Previous Posts

• My new book about Spanish Hunting Dogs
• PLEASE HELP THESE LOVELY DOGS…
• UPDATE ON THE ARK IN INDIA – surprising news.
• MANGO UPDATE
• DAY 396: THE END
• DAY 395 (penultimate blog): SOME TRUTHS HIT HOME
• DAY 394: (penultimate-but-one blog) HOW HAPPY IS YOUR SUPERMARKET?
• DAY 392: WHAT DO THE LABELS ON MEAT ACTUALLY MEAN?
• DAY 391 (almost done): THE BORING BUT AMAZING POWER OF LABELS
• DAY 389: CHASING PIGS ACROSS SOUTHERN EUROPE
• DAY 387 (over-running): HITCHING WITH PIGS ALONG THE RIVEIRA
• DAY 385 (nearly there!): THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT ON A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LONG JOURNEY
• DAY 383: TO EAT THE CHEESE OR NOT EAT THE CHEESE?
• DAY 380: WATCH ME WATCHING ‘EARTHLINGS’. HAVE A LOOK AT SOMEONE LOOKING AT SUFFERING
• DAY 379: BADGER CULL FAILS SO THEY EXTEND BADGER CULL
• DAY 378 (over-running): INTERVIEWING A TORY AND A LABOUR POLITICIAN ABOUT THE BADGER CULL
• DAY 373 (over-running): DID I KILL A COW WITH MY THERMOS?
• DAY 370 (over-running!): INTO THE FOREST OF CONFUSION WITH A DOMINATRIX
• DAY 368 – DARK NIGHTS HUNTING BADGER HUNTERS
• DAY 364: VIDEO: WHEN PIGS WAKE YOU AT 3AM
• DAY 362: VIDEO: STRANGE FEELINGS ON EXITING A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
• DAY 361: UNDERCOVER IN A SPANISH SLAUGHTERHOUSE (part 2) Still no photos!
• DAY 360: UNDERCOVER IN A SPANISH SLAUGHTER HOUSE, PART 1 (no photos!)
• DAY 356: PAIN IS YOUR FRIEND. GO HIT YOURSELF WITH A HAMMER
• DAY 354: PLEASE PASS THIS ON.
• DAY 351: A CLOSE CALL AT PSYCHO FARM
• DAY 348: ENTERING A PIG FARM UNANNOUNCED. OOPS
• DAY 346: GOING UNDERCOVER INTO A SPANISH PIG FARM – PLEASE PASS THESE IMAGES ON.
• DAY 343: THE DIRTY FACE OF SPANISH PIG FARMING
• DAY 340: THE LONG (BUT BRIEF) JOURNEY OF AN EU PIG FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
• DAY 338: ANOTHER PIG DISLIKES ME..BUT I FEEL I’M GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER NOW
• DAY 336: I HAVE A DREAM… THAT ONE DAY BADGERS WILL NOT BE SHOT
• DAY 335: OH BUGGER, THEY’VE STARTED RANDOMLY SHOOTING BRITAIN’S MOST ICONIC ANIMAL
• DAY 333: TAKING PIGS FOR A WALK IN LONDON IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK
• DAY 331: TEN FAST FACTS ABOUT PIGS…OINK OINK!
• DAY 328: AND THE MYSTERY ANIMAL IS…..
• DAY 325: INTENSIVE FARMING IS THE GREATEST CAUSE OF SUFFERING ON EARTH – DISCUSS
• DAY 323: DOES VEGETARIANISM MATTER? SOME VAGUELY INSULTING Q&As
• DAY 321: ON A MARCH AGAIN – who would have thought…
• DAY 319: HOW DO I SAVE FARM ANIMALS? THOUGHTS PLEASE!
• DAY 316: WILD ANIMALS IN A SILENT ROOM – PHOTOS OF ILLEGAL CONTRABAND
• DAY 315: HOW I ACCIDENTALLY GAVE MONEY TO A CRIMINAL TAXIDERMIST
• DAY 313: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IVORY COMES THROUGH LONDON? I VISIT A SECRET POLICE HAUL IN LONDON
• DAY 311: I CHAT TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S PANGOLIN EXPERTS – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
• DAY 308: BACK IN THE UK AND FOX WALKS INTO OUR HOUSE.
