Mark Jones

While testing cosmetics such as lipstick and shampoo on animals was banned in the European Union in 2009, elsewhere around the world animal suffering for cosmetics continues. Rabbits still have chemicals dripped into their eyes or rubbed into their shaved skin, and rodents still have substances forced down their throats...

The Gulf of St. Lawrence on Canada's Eastern seaboard is a wild, unforgiving place, subject to extreme weather and partially covered with sea ice for much of the winter.

It's also a vitally important habitat for a huge variety of marine animals.

At this time of year, it's particularly...

Reports of "mad March hares", chasing each other and boxing, is always a welcome sign that spring is not far away. But don't let the sight of these animals cavorting in fields fool you, the hare population has decreased by 80% over the last century and it's about time that...

As we welcome in 2012, ironically the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Protection of Badgers Act, hard times loom for Britain's badgers.

With the government twisting the available science to justify a mass slaughter, Humane Society International/UK is looking to the Strasbourg-based Bern Convention to prevent the...

Christmas is traditionally a time of peace and goodwill to all 'men', but sadly other animals fair less well during the festive season.

Luckily, ethical options are becoming much more popular at Christmas time and that's good on all fronts, from animal welfare and healthy eating to climate change.

So...

Recent tragic events in Zanesville Ohio, where dozens of exotic animals including big cats, bears and wolves were released from a private facility and who the authorities were subsequently forced to shoot, have focused the spotlight on the issue of dangerous wild animals kept as pets.

Most right-minded people have...

A couple of weeks ago I received two emails.

The first referred to a report in the Guardian, containing the disturbing news that this year the Arctic summer sea ice reached its lowest extent since satellite recording began in the 1970s, and probably its lowest extent for at...

In 2010, South Africa reported losses of 333 of its rhinos to poachers. That's almost one rhino per day.

In 2011 that rate has increased, with 280 rhinos poached by late August, the majority from the Kruger National Park. By the end of the year the death...

Caroline Spelman's announcement of the Government's intention to sanction the slaughter of badgers last week was devastating, not only because of the obvious implications for the future of one of our most iconic wild mammals, but because once again she has ridden rough shod over the opinion of...