Thousands of wild animals ‘slaughtered’ every year to protect shooting for sport on grouse moors

Thousands of wild animals ‘slaughtered’ every year to protect shooting for sport on grouse moors

An Oxford-led academic study has claimed a staggering 260,000 animals are killed in Scotland every year to protect the grouse population for shooting on country estates. They said the practice of using traps to cull predators on Scottish moors causes “tremendous, unjustifiable suffering” to creatures and must be fully banned. Animals targeted include foxes, weasels, […]

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Idaho wolf-killing proposals prompt petition for feds to ban ‘barbaric’ aerial hunts

Idaho wolf-killing proposals prompt petition for feds to ban ‘barbaric’ aerial hunts

A group of environmental organizations has submitted a petition to the federal government to ban wolf killing by shooting from helicopters, calling the practice “barbaric.” The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project and International Wildlife Coexistence Network said they were prompted by Idaho’s Wolf Depredation Control Board’s October decision to approve the scope of […]

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Hunter Seth Egelhoff is killed after being accidentally shot in the face by a member of his group at Bay Branch Wildlife Area in Iowa

Hunter Seth Egelhoff is killed after being accidentally shot in the face by a member of his group at Bay Branch Wildlife Area in Iowa

A 26-year-old hunter has died after being accidentally shot in the face by a member of his hunting party in the Bay Branch Wildlife Area of Iowa. Seth Egelhoff, originally from Chesterfield, Illinois, was shot by a fellow hunter while out looking for waterfowl in the Bay Branch Wildlife Area, approximately 40 miles west of […]

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Animal group demands hunter Logan Bogie face animal cruelty charge over shooting Vermont deer and posing for pics while it was still alive

Animal group demands hunter Logan Bogie face animal cruelty charge over shooting Vermont deer and posing for pics while it was still alive

Animal rights activists are calling for a 21-year-old Vermont hunter to face unprecedented animal cruelty charges after he shot and paralyzed a deer before posing with it for social media posts instead of ending its suffering. Logan Bogie, from East Ryegate, shot and maimed the animal with a crossbow last fall. But rather than end […]

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