Shock collars are a bad way to train dogs so let's ban them
1 March 2018
There are growing calls for wider prohibition of dog collars that jolt pets with electricity to train them. About time, says Danny Chambers
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No, the UK didn't vote that animals can't feel pain or emotion
22 November 2017
Campaigners say a recent UK vote will deny sentience to animals, but the reality is rather different. The real issue is what happens to animal welfare post-Brexit
People who illegally kill birds of prey are getting away with it
1 November 2017
There were 81 confirmed cases of protected birds of prey being attacked or killed in Britain in 2016, yet the authorities didn’t take a single person to court
Killing thousands more badgers won't eradicate TB in cattle
14 September 2017
An extended badger cull in England to try to curb bovine TB is a poor decision. It's time to call off the guns, says ecologist Rosie Woodroffe
Now North Sea cod is sustainable, is it really ok to eat?
20 July 2017
The bounceback of North Sea cod means you can now buy guilt-free, but Brexit and climate change could threaten its fragile recovery
UK foxes thankfully spared the baying pack, unlike Theresa May
20 June 2017
One good outcome of the hung parliament chaos will be a Queen's speech devoid of an utterly unscientific vow to resume fox-hunting, says Stephen Harris
Joseph Hooker: The travelling man who became Emperor of Botany
5 May 2017
Putting his passion on the scientific map took Joseph Hooker on wild adventures – everywhere from the Antarctic to Everest, a London exhibition shows