• DAY 305: HAVE I FINALLY LOST IT? RESCUING FROGS WHILST AVOIDING TINY DANCERS IN HANOI
• DAY 303: HOW EASY IS IT TO BUY ILLEGAL PANGOLIN SCALES IN HANOI? I TRY AND FIND OUT.
• DAY 302: THE PANGO STING FALLS FLAT: I DELAY FLIGHT BY THREE DAYS ONLY TO MISS THE BOAT BY ONE HOUR
• DAY 300: WHY I NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT CLIVE
• DAY 297: A SMALL THOUGHT ON KINDNESS
• DAY 296: RESCUING 7 BABY TORTOISES. DO SEVEN RIGHTS CORRECT ONE WRONG??
• DAY 294: RELEASING WILD ANIMALS FROM JUNGLE MARKET GOES A LITTLE WRONG
• DAY 293: DEEP IN THE JUNGLE, BUT WHERE ARE THE PANGOS?
• DAY 291: FOUND IT! OUTSIDE THE HQ OF ASIA’S MOST WANTED WILDLIFE TRADER
• DAY 289: SPOTTING MY FIRST ILLEGAL PANGOLIN TRADE TRUCK
• DAY 287: PANGOLIN EXPERT SENDS ME OUT ALONG MEKONG RIVER TO TRACK WILDLIFE TRADE
• DAY 284: BUS JOURNEY FROM HELL INTO LAOS. NOW I KNOW WHAT PANGOLINS FEEL LIKE.
• DAY 283: I’M OFF TO LAOS TO GET CLOSER TO PANGOLINS
• DAY 281: TOO LATE TO RESCUE THE DOGS FROM SLAUGHTER?
• DAY 280: DOGS AWAITING SLAUGHTER WEIGH HEAVY ON MY MIND AS I VISIT RESCUED PANGOLINS IN HANOI
• DAY 279: TWO PUPPIES SAVED FROM DOG MEAT TRADE – CAN YOU HELP ME NAME THEM?
• DAY 277: UP PANGOLIN CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE
• DAY 276: ANTS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND EAT OUR FACES…unless we save the pangolin
• DAY 274: MEET ‘LUCKY’ THE PANGOLIN
• DAY 273: AND THE MYSTERY CREATURE IS….A PANGOLIN!!!! (never heard of it??)
• DAY 270: I’M OFF TO VIETNAM
• DAY 269: TODAY IS BEST DAY OF THE YEAR – IT JUST TURNED TO SHIT. CHINA TO KILL 1000’s OF DOGS
• DAY 268: A GUEST PORTFOLIO FROM A GREAT DOG SUPPORTER
• DAY 266: A FLASH OF INSPIRATION FROM ANIMALS ASIA
• DAY 265: THE SAN MIGUEL SIGN ON DOG-MEAT RESTAURANT IS REPLACED BY COKE ADVERT
• DAY 263: ANT ATTACK STRETCHES MY COMPASSION TOO FAR
• DAY 261: 24 HOURS FROM DEATH AND NOW BRITAIN’S CUTEST STAFFY?
• DAY 260: MAD MEN AND UNCERTAIN VEGANS
• DAY 259: SOME (VEGETARIAN) FOOD FOR THOUGHT
• DAY 258: MINI-ME FINDS NEW HOME
• DAY 256: MANGO UPDATE
• DAY 254: PLEASE COMPLAIN TO SAN MIGUEL – CLICK THIS LINK
• DAY 253 – DEPRESSING DAY IN PARLIAMENT AS I GET TRIPLE WHIPPED
• DAY 251: TWELVE REASONS BADGERS ARE RELATED TO HIPSTERS
• DAY 249: INJURED SHEEP IN FIELD – WHAT DOES ONE DO?
• DAY 249: I’M GETTING POLITICAL – WAS IT SOMETHING I ATE?
