It’s returning, creeping into an olive grove or acacia thicket near you. Bird trappers are poised and ready to spread their unique brand of slow death across the countryside once more, if they ever truly vanished… This is an old and tragic story, and you’ve undoubtedly heard the majority of it before. But it’s worth […]
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Should Gucci use live tigers as props in advertising campaigns?
To commemorate the Chinese zodiac’s Year of the Tiger, Gucci released an advertising video for its latest collection, ‘Gucci Tiger,’ earlier this month. The advertising campaign featured “a diverse range of ready-to-wear and accessories depicting numerous renderings of the animal.” The advertisement depicted a wild tiger seated at a dining table, standing on their front […]
Koalas, one of Australia’s most beloved mammals, are at risk of extinction
Climate change has proved disastrous in Australia, as it has in many other places across the world. Temperatures have reached record highs, and flames have engulfed neighborhoods and wildlife habitats. Climate change is particularly endangering a key endangered species: the koala. Koalas, like all creatures, have no voice and no power. It is up to […]
Reintroducing sea otters can be beneficial to marine ecosystems
According to a recent analysis, returning sea otters to the Oregon coast is viable and beneficial to the state’s marine ecosystem if optimum reintroduction policies are followed. However, the voracious appetites of sea otters for particular crustaceans may have “insignificant” effects on local fisheries. Sea otters have a disproportionate impact on the ecosystems in which […]
Almost 450 deer and wild boar were slaughtered in a single day in Spain, provoking environmentalists to condemn the ‘orgy of blood and death.’
The massacre occurred during a commercial hunt in the Los Posteruelos private estate in Villaviciosa de Córdoba, near the Andalusian hills. The 447 animals were confined by fencing, unable to flee the 70 hunters that took part in the hunt. Each participant was charged €1,000 for the shoot, which is permitted in Spain. However, animal […]
Iceland will stop whaling in 2024 because of public outrage and dwindling demand
Iceland has announced that it would stop whaling in 2024 due to diminishing demand and ongoing controversy. “There are few arguments to approve whale hunting beyond 2024,” when present quotas expire, said Svands Svavarsdóttir, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, in an op-ed published in Friday’s Morgunblai newspaper. The minister stated that it was “undisputed” that […]
The terrifying moment a juvenile hippo is crushed in the jaws of a rival bull
The photograph of Russian photographer Evgeny Borisov was highly commended in the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers’ Competition this year. As the other hippos look on, the bull hippo takes up the rival calf in its mouth and drags it from the river. As it is pulled up by its neck, an arc […]
“Top Cat” Pumas contribute more carrion to the ecosystem than other carnivores
Pumas have the most extensive terrestrial range of any mammal in the Americas, stretching from the Canadian Rockies to Patagonia. A new study has revealed the web of life that these elusive cats support, demonstrating how they are linked to over 485 other species, ranging from eagles feasting on their carrion to elk impacted by […]