Habitat for threatened koalas that are part of a population described by one expert as nationally significant would be bulldozed under plans to extend a Queensland coalmine. The campaign group Lock the Gate used drones with thermal imaging cameras to find 13 koalas in one night in trees earmarked for clearing by mining company Glencore. […]
Category: Wildlife
The bizarre vile act alleged wombat killer is accused of carrying out after mass wildlife slaughter
A young tradie accused of mowing down wombats in his ute and arranging them in odd positions has been arrested. Daily Mail can reveal Tyson Michael Delbridge, of Fish Creek in Victoria’s South Gippsland region, has been charged over the alleged attack on one of Australia’s most beloved native animals. The charges follow an extensive […]
Hiker dies after being bitten by rattlesnake he picked up in Tennessee state park
A man has died after being bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking in a Tennessee state park. Authorities say the hiker was about a half mile along a trail in Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County on Friday, August 8, when he picked the rattlesnake up. The snake bit him in the hand. Rescue […]
Texas Child Injured by Kangaroo Sparks Calls to End Private Exotic Animal Ownership
According to a recent report by PETA’s Sara Oliver, an 11-year-old boy in San Antonio, Texas, was bitten by a red kangaroo named Bobby—an animal his family had been illegally keeping as a pet. The boy’s injuries were treated by a doctor, who reported the incident to authorities. While the child’s wound was not life-threatening, […]
Wild pigs’ flesh turning ‘neon blue’ in California: Authorities are sounding the alarm
Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but even he was startled when he cut one of them open and found blue meat inside. “I’m not talking about a little blue,” said Burton, owner of Urban Trapping Wildlife Control. “I’m talking about neon blue, blueberry […]
How a marine heatwave is threatening Australia’s spectacular coral reefs
When it comes to coral, the Great Barrier Reef steals the global limelight. It’s a bucket-list place for many and, when it gets hit by coral bleaching, it makes news around the world. But Australia has another group of spectacular reefs on the west of the continent. Many of them had managed to escape the […]
In India, humans & leopards meet near major cities; preserving habitat is crucial
Suresh Raj, a 73-year-old gunsmith who lives inside a biological park, bordering a national park on the edge of the South Indian metropolis Bengaluru, has lost three dogs since last October, killed by free-moving leopards in the region. “It’s very normal for leopards to take our dogs — not something I’d resent, living in the […]
‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling
The Trump administration‘s plan to expand oil and gas drilling in a 23m acre reserve on the Arctic Ocean is sparking an impassioned response, amid fears it threatens Arctic wildlife, undermines the subsistence rights of Alaska Natives and imperils one of the fastest-warming ecosystems on Earth. More than a quarter of a million people have […]