Towering over the average human and weighing as much as a grand piano, the brown bears found in south-west Alaska are considered among the best in the world to observe as they pad around in a largely untouched wilderness of soaring mountains, pristine rivers and rocky beaches. About a third of Alaska’s 30,000 brown bears […]
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Raging-hungry emaciated lions escape from farm breeding them to be shot by trophy hunters in South Africa
EMACIATED lions broke free from cages at a game reserve which breeds animals to be shot by wealthy trophy hunters. Cops took two days to track and capture seven big cats – five males and two females – after they were spotted scouring for food in local villages. They say they had earlier escaped from […]
It’s time to implement solutions that make the bushmeat trade unnecessary (commentary)
The coronavirus has rocked the foundations of societies across the globe. Since the virus originated in wildlife, there has been public outcry demanding the closure wildlife meat markets. Neglected thus far, however, is consideration of the highly destructive and ongoing mass trade of wildlife by bushmeat hunters in rural Asian, African, and South American communities—an […]
Filmmakers expose shameful kangaroo slaughter
When Australian filmmakers Mick McIntyre and Kate McIntyre Clere went out with their camera crew on a kangaroo hunt, they had to witness horrific images they can never forget. “It’s, it’s just . . . ,” Mick stammered to find the right words. “I had to experience it filming and there’s nothing good about it. […]
Campaigners condemn ‘sickening’ killing of beavers in Scotland
ARMERS and landowners have legally killed around one hundred wild beavers in Tayside, The Ferret can reveal. Campaigners have condemned the killings as “shameful” and “sickening” and are demanding that beavers be moved rather than shot. Scottish ministers are now likely to face questions about the deaths. The official number killed under licence in 2019 […]
Over 75,000 animals ‘bred for the bullet’ to satisfy hunters in past decade
More than 75,000 animals have been “bred for the bullet” including endangered species over the past decade, official figures show. British hunters also have an appetite for canned hunts, where species are born in captivity and shot in confined spaces. These include lions, baboons, monkeys, crocodiles and the scimitar-horned oryx, which became extinct in the […]
Endangered bats are evolving to fight off an exotic fungal disease
A mysterious disease is wiping out one of the world’s smallest bats, the aptly named “little brown bat,” which has an extensive range across the United States and Canada. But these tiny mammals, which are classified as an endangered species by the IUCN and Canada’s Species at Risk Act, are turning out to be more […]
RSPB flooded with reports of birds of prey being killed
The RSPB has been “overrun” with reports of birds of prey being illegally killed since lockdown began. Police have been called out to investigate multiple cases of raptors being shot, trapped or suspected of having been poisoned, with the charity saying most incidents were on or close to sporting estates managed for game bird shooting. […]