• DAY 247: BRILLIANT BADGER MARCH – DID I BREAK BRIAN MAY’S GUITAR FINGER?
• DAY 245: BADGERS GET A SAY IN PARLIAMENT AND I GET A CHANCE TO MEET A FASCIST
• DAY 243: A DAY OF IDYLLIC TRESPASSING
• DAY 240: ARE LOST DOGS FOLLOWING ME?? Japanese Akita found in street
• Day 239: CUTE HEDGEHOG POSTER WARNS OF GARDEN DISASTERS
• DAY 236: WHAT’S THIS BADGER CULL ALL ABOUT? SOME BASIC FACTS
• DAY 234: IN THE UK- I KISSED A MAN-BADGER OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT AFTER DYING ON THE TUBE
• DAY 232: FINAL DAY IN INDIA…NOW HEADING BACK TO HELP THE BADGERS
• DAY 230: BUY POSTCARDS OF INDIAN DOGS TO HELP AVIS – a difficult telephone call to Kerala
• DAY 226: WHAT I AM NOT ABLE TO TELL YOU….FOR NOW
• DAY 223: MANGO UPDATE – FROM LONELY BACKSTREET TO INTERNATIONAL STARDOM
• DAY 221: UPDATE ON DELHI STREET PUPPY
• DAY 219: JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I COULD RELAX… LOST PUPPY IN DELHI FOLLOWS ME
• DAY 215: BEAR RESCUE ENDS MYSTERIOUSLY
• DAY 214: BEAR CUB RESCUE (part 1)
• DAY 212: I’M OFF TO RESCUE A BEAR WHILST WEARING MASCARA
• DAY 210: I’VE OPENED UP A CAN OF BEARS
• DAY 207: A SHOCKING READ ON FLIGHT TO JUNGLE GIVES ME MOTIVATION
• DAY 205: HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO RESCUE WILDLIFE IN INDIA?
• DAY 203: THOSE WHO RESCUE BEARS ARE VERY TIRED INDEED
• DAY 200: BACK IN INDIA- BUT THIS TIME TO HELP WILDLIFE
• DAY 199: DEAR SAN MIGUEL.. I LIKE YOUR BEER BUT DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE SPONSORING A DOG MEAT RESTAURANT
• DAY 198: WE DID IT! MANGO IS FLYING BUSINESS CLASS TO THE UK
• DAY 197: A (slightly latest) HALF YEAR REVIEW – part 3, oh god is this it finally?…YES!
• DAY 197: A (slightly later) HALF YEAR REVIEW – part 2
• DAY 196: A (slightly late) HALF YEAR REVIEW – part 1
• DAY 194: BACK TO THE UK ONLY TO FLY OUT TO INDIA (again)
• DAY 193: ‘RESCUE MANGO FUND’ GOING STRONG!!! Half way there!
• DAY 191: BUY PRINTS TO GIVE MANGO A NEW LIFE
• DAY 191: A PUPPY SAVED FROM THE DINNER TABLE!
• DAY 189: DO YOU REMEMBER CORDELIA FROM INDIA?
• DAY 188: AN INSPIRATIONAL WOMAN SHOWS HOW TO HELP
• DAY 187: WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE MAYOR – NO WONDER ANIMAL CHARITIES HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING A DIFFERENCE
• Day 185: I HAVEN’T FORGOTTEN YOU, GALGOS – some cover designs for a possible book
• Day 184: MALI – THE ELEPHANT THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO SAVE BUT NO ONE CAN. YET.
• Day 183: PAWS FOR FOOD, PAWS FOR THOUGHT: a visit to a dog meat restaurant leaves me with little taste for San Miguel
• Day 182: WELCOME TO THE PHILIPPINES – viagra anyone?
• DAY 181: WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT EATING HORSE?
• Day 180: WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT EATING DOG?
