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Hen Heaven

29 April 2002
Battery hens continue to suffer terribly from the inhumane conditions of the factory farming system. But many lucky chickens must now feel that they have died and -literally- gone to heaven, thanks to the...

A step in the right direction

2 March 2002
We are delighted to learn that the government are finally promising to end the cruelty of fur farming in the UK by introducing a Bill to ban all fur farms in the UK. Although the date for the second reading...

IAR and Nature Trust venture

12 February 2002
Following a meeting with the Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Minister Dr George Pullicino met with all the environmental groups in Malta to discuss the problems that the local environment is...

IAR on worldwide television

1 February 2002
About two years ago we were approached by United Productions who were looking for ideas for a new series of animal welfare programmes for Channel 5 in the UK. After prolonged negotiations the filming finally...

The fight against illegal bird shooting

18 September 2001
There are two things that you can be sure of when you visit Malta. The first is the sun and the second is the sound of gunfire.Malta has been fighting a war for generations, a war on the birds that fly over...