Minister urges hunting compromise
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Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael urges peers to accept a compromise on hunting and says time is running out.
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COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government on Sunday asked the Tamil Tigers to work for a negotiated political settlement to the ethnic conflict, a day after LTTE supremo V. Prabhakaran threatened to go back to war.
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The RSPB is calling on ministers not to abandon its rare bird registration system which it says is essential in preventing wildlife crime.
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Pro-hunt campaigners gather outside the Prime Minister's County Durham home to protest at plans to ban hunting with dogs.
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Security was stepped up around parliament and Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to urgently review safety after hunting supporters broke in during a debate on banning foxhunting with hounds.
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Home Secretary John Reid, who is trying to stop a wave of gun crime that has left four people dead in three weeks, said Thursday that the government may demand harsher sentences for gunmen who are also gang members.
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CAPE TOWN -- South Africa's environment minister announced long-awaited restrictions on hunting yesterday, declaring he was sickened by wealthy tourists shooting tame lions from the back of a truck and felling rhinos with a bow and arrow.
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Global conservation group WWF described as a "scandal" Sunday suggestions by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that EU fishing quotas be eased, saying the limits must if anything be toughened.
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Peers are preparing to debate government plans for a ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales.
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Britain's upper house of parliament was set to begin debating a controversial government plan to ban fox hunting, with House of Lords members set to push for a compromise that would allow licensed hunting.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown must ensure the protection of the UK's marine wildlife, the RSPB urges.
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LONDON - Fox hunting supporters on Wednesday pledged to mount a swift legal challenge and a campaign of civil disobedience if Parliament bans the time-honored pursuit in the coming days.
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It should be left to the courts to decide whether to delay a hunting ban coming into force, ministers say.
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Science & environment: European fisheries ministers seek to balance dwindling fish stocks with demands of fishing industry
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Environment secretary calls on US to agree to binding goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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A significant drop in the number of hunters in West Virginia has left a hole in the state's budget, and one lawmaker thinks he has a solution: allow children to receive hunter training in school.
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The government is urged to stick to its commitments on inquiries into three controversial murders.