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 […]
More people have heard of Robbins Island than have seen it. Separated from Tasmania’s north-western tip by a stretch of water that can be navigated only at low tide, the island is nearly 10,000 hectares of heathland and woodlands, paddocks, unusual geology and wetlands, all ringed by pristine beaches. The island has been owned by […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
According to a new study reported by NPR, Great Tit songbirds—common across Europe and Asia—sometimes “divorce” after the breeding season, splitting from their partners before the next spring. Researchers from the University of Oxford, led by PhD student Adelaide Abraham, tracked these birds with small radio tags to better understand their social patterns. What they […]
Nuremberg Zoo has confirmed that baboons killed to keep down numbers were fed to predators, amid public criticism after it was revealed the animals had been dismembered after death. News of the culling sparked complaints from animal groups over zoo ethics, animal welfare, and culling practices, with the animals decapitated and some having their hands […]
According to the Associated Press, Aalborg Zoo in northern Denmark is under fire after publicly asking people to Donate their unwanted small pets—such as guinea pigs, rabbits, and chickens—to be euthanized and fed to captive predators. The zoo claimed in a Facebook post that the practice was intended to reflect the “natural food chain” and […]