Those fur-trimmed parkas so common on city sidewalks have become a boon to backwoods trappers. Coyote fur pelts are in big demand to provide the lush, silvery or tawny-tinged arcs of fur on the hoods on Canada Goose coats and their many global imitators. A good western coyote, prized for its silky, light-colored fur, can fetch […]
Category: Polls
POLL: Should there be a worldwide ban on fishing with explosives?
Nighttime falls on the fishing port of Chimbote, a city on Peru’s Pacific coast in Huarmey province. Almensor Gómez, an artisanal fisherman, prepares to leave home with five fellow fishers. But they aren’t going fishing. Instead, the group will stand guard tonight against poachers who use bombs to fish. Armed with handguns, shotguns “and who […]
POLL: Should Australia be allowed to construct a new airport and runway in Antarctica?
Australia is planning to build Antarctica’s biggest infrastructure project: a new airport and runway that would increase the human footprint in the world’s greatest wilderness by an estimated 40%. The mega-scheme is likely to involve blasting petrel rookeries, disturbing penguin colonies and encasing a stretch of the wilderness in more than 115,000 tonnes of concrete. […]
POLL: Should hunting with dogs be banned?
An animal welfare charity has called for hunting with dogs to be banned in Northern Ireland. The League Against Cruel Sports is calling on politicians to create new legislation that would ban hunting with dogs, with the Alliance Party planning to table a private members bill in the New Year. It comes just weeks after […]
POLL: Should Hare Coursing be Banned?
Eight people have been arrested after a string of hare coursing offences in Lincolnshire were reported to police. Six were arrested in Market Deeping on Wednesday after a police pursuit resulted in a crash for the getaway vehicle. The chase ended just after 12pm on Northfields Road in the market town, when the fleeing vehicle […]
POLL: Should countries be allowed to auction wild elephants?
Namibia has put 170 “high value” wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country’s environmental ministry has said An advertisement carried by the state-owned daily New Era said an increase in incidents of human-elephant conflict motivated the sale of the large mammal that is at […]
POLL: Should there by a full ban on all lead ammunition and the use of lead fishing weights?
Lead shot is to be banned from all wetlands in the European Union, in a decision that is expected to pave the way for phasing out all toxic ammunition. The European parliament voted against objections lodged by far-right parties, allowing the European commission to introduce the new regulations by the end of the year. The […]
POLL: Should bear hunting be banned?
Hunters killed 909 bears during Pennsylvania’s first weekend-long opener to the firearms hunting season for bear – 748 on Saturday and 161 on Sunday – bringing the total 2020 black bear harvest to 2,887 as of the end of hunting at sunset on Sunday. For the first time since bear hunting seasons were instituted in […]