Joe Exotic was known as “The Tiger King” for a long time. Until September 18th, he ran a tiger breeding and cub-petting attraction. But he has now been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted on two counts of murder-for-hire and 17 wildlife charges. This story highlights just why activists continue to fight […]
Author: Supertrooper
Founder and Executive Editor
Elephants, lions and leopards: 13 countries where rich people hunt endangered animals
I ran into some Americans having an issue at customs at the airport in Lusaka, Zambia, last summer. Craig and Amy (last names withheld), from Western Michigan, and two friends were in the country to go hunting and were stuck at customs until the rifles and crossbows they brought from home were cleared. “We won […]
Petition: Protect African Lions from Trophy Hunters!
The story of Cecil the Lion brought to light the horrible tragedy that is trophy hunting. An American dentist paid an obscene amount of money to kill a lion that was being observed and was beloved around the world. He shot the lion with an arrow and let him suffer for a full day until […]
President’s Budget Falls Short For Climate, Birds and the Environment
WASHINGTON (February 10, 2020) – The Trump Administration presented a budget to Congress today for fiscal year 2021 that includes dramatic cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce which houses the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
Palm oil processors top plantations in destroying proboscis monkey habitat
JAKARTA — The oil palm processing industry has become the biggest threat to the iconic and endangered proboscis monkeys of Indonesian Borneo, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation, analyzed the loss of habitat of the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) in Balikpapan Bay, home to one of […]
Koalas found dead on Australia logging plantation
Dozens of koalas have been found dead or injured at a timber plantation in the Australian state of Victoria, sparking an investigation by officials. Blue gum trees – an important koala habitat – were harvested from the plantation in December, leaving only a few isolated stands of trees. Some koalas had starved to death in […]
Petition: Stop Giraffe Trophy Hunting in Africa!
Since the 1980s, the giraffe population has dropped 30 percent from a population of over 155,000 to just 111,000 today. According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, their population has even dropped by 95 percent in areas that were once considered “prime giraffe habitat.” The IUCN says there are only 68,293 mature individuals in the wild. […]
Despite Criticism, Canada Moves Forward with Auction for First-Ever Elephant Hunt for Ivory in Botswana
No one needs ivory but the animal born with it. Humans do not need an elephants’ tusks or the horn of a rhino. Yet, they feel entitled to it, and they go to devastating lengths to acquire it. The ivory trade operates because of hunters and poachers who brutally kill elephants in the wild for […]