Wildlife groups have condemned a decision by regulators in Florida to allow the hunting of black bears for the first time in a decade, and to permit “barbaric” practices including the use of bait traps, archery and dog packs. The unanimous vote by the Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC) on Wednesday to approve […]
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Rewilding group to assess possible return of white storks to London
An urban rewilding group is seeking the public’s views on the potential return of white storks to London as part of a project to see if the birds could make a home in the capital. White storks could once be seen flying in Britain’s skies and building their huge nests on roofs and in trees, […]
An Iceland Community Rallies to Save Lost Baby Puffins
Light pollution confuses and disorients seabirds around the globe, luring them towards land — and potentially dangerous situations. In the Westman Islands off the southwest coast of Iceland, however, one community has banded together to save lost young puffins. Every spring, hundreds of thousands of Atlantic puffins come to the archipelago to breed. Mere meters […]
11 poached elk and deer mounts seized, MT officials say. Now 6 face 34 charges
A group of six people face 34 charges connected to poaching several bull elk and mule deer bucks between 2020 and 2024, Montana game wardens said. A confidential informant tipped off Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wardens, who found the group had killed several large bull elk in a hunting district without the required elk […]
Zoo Officials Baffled When Lost Otter Cub is Found Snoring Among the Flamingos
A wild otter cub has left officials baffled after he was found inside a flamingo habitat at a zoo in England. The tiny cub now affectionately named Mingo was found all alone on the shoreline, weighing under 2 pounds (800 grams). Only a few months old, the orphan surprised the staff at Colchester Zoo in […]
Specieswatch: push to reintroduce lynx into UK gathers momentum
The UK and Ireland are among the few countries in northern Europe without the apex predator the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Like most of Britain’s larger native animals, wolves and beavers, it was hunted to extinction, in this case about 1,300 years ago, helping to push the UK towards the distinction of being the most […]
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6-Year-Old Boy Bitten and ‘Dragged into the Woods’ by Wolf in Front of His Mother at Nature Reserve
A child is recovering after being attacked by a wolf in the Netherlands. The 6-year-old boy was visiting a nature reserve with his mother and younger brother in Utrecht, which is 32 miles south of Amsterdam, when the incident occurred on Wednesday, July 30, according to U.K. newspaper The Times and local media outlet RTV […]