British trophy hunters have shot over 500 monkeys and baboons on safari trips, say campaigners. The sick thrill-seekers include a grandad who blasted a rare albino baboon, proudly posed for a photo next to its bloody corpse and then had it stuffed and mounted to display at home. Contacted online by undercover investigators posing as […]
Category: Wildlife
Argentina’s Last Captive Elephant Finds Freedom in Brazil Sanctuary
On a dusty July afternoon, Kenya the elephant finally walked out of her transport crate and into freedom. After 40 years of confinement at the Mendoza Zoo in Argentina, she now roams the hillsides of the Global Sanctuary for Elephants in Brazil, rolling in mud and grass, exercising her long-weakened muscles, and—at last—living like an […]
In Brazil’s Pantanal, too many tourists may be the jaguar’s new predator
PORTO JOFRE, Brazil — When Oscar de Morais isn’t out tracking jaguars, you’ll find him aboard his houseboat moored along the banks of the São Lourenço River. He sits beneath a mosquito net on two stacked blue plastic chairs, watching Brazilian soap operas while a fan blows warm air his way. That is, until someone […]
‘A last resort’: is culling foxes the only way to save Britain’s vanishing curlews?
Should we be organising mass culls of foxes and crows in the UK in order to save the plummeting numbers of curlews? That is the argument put forward by certain bird conservation groups. The curlew, one of Britain’s most charismatic birds, with its curved beaks and distinctive call, has been disappearing from the countryside, declining […]
Orcas Are Playing With Boats in Spain, Not Attacking Them
Off the coast of Galicia, Spain, Iberian orcas have been ramming boats again—but scientists say it’s not aggression. According to National Geographic, experts believe the whales have developed a learned cultural behavior, essentially turning rudder-bashing into a game passed down to younger pod members. Since 2020, the pod—made up of about 40 orcas—has been involved […]
Orangutan Released After 9 Years of Intensive Rehabilitation in Nonprofit’s ‘Jungle School’
A conservation project just announced the successful release of Popi, a female orangutan rescued as an infant, into the Busang Ecosystem of East Borneo. After nearly nine years of intensive rehabilitation, Popi has now returned to her natural rainforest home thanks to a collaboration led by the Borneo Orangutan Rescue Alliance (BORA). Popi was confiscated […]
Conservation groups appeal lesser prairie chicken’s loss of protection
Conservation groups want a Texas court to overturn the recent gutting of federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a near-flightless bird living in the grasslands of Eastern New Mexico and four other states. In 2022, the Biden Administration offered the bird protection under the Endangered Species Act. Federal officials, through a public process, designated […]
Petition: Ban Animal Ownership After 100 Neglected Geckos Found in Florida
Recently, Florida investigators uncovered a horrific reptile neglect case. Inside a storage unit, they found 111 geckos trapped inside filthy containers, many already dead, others barely clinging to life. The individual responsible has pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty. This level of cruelty isn’t just neglect – it raises serious questions about whether this was […]