allowing the food markets to continue, saying, ‘they might as well be letting off atomic bombs’. The animal rights activist was speaking to American … Read more