• DAY 179: FBM – A VISIT TO A DOG RESCUE CENTRE WITH MORE SURVEILLANCE THAN THE WHITEHOUSE
• DAY 178: I STROKE A GORGEOUS LADY
• DAY 177: MEETING MINI ME: MARTIN THE RESCUE PODENCO
• DAY 176: ON ROUTE TO ANOTHER GALGO SHELTER I TAKE SOME UNUSUAL PHOTOS
• DAY 175: SHALL I MAKE A PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK ON GALGOS?
• DAY 172: BACK WITH THE GALGO GANG IN MALAGA
• DAY 170: AND A SKETCH OF AMBO (FOR MY RETURN TO CHARLOTTE)
• DAY 169: SKETCHES OF SPAIN – new prints for sale to support the two rescued dogs.
• DAY 168: HOW THEY WERE RESCUED
• DAY 167: BACK TO SPAIN!
• DAY 166: THE DOGS HAVE BEEN SAVED!
• DAY 165: 7 REASONS TO BE (sort of) CHEERFUL…
• Day 163: TRYING TO CATCH A LOST GALGO ..(CONCLUSION)
• DAY 163: TRYING TO CATCH A LOST GALGO (part 2)
• Day 162: WONDERFUL NEWS, ANOTHER DOG’S RESCUE IS COMPLETE
• Day 161: HUNTING A HUNTING DOG (part 1). Trying to catch an abandoned Galgo
• DAY 160: GALGO AND PODENCO SAVED FROM PARADISE…BUT NOT AS YOU THINK
• DAY 158: CAN WE PERFORM THE GREAT ESCAPE?
• DAY 156: PRINCE UPDATE
• VALENTINES SPECIAL – GALGO PRINTS FOR SALE: Buy photography, save dogs’ lives.
• DAY 154: Video diary update
• DAY 153: A TRIP TO PARADISE …. or… ‘Oh, crap, does anyone want a dog??’
• DAY 152: SOME WORDS FROM CHARLOTTE
• DAY 152: A NEW LIFE FOR PRINCE (thanks to you all)
• 151: GOOD NEWS AT LAST…PRINCE IS GOING TO MAKE IT
• DAY 150: THE RISE AND (almost) FALL OF THE GALGO – the story of the Spanish hunting dog
• DAY 149: EBRO AND JADE
• DAY 148: ARRIVAL IN SPAIN! I MEET MY FIRST GALGO DOGS
• DAY 147: HOW MUCH EGO IS INVOLVED IN HELPING OTHERS?
• Day 145: I’M OFF TO SPAIN TO HELP ABANDONED HUNTING DOGS
• DAY 144: I’M ON (erherm…local) ITV NEWS!!
• DAY 141: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO RESCUING A SEABIRD
• DAY 140: MY OUTBURST OF SHAMEFUL EMOTION
• DAY 138: MY DAY OF INSANITY, MEETING THE POLICE AND FIXING MY MOUTH
• Day 135: CUTEST STAFFY WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
• DAY 130: THE (TERRIBLE) CHRISTMAS PRESENTS I BOUGHT TO HELP ANIMALS….
• DAY 126: HELP…WHICH OF THESE WAYS IS BEST TO HELP WILD ANIMALS?
• DAY 125: UPDATE FROM SNOWY LONDON
• Day 121: In which I get hitched and then fall in a ditch
• Day 116: Our broken selves.
• Day 114: inappropriate photo of a cute staffy
• Day 113: Help needed!
• Day 110: 2013 and my friend Leo gives me tough love.
• NEW YEAR MESSAGE…sort of…
• Day 106: Last day in India
• Day 105: Dog falls down 100ft well but is now…well.
• Day 104: I messed up big time – sorry everyone….
• DAY 100: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU
• Day 99: GOT A STAFFY? LAST CHANCE TO ENTER ‘CUTEST STAFFY’ PHOTO COMP
• Day 97: MAGGOT DOG RESCUED!!! CHRISTMAS HAS COME!!!
