She’s a grande dame who over the years has made headlines for surviving more horrors than anyone should in a lifetime. And now, in the twilight of her life, she is again in the spotlight but unaware of the controversy surrounding her future. Anne, Britain’s last circus elephant, captured hearts in 2011 when video footage […]
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New Rule on Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Falls Short
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NFMS) released a new rule at the end of December to reduce the risk to critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Unfortunately, the rule is inadequate to protect these animals. NFMS’ rule focuses on helping whales that get tangled in fishing gear used for crab and lobster fishing. However, their […]
Petition: Portugal Furious After Spanish Hunters Kill Over 500 Animals
Portugal expressed outrage after hunters killed over 500 deer and wild boar in the center of the country at the end of December, as reported by the BBC. Officials were furious at the 16 Spanish hunters that led the massacre, calling it “vile,” and “an environmental crime.” Photos show hunters proudly displaying their catch after […]
Petition: World’s Oldest Panda Dies in Captivity
The world’s oldest panda living in captivity died in December. Xin Xing, who was living at the Chongqing Zoo in western China, announced that the panda died from organ failure. In human years, the panda would have been 130 years old, per the New York Post. “On October 21, 2020, the giant panda ‘Xin Xing’ […]
Study warns of ‘biotic annihilation’ driven by hunting, habitat destruction
Humans are driving species to extinction 1,000 times faster than what is considered natural. Now, new research underscores the extent of the planet’s impoverishment. Extinctions don’t just rob the planet of species but also of functional and phylogenetic diversity, the authors of a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argue. […]
South African game reserves face hard times as Covid halts tourism
Impala run through the thorn bush, ibis fly above the lake and lightning forks over the horizon as a storm rolls in from the Drakensberg mountains. The visitors driven across the 10,000 or more hectares of the Nambiti game reserve in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province see what they think is an unchanged, and unchanging natural […]
Finger pointed at poachers after rare lynx killed in France
A lynx, one of Europe’s rarest mammals, has been found shot dead in eastern France in a suspected killing by poachers, local officials said Tuesday. The only big cat species to live in the wild in France, the lynx carcass was found on December 31 in the Jura mountains and an autopsy showed it was […]
Petition: Arctic Animals Movement Patterns Shifting Due to Climate Change
A study funded by NASA has recently determined that wildlife in the Arctic are responding to climate change in different ways. This has researchers worried that entire ecosystems could be disrupted. “The Arctic is showing more extreme indications of climate change,” said study co-author Gil Bohrer. The team analyzed data from the Arctic Animal Movement […]