Zoe Foster 💚 🦇

I love animals, beer & books. I support what charities I can & want a better world for nature & people. Lifelong Everton FC fan. All views & comments are my own

[Animal Adoptions UK 🐕‍🦺🐈🐎❤️ @AdoptionsUk]

Please retweet, convicted animal abuser avoids jail while beaten dog is 'put to sleep' #UK
CONVICTED | Mason Sestanovich, 24, of #Wincobank, #Sheffield S9 – caught on CCTV beating a scared and submissive XL Bully.
Sestanovich, who’s originally from #Croydon and has links to #Clapham, is banned from keeping animals for life after being filmed carrying out a an unprovoked, prolonged assault on the defenceless dog, named Chicago.
The incident took place in the hallway of a block of flats in Hyde Park Terrace in #Sheffield on October 4, 2023. A housing manager alerted the RSPCA who visited Sestanovich at his home. Inspectors found that aside from terrorising Chicago, he was keeping her in unsuitable conditions.
An RSPCA behaviourist said: “Chicago was grabbed roughly and beaten and the dog’s body language expressed extreme fear and the violence of the man’s gestures indicates the blows were delivered to the dog with extreme violence and caused pain.”
Sestanovich said the dog was an XL Bully. Despite being told that he needed to register her to comply with the law, he refused to do so and also refused to sign her into the care of the RSPCA.
Sadly, Chicago was typed as an XL Bully when she was assessed at a rehoming centre. Despite having done nothing wrong, she therefore had to be put to sleep in accordance with government legislation.
Sestanovich pleaded guilty to inflicting blunt force trauma, physical violence and intimidatory behaviour on the dog.
Sentencing | 16 week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months; 100 hours of unpaid work and 10 days of ‘rehab’; £400 in court costs plus £154 victim surcharge. Lifetime ban.
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#MasonSestanovich #Sestanovich #England #Wales #Scotland #XLBully @lucydahlia @AndrewRosindell @ConservativeAWF @domdyer70 @KatieAmess @rickygervais @liamgallagher @RSPCA_PATeam @APDAWG1 @LabourAnimalRG @AlistairCarns

Chicago, RIP 🌈

[Guardian's Quitter ✝️ 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @GuardianQuitter]

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[Brentwood Birder @BrentwoodBirder]

Utterly disgusted to see Croudace Homes wilfully clearing mature trees and hedgerows in Shenfield during the height of the breeding season. Century old oaks hosting nesting birds and other wildlife have been felled. We need to place more value on our natural environment.

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

Clarion Housing destroyed an active swift colony by demolishing a building early, breaching the Wildlife and Countryside Act. Tell the Surrey Police crime commissioner to enforce the law 👉https://t.co/cZqGFTt3uc It’s #worldswiftday but no one gives a monkeys.

[Aida Greenbury @AidaGreenbury]

Elephants are known as ecosystem engineers because their movements and behaviour help shape forest structure, open natural pathways, create space for new vegetation and play a crucial role in seed dispersal.

“Elephant conservation is not just about saving animals, but also about maintaining the sustainability of ecological systems that support the future of humanity,” Wahdi Azmi says.

https://t.co/a72C2MAZQC

[Steve Perkins @Perky_43]

THIS CREATURE THREW HER ELDERLY DOG IN A LAKE & DROWNED HER

🚨 CONVICTED | Michelle Moran, 63, from #bebington, #wirral, Merseyside - drowned her elderly dog in a lake.

On September 29, 2025, Moran threw her 16-year-old Jack Russell, Gypsy, into a boating lake off Gautby Road in #birkenhead and callously walked away, leaving her to drown. The dog's body was recovered from the lake by a member of the public a day later and an appeal was posted to Facebook.

In a statement presented to the court, RSPCA Inspector Anthony Joynes, who investigated for the animal charity, said: "[Moran] said she'd seen on social media the following day that Gypsy had been found dead in the lake and she knew she 'shouldn't have done it'."

Moran said she was sorry for her actions, telling the inspector: "All I remember is throwing her in and walking away."

She claimed Gypsy was suffering from tumours and deteriorating eyesight, although neither condition had been confirmed by a veterinary professional.

Inspector Joynes visited the scene and found that the lake was surrounded by a concrete wall which would have made it extremely difficult for a small dog, particularly one that was elderly, weak or unwell, to climb out of the water.

A veterinary examination revealed Gypsy weighed just 3.7kg. She was also found to have blood around her mouth and nose.

The court heard Moran had cited financial difficulties as the reason she did not pursue euthanasia through a veterinary practice.

Following the sentencing, Inspector Joynes described the incident as "an extremely callous act".

"She had a responsibility to seek veterinary care if she believed Gypsy was seriously unwell," he said. "To take her to a lake and throw her in beggars belief. Poor Gypsy would have suffered a horrendous death."

Sentencing | 17 weeks' imprisonment, suspended for 18 months; curfew; 25 days of 'rehabilitation'. Lifetime ban.

Source UKACF.

[Alex Ⓥ #pigoneer 𓃟 🌱 @InfiniteRadar]

Dartmoor’s Hill Ponies face extinction thanks to new grazing contracts drawn up by Natural England 🐎

Once the ponies are gone from the moor, they will be lost forever 💔

We must not let that happen. They need your help now.

Please sign the PETITION ⬇️
https://t.co/aHiOvWuNzi

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Walking in to see the dogs in the retirement village is literally the best feeling in the entire world.

They should all be dead by now but to see them here with dignity and comfortable in their surroundings is a thing of sheer beauty ❤️

[FOUR PAWS International @fourpawsint]

Thousands of people are protesting the destruction of protected coastal wetlands in #Albania📢
Meanwhile another wildlife crisis continues to unfold. We are calling on the Albanian government to take action to protect the environment and to end the private keeping of wild animals

[British Dragonfly Society @BDSdragonflies]

🐾 Did you know some flea and tick treatments can harm pond wildlife?