• Day 95: SEARCH FOR THE DYING DOG – FIRST SIGHTING
• Day 93: OFF WITH MAD AND A BAG OF DROOL TO FIND THE MAGGOT DOG
• Day 92 (eve) – A BLISSFUL BREAK IN THE GLORIOUS SEA ENDS PRETTY WEIRD
• DAY 92: DESIGNING MY FIRST CAT PENTHOUSE AND MEETING CAPTAIN ‘MAD’
• Day 91: CORDELIA THE COW-DOG
• Day 90: What do you do when you meet a mass dog-killer with a charasmatic face?
• Day 89: Dear Family, merry xmas from sunny miserable India
• Day 88: How to catch a stray dog in India
• Day 87: Is compassion a muscle? If so are there any gyms nearby?
• Day 86: video update. Great Dave needs your help
• Day 86: too angry?
• Day 85: Angry
• Day 84: So to India…
• Day 83: Crow rescue leads me up my friend’s chimney
• Day 82: Off to India to help dogs
• Day 81: What goes around comes around – I am genuinely touched
• Day 79: Wonderful photos entered for Britain’s Cutest Staffy!
• Day 78: Do you have Britain’s Cutest Staffy?
• Day 75: Is caring for animals a bit mental??
• Day 72: have I done the wrong thing?
• Day 72: night mission to the dog kennels
• DAY 70: Corfu continued…mysterious dog sanctuary
• Day 70: CORFU Discovering the mysterious dog ‘sanctuary’
• Day 68: CORFU. Where do I go from here?
• Day 64: ‘Poppy’ – update
• Day 62: Corfu. Heading south to see Marjorie Pandi
• Day 61: Corfu. Never mind the bo***cks
• Day 59: Corfu. Dogs on chains, goats on ropes and me in a muddle.
• Day 56: down to earth with a….scoop
• Day 54: Corfu. Who let the dogs out?
• Day 52: Off to Corfu! Sun, sand and street poisonings. I’ll pack my speedo’s…
• INTERLUDE: fairly gratuitous but ridiculously cute puppy photos
• THANK YOU – a small post
• THOUGHT: why is so hard to be soft?
• Day 50: Poppy continues to sleep in the space between my ear and shoulder.
• AGONY AUNT: my spider with dusty legs is not eating!
• Day 48: Not a nice blog post.
• COMMENT: why am I not as brave as this woman?
• Day 47: what do I do with two baby staffies?
• Day 46: Going undercover to rescue a Staffy (part 2)
• DAY 46: going undercover to rescue a staffy off Gumtree (part 1)
• Day 45: No one at my secondary school ever had skin THIS bad…
• Day 43: Can photography make a difference?
• DAY 42: I’m on the radio tonight talking dogs
• DAY 41: Helping to rehome my first dog – Rupert is saved!!!
• DAY 38: A visit to doggy ‘death row’ in East London
• The truth about Gum Tree and the puppy farms in the UK
• I need to rescue something that doesn’t fit into a tupperware dish – dogs here I come!
• Snail rescue – the sequel (and who says sequels aren’t good?)
• Spider rescue goes wrong – but ends in beautiful new relationship
• Baby duck rescue – part 2
• Baby duck is stuck – do I have to break the law?
• Very ugly baby pigeon makes a weary Londoner feel lucky again.
• What you can see if you climb into the hackney canal
• Trying to confront man who beat his dog in London Fields
• Back to reality with a bump – crap rescue posters fail to change the world.
• The volunteers – what makes them tick?
• Baby bat is bizarrely beautiful
• Wildlife rescue – why disney got it wrong (part 2)
• Sussex wildlife rescue – why Disney got it wrong (part 1).
• My first wildlife rescue – a bird stuck in a tree?
• I’m off to rescue wildlife in East Sussex
• 24 hour walk round London: PART 2 (Midnight to Midday)
• My non-stop 24hour ‘walk of compassion’ around London: PART 1 12:00hrs – 20:00hrs
• What’s wrong with me?
• U.S. toad update
• Letter from America – long distance toad-rescue is good but monkey-rodeo not so much…
• I’m all at sea with dolphins and whales….
• 150 snails and one suicidal slug are saved
• Dog fly-posting
• Stolen Pitbull update
• Today I accidentally destroyed two lives.
• Day 1 – I try to save a stolen pitbull
• About to start….