THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MORE IMPORTANT TIME TO USE YOUR VOICE FOR WILDLIFE.
PETITIONS
Part of the work we do at Verify Humanity is educating and empowering people to fight for wildlife. By design or by chance, most individuals don't realise the influence they can have on policies, laws and practices. If you have any suggestions for petitions you'd like to see here, please email us.
STOP THE LEGALISED KILLING OF WILD BIRDS IN THE UK
Natural England and NatureScot, UK government conservation agencies, are granting licenses to control over 65 bird species, including endangered ones. This petition call for a comprehensive overhaul of these agencies and their licensing process, demanding transparency, accountability, and independent reviews of current licenses, along with strict compliance verification and a meeting with environment secretaries to address public concerns about the sanctioned killing of wild birds.
FREE BOO THE BEAR
Starved, deprived of water and kept alive with antibiotics. Boo the Bear and friends were discovered during our undercover bear bile investigation. Trafficked as 1kg cubs from Laos to Vietnam, breaking both international CITES and national legislation.
BAN OCTOPUS BREEDING FOR FARMS
If you've seen Netflix's documentary "My Octopus Teacher," you will be horrified to hear that the Spanish company Nueva Pescanova is planning to open the first commercial octopus factory farm." A European Law banning octopus breeding for farms will also help prevent imports into the UK. With the UK Government's recent amendment to include octopus in The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill it would be a travesty to see them then joining the other factory farmed animals on our supermarket shelves. With octopus eating 3x their weight in seafood, it is also an inefficient form of protein that further threatens an already stressed marine ecosystem.
END HARE COURSING IN ENGLAND
Hare coursing is a blood sport where dogs are made to chase and kill hares for human entertainment. Over 4,500 wild hares are captured every year by the Coursing Clubs during the netting process. This is when traumatised hares are herded into nets by gangs of yelling people and later put into boxes and transported to the clubs where they are held captive for as long as 141 days.
STOP SPANISH MINK FUR FARMS
Mink fur is commonly used for fake eyelashes and sometimes these products claim to be cruelty-free, even though they are not. Fur is used in many things from jackets to clothing accessories. The EU is responsible for 63% of mink production and 70% of fox fur production worldwide. 17 countries have committed to banning or phasing out fur farming in the last two decades including the UK. This petition calls on the Spanish Government tostop mink fur farming.
END IMPORTING KANGAROO BODY PARTS & FLESH
Did you know that kangaroos are killed in the wild and their meat is shipped to the EU for human consumption?
Kangaroos have been found, with blown-apart jaws from mis-shooting, but survived to endure a long and painful death from starvation. 'In pouch' joeys of shot mothers are either decapitated (if very small) or killed with a blow to the head. Quite often dependent 'at foot' joeys escape, and suddenly face a life alone, often falling victim to predators, exposure or starvation.
We support the Coalition for Australian Wildlife's petition to ask the EU to stop importing kangaroo meat. Please take a moment to help protect these beautiful animals.