The pioneering golden eagle took to the skies above Yellowstone national park in the fall and flew north, to areas where humans were hunting game. A few months later it returned to the park and was found on the ground, dead. Scientists performing a necropsy on the creature, the first to be tagged with a […]
Category: Petitions
Eight Shocking Facts About CSU’s West Nile Experiments on Birds
At Colorado State University (CSU), experimenters led by Gregory Ebel have been capturing wild birds—healthy robins, crows, and sparrows—and infecting them with deadly viruses. In CSU labs, these birds as well as hundreds of newly hatched chicks are infected with West Nile virus (WNV) to observe its spread through their bodies and the way it […]
Hunter Who Gunned Down 5,000 Elephants Brags About ‘Thrill’
At least one trophy hunter, it seems, is admitting what we already knew: Killing gives him a “great thrill.” Ron Thomson of Zimbabwe has purportedly slaughtered thousands of animals, including 40 leopards, 50 hippos, 60 lions, 800 buffaloes, and 5,000 elephants. And he admits that he “didn’t have any sentiment” and is “totally unrepentant.” Thomson […]
Canada’s a Step Closer to Banning Captive Whales and Dolphins
While the world continues to turn against keeping whales and dolphins in captivity, animal advocates are hopeful Canada will be next to make it illegal following a crucial vote to pass legislation that will ban the practice. The legislation, Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act (S-203), would effectively phase out captivity by banning […]
POLL: Should the Trump Administration be allowed to make it easier to kill bears and wolves?
The tragic and illegal killing of a mother bear and her two cubs caught on camera last year sparked outrage and drew attention to cruel hunting methods allowed in Alaska. Now, that footage has been released, highlighting the fate that others like them could soon be subjected to in the state. The killing took place […]
POLL: Should Japan be sanctioned for continuing to slaughter whales?
Japan’s whaling fleet arrived back at the port of Shimonoseki on the weekend with a barbaric tally of 333 dead whales that are no longer swimming freely in the Southern Ocean. If the work of the Japanese whalers is anything like last year, more than 100 pregnant females and 50 or so juveniles will have […]
POLL: Do you agree with President Macron that hunting is good for nature?
Bird protection campaigners are to lodge an official complaint with the European Union accusing France of breaking rules on hunting and trapping and failing to protect endangered species. The Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) is using the 40th anniversairy of the EU’s “bird directive”, which outlaws the “massive or non-selective” killing of birds […]
This American Trophy Hunter Shot a Sleeping Lion
A few years before Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer infamously killed the beloved Cecil the lion, another pathetic American trophy hunter did something as despicable: he shot a lion in Zimbabwe that was sleeping in the sun. Although this happened in 2011, a disturbing video of the killing recently went viral after Protect All Wildlife, an […]
