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Dr Tom Montgomery

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Marine biologist and conservationist, specializing in marine mammals. I write about rare & endangered species, science and nature.

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🌏 This is a Binturong (Arctictis binturong) Few animals suffer in more ways at the hands of humans Facing national extinctions, throughout SE Asia they're eaten, skinned for fur, used in TCM & trapped for a life of misery in zoos & trafficked as pets

🌏 This is a Binturong (Arctictis binturong) Few animals suffer in more ways at the hands of humans Facing national extinctions, throughout SE Asia they're eaten, skinned for fur, used in TCM & trapped for a life of misery in zoos & trafficked as pets

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🌏 The extraordinary courage of the elephant, facing down this loud, terrifying machine in defense of their territory. How will it end? Asian elephants are already endangered and declining—hundreds are killed on purpose every year. 1/2

🌏 The extraordinary courage of the elephant, facing down this loud, terrifying machine in defense of their territory. How will it end? Asian elephants are already endangered and declining—hundreds are killed on purpose every year. 1/2

Dr Tom Montgomery

84,995 views • 7 days ago

#Ocean The appalling horror of bottom trawling filmed for the first time.

#Ocean The appalling horror of bottom trawling filmed for the first time.

Dr Tom Montgomery

168,750 views • 1 year ago

#Ocean They never show the true horror of trawling bycatch on the news.

#Ocean They never show the true horror of trawling bycatch on the news.

Dr Tom Montgomery

18,395 views • 1 month ago

#Badgers The most impressive badger grooming session you’re ever likely to see. The British government must stop killing these beautiful native animals. How many badgers killed in England in just 12 years? ≈248,000

#Badgers The most impressive badger grooming session you’re ever likely to see. The British government must stop killing these beautiful native animals. How many badgers killed in England in just 12 years? ≈248,000

Dr Tom Montgomery

59,817 views • 11 months ago

#Birds A tragic report of swans in Berkshire UK bleeding from their eyes and spinning helplessly. At least 46 have been found dead with suspected HPAI (bird flu) but hundreds more have died in recent months. Details in 🧵

#Birds A tragic report of swans in Berkshire UK bleeding from their eyes and spinning helplessly. At least 46 have been found dead with suspected HPAI (bird flu) but hundreds more have died in recent months. Details in 🧵

Dr Tom Montgomery

23,796 views • 5 months ago

#Nature In these dark days, a reminder that there are spectacular wonders on this planet—let us protect them and their habitat, because all the money in the world won't bring them back. 📽️Credit: John Aitchison. It took 3 weeks to film this sequence.

#Nature In these dark days, a reminder that there are spectacular wonders on this planet—let us protect them and their habitat, because all the money in the world won't bring them back. 📽️Credit: John Aitchison. It took 3 weeks to film this sequence.

Dr Tom Montgomery

22,565 views • 6 months ago

The scale of forest destruction in Australia is staggering—hundreds of thousands of hectares are cleared annually, mainly for beef and agriculture. It’s pushing iconic species like koalas and gliders to extinction—they need mature tree dens to survive.

The scale of forest destruction in Australia is staggering—hundreds of thousands of hectares are cleared annually, mainly for beef and agriculture. It’s pushing iconic species like koalas and gliders to extinction—they need mature tree dens to survive.

Dr Tom Montgomery

20,839 views • 5 months ago

#Elephants This is Nongnooch Pattaya Garden, Chonburi, Thailand Five thousand tourists visit every day. 30 elephants are also forced to play football, basketball, bowling & target practice, all to deafening music. Share this shame, this needs to end.

#Elephants This is Nongnooch Pattaya Garden, Chonburi, Thailand Five thousand tourists visit every day. 30 elephants are also forced to play football, basketball, bowling & target practice, all to deafening music. Share this shame, this needs to end.

Dr Tom Montgomery

43,520 views • 1 year ago

#Whales Neither Norway nor Japan needs to kill a single whale. Both deserve our condemnation. Japan's catch limit for 2025 is: 60 fin whales 144 minke whales 153 Bryde's whales 56 sei whales. Norway's minke whale kill quota for 2025 is 1,406

#Whales Neither Norway nor Japan needs to kill a single whale. Both deserve our condemnation. Japan's catch limit for 2025 is: 60 fin whales 144 minke whales 153 Bryde's whales 56 sei whales. Norway's minke whale kill quota for 2025 is 1,406

Dr Tom Montgomery

15,689 views • 1 year ago

#Dairy I haven’t talked for a while about my disgust at the dairy industry. I hope anyone still supporting the indefensible cruelty throughout dairy will think of these lonely, frightened calves. Healthy, delicious alternatives are freely available.

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#Dairy I haven’t talked for a while about my disgust at the dairy industry. I hope anyone still supporting the indefensible cruelty throughout dairy will think of these lonely, frightened calves. Healthy, delicious alternatives are freely available.

Dr Tom Montgomery

14,195 views • 1 year ago

#StoptheGrind #BoycottFaroes Just days ago they were beautiful, full of life, leaping & playing, caring for each other, suckling young. Now, senselessly slaughtered, dumped and rotting. Spread the word: Never Visit The Faroe Islands. Evil lives there.

#StoptheGrind #BoycottFaroes Just days ago they were beautiful, full of life, leaping & playing, caring for each other, suckling young. Now, senselessly slaughtered, dumped and rotting. Spread the word: Never Visit The Faroe Islands. Evil lives there.

Dr Tom Montgomery

20,713 views • 1 year ago

#Spain Planning a trip to Spain this year? Bear in mind what happens to the lamb before it reaches your plate. Of course it’s not just Spain, appalling abuse happens in slaughterhouses across the world - the job tends not to attract animal lovers.

#Spain Planning a trip to Spain this year? Bear in mind what happens to the lamb before it reaches your plate. Of course it’s not just Spain, appalling abuse happens in slaughterhouses across the world - the job tends not to attract animal lovers.

Dr Tom Montgomery

12,274 views • 2 years ago

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