nature - Wildlife in Peril

July 19, 2024

The JSO Five and the Breaking of Hoffman’s Bargain

It is odd, given the long history that civil disobedience has in the UK, that Hoffman’s Bargain has been given such short shrift with not so much as a sideward glance.

Environment 0 13 min read

March 18, 2024

Criminal Damage Defence Guidance Handed Down by Court of Appeal

Attempting to link arguments of proximity to possessiveness in relation to ‘circumstances’ so that it may relate to the wording of the legislation is artificial, complicated, and unclear.

Environment 0 8 min read

September 3, 2021

Finding The Mother Tree – Review

A book review of Finding the Mother Tree by Dr Suzanne Simard.

Book Reviews 0 2 min read

August 31, 2021

Elephant Sanctuaries: Safe or Reckless?

The Mondulkiri Project: Cambodia My third and final experience with elephants was near the rural town of Mondulkiri, in the north east of Cambodia. Picturesque rolling hills dominate the landscape, much of it converted to field and farmland such that you could almost imagine that you were in the UK. The dark red soil betrays its exotic location, as does […]

Animal Welfare 0 21 min read

August 12, 2021

Wild Elephants on the Kinabatangan River

The Cruise My second experience with elephants was in the wild rainforests of Borneo. I had travelled to Sukau in Sabah, on the north eastern edge of Borneo, through which runs the Kinabatangan river. A few rustic resorts lie along the bank of this river. One of them, The Sukau Rainforest Lodge, is designated a National Geographic Unique Lodge of […]

Animal Welfare 0 11 min read

July 27, 2021

An Elephant in My Kitchen

The action at Thula Thula is non stop and the stakes are always high. Whether attempting to chase down poachers that are hunting their rhinos or save a baby elephant that is sporting an injury from a poacher’s snare.

Book Reviews 0 3 min read