As part of our PondWatch campaign, this video from our friends at the Broads Authority, highlights how pet owners can reduce the risk of freshwater contamination, while still keeping their pets protected.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

A deaf cat is missing after hitching a ride four miles from home in a delivery van.
Dobby lives in The Meadows, Nottingham, but on 20 May he hopped inside a driver's vehicle as a stowaway and rode to the Carlton area of the city.

The white tom cat has a tracker tag in his collar but the trail went cold after he slipped out of it in a garden.

Rescue charity Beauty's Legacy is working to track down Dobby. Senior animal welfare officer Lisa Dean said: "The fact that he's completely deaf, makes him exceptionally vulnerable."

Beauty's Legacy is planning to install cameras and food stations in the area where he was last seen.

Dean added that there had been potential sightings of a white cat not seen locally.

She said: "Anyone that lives in the Carlton area, just be vigilant if they see a pure white cat that they've not seen before.
"He's very distinctive - he's got bright blue eyes, a very pink nose.
He's very inquisitive and very friendly, but obviously, he's now displaced in an area he has no idea where he is, so he's going to be skittish.

"Put some food down, put some water out to attract him, and if you see him, call us and one of us can get over there."

[Philip Lymbery @philip_ciwf]

Supertrawlers Are Taking Antarctic Krill That Whales Depend On
Due to the growth of factory fish farms, supertrawlers as long as football fields now work the same space as krill-eating whales
It is completely unsustainable to empty the seas of krill so vital for our beleaguered wildlife
#WakeUpWorld
@CIWF_Global
https://t.co/toUT03UbPZ

[ACHUB PENRHOS / SAVE PENRHOS NATURE RESERVE 🍃💚🍃 @PenrhosSave]

Beautiful penrhos , red squirrels , fungi , and trees galore moss lichen ferns and much much more ! But for how long ?
📸Shirley Blease and Bernie Humpleby
#SavePenrhos #AchubPenrhos

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Please take 10 seconds to contact NatureScot now: https://t.co/nxzSPOVOWz

[Philip Lymbery @philip_ciwf]

Amazon UK @amazon has been urged to ban the sale of 3rd party eijao products - 6+ million donkeys are slaughtered every year to produce them!
Donkeys are valued, trusted & gentle companions
As working animals, they’re essential to many livelihoods
However globally donkeys are being killed in unprecedented numbers for unnecessary & mythical medicine
#Tragic
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[Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf]

Two years ago, GB banned live exports for fattening & slaughter 🎉A huge win but animals STILL suffer worldwide. In May 4000 sheep & goats drowned near Oman.

Will you help end live exports & factory farming? https://t.co/mrAWuPDBTi

See Animal Reader: https://t.co/7b9Bs2ScaM

[ACHUB PENRHOS / SAVE PENRHOS NATURE RESERVE 🍃💚🍃 @PenrhosSave]

What do our laws really protect ?
If developers can get planning permission to destroy red squirrel habitat ,ancient woodland and bat habitats
📸Shirley Blease. And Anita Jones

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Environmentalists are calling for more care to be taken over tree-felling plans after intervening at a site where a cedar is home to a nesting pair of sparrowhawks.
On Tuesday, protesters arrived at London Road Cemetery in Coventry to find an area surrounding the large cedar had been cordoned off in preparation for cutting down. The city council deemed the tree at risk of falling.
Perched in the branches were a sparrowhawk pair tending to a nest, which protesters said should have been obvious to anyone inspecting the tree.
Council officers and police were called to the scene, which resulted in tree surgeons, contracted by the local authority, putting down their tools.
The council said: "We are very aware of our duty to conserve biodiversity and that it is a criminal offence to destroy or disturb an active bird nest."
The authority confirmed work was halted after protesters contacted them, and no further action would be carried out on the tree until the end of the nesting season.
But one protester who was at the scene on Tuesday said there was concern it was nearly too late to save the birds, and if the intervention had come any later, the nest would be lost.
Lower limbs of the tree had already been cut before the full felling was halted.
The Warwickshire/Midlands Wildlife and Nature Matters group member said of workers: "They didn't even know the sparrowhawk nest was in there. If we could see it as members of the public, then why couldn't the contractors - who supposedly have trained ecologists with them - check trees properly before carrying out any cutting?"


[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨INSANE: Trump has reauthorized M-44 CYANIDE BOMBS across 245 MILLION acres of public land to kill coyotes and protect livestock.

The problem?

The bombs kill ANYTHING that triggers them, INCLUDING LIVESTOCK. Animals suffer slow, horrific deaths. This is pure cruelty.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

13 years ago, Rotherham, England turned 8 miles of mowed roadside grass into a "river of flowers." In 2021, they added even more miles.

The original scheme was commissioned by Rotherham Council in 2013, designed by Professor Nigel Dunnett at the University of Sheffield, and seeded with a 180-species wildflower mix along the central reservations of the town's main ring road. It replaced mowing that had been costing the council around £80,000 a year.

Since then: the wildflower verges have saved roughly £23,000 to £25,000 per two-year mowing cycle, increased pollinator abundance, and inspired similar programs in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Birmingham, Newcastle, and Sheffield.

In 2021, Rotherham added 3.5 more miles across 12 new sites including Herringthorpe, Swinton, Harthill, and Maltby. They just keep expanding it.

The UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows in the last 100 years. Most of what was lost was paved, plowed, or mowed. The verges nobody was using anyway turned out to be one of the largest untapped habitats in the country.