PICTURES: Giant trawler sheds 100,000 dead fish off the coast of France, Sea Shepherd captures shocking images
THE STORY IN PICTURES: The world’s second-biggest fishing vessel, Dutch-owned trawler FV Margiris, dumped more than 100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France on Thursday. Yet it is quite literally a drop in the ocean when compared to the scale of death, suffering and devastation inflicted by the world’s fishing industries. Marine conservation activists from Sea Shepherd were there to capture the shocking images.
Celebrating World Animal Day: award-winning animal photos from the past year
PICTURES: World Animal Day was actually on October 4th, but events celebrating the day across many countries go on until November. We’re marking the occasion by bringing you a selection of award-winning photographs from the last 12 months.
PICTURES: La Monumental and the end of bullfighting in Catalonia
In 2010, Catalonia banned bullfighting, an infamous and barbaric bloodsport that is still legal across most parts of Spain where it is deemed culturally important and protected as an ‘artform’. We travelled to La Monumental, Barcelona, the last bullfighting arena in commercial operation in the Catalan region, to tell the story.