A huge alligator estimated to be 80 years old has been killed by a hunter in south Florida. The alligator had been linked with the mystery disappearance of livestock in Okeechobee County, leading professional hunter Doug Borries to intervene. The Mississippi man said he shot and killed the animal on private property near Okeechobee. “I […]
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Ministry of Defence use pine martens to control the grey squirrel population
The Ministry of Defence has joined the fight against grey squirrels. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has installed pine marten den boxes at the Kirkcudbright Training Area. Non-native grey squirrels have displaced reds on the Balmae area of the site near Dundrennan but research has shown where pine martens are encouraged the more cautious reds flourish. There […]
Action for Primates has released disturbing footage of Indonesian trappers beating wild monkeys
Action for Primates released disturbing footage that revealed the horrific cruelty of the Indonesian monkey trapping business. According to Action for Primates, most of the trapped monkeys are used as test subjects in painful experiments, such as toxicity testing. The footage showed the trappers brutally capturing and beating the wild monkeys. It also showed the […]
Humpback whales entangled in fishing nets are rescued by Australians using cutters
Wayne Phillips has both feet firmly on dry land as he acts out cutting a whale loose from fishing gear. The 51-year-old head of marine sciences at SeaWorld in Queensland oversees the park’s marine rescue team – four cutters, a coordinator, a captain and a videographer – who untangle humpback whales that have become bound […]
Record number of Yellowstone wolves hunted and trapped in Montana this season
Montana wildlife officials have taken steps to limit hunting on the border of Yellowstone National Park after a record number of park wolves were killed this season. The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Friday to pause wolf hunting and trapping for the season in a region of southwest Montana once 82 wolves have been […]
Hawaii leads the way by becoming the first state to ban shark fishing
Sharks are disappearing at an alarming rate, largely due to shark fishing and being victims of bycatch. Humans need sharks, but there are few laws that protect them. In 2011, the Shark Conservation Act of 2010 was signed into law, but that only prohibited the finning of sharks – it was still legal to fish […]
HSUS exposes wildlife killing contest in Virginia where hundreds of animals are slaughtered
Despite the cruel premise, wildlife killing contests are as popular as ever. While many people are growing more concerned about animal welfare and the suffering of animals at human hands, there are small populations of people across the U.S. that actively choose to hunt and kill animals as part of a game. Wildlife killing contests […]
The Years of the Tiger: the demand for tigers and the price they pay
On the 1st of February 2022, the Year of the Tiger starts. The Chinese zodiac is an increasingly popular pseudoscientific classification scheme with followers in Asian countries, like China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, Bhutan, and Thailand. Hundreds of millions of primarily Asian people observe the start of the Year of the Tiger, but […]