Or, how two “great sparrow bees” incited a national hunt for alleged Chinese alien invaders BLAINE, Washington––How did the Asian giant hornet, known for centuries in Japan as the “great sparrow bee,” generally regarded as beneficial to farmers for killing insect pests, suddenly become feared in the U.S. as the so-called “murder hornet”? After […]
World Animal Protection bakes Mike Baker
Head of former WSPA out after six years LONDON, U.K.––The World Animal Protection board of trustees, on the eve of the two largest international animal protection conferences of 2015, abruptly removed six-year director general Mike Baker from office. What this might mean for the future direction of World Animal Protection, formerly […]
What Next for World Animal Protection?
by Janice H. Cox, MBA I have been moved to write this article because I am deeply concerned about the direction of World Animal Protection and who will now be appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). I am writing in a personal capacity, as a former European Director of the World Society for […]