Focusing on Wildlife
  • About Us
  • Support
  • Log In
  • Home
  • News
  • Polls
  • Contact
  • Petitions
  • WildFocus
  • Competitions
Skip to main content

Focusing on Wildlife

  • When the Fruit Falls in Your Mouth by Lieve Snellings
  • Macaws True Love by Paamul Jack
  • Great Horned Owl by Glenn Perrigo
  • Greater Roadrunner by Glenn Perrigo
  • Leopard in Tree by Karin van Zyl
  • Papuan Pitta (Erythropitta Macklotii) by Glenn Bartley
  • About Us
  • Support
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Petitions
  • WildFocus
  • Photo Competition

Tag: baboon

Juvenile baboon almost killed by thick wire snare cutting deep into her neck

Juvenile baboon almost killed by thick wire snare cutting deep into her neck

March 2, 2022February 26, 2022 Supertrooper 1 Comment

CAPE TOWN – Animal welfare officers saved a juvenile baboon from certain death over the weekend after removing a large wire snare that had sliced deep into her neck. The Cape of Good Hope SPCA’s (CoGH SPCA) wildlife section was contacted by NCC Environmental Services to assist in the rescue of the young female baboon […]

Read More

Tiger with Collar Wandering in Houston Neighborhood Caught on Video

Tiger with Collar Wandering in Houston Neighborhood Caught on Video

May 22, 2021May 24, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

A tiger creeping around a Houston neighborhood was caught on video recently. A video sent to local station KHOU-11 shows a tiger with a collar in their owner’s front yard. Police responded to the incident. In the video, a man is seen waving a gun at the animal. “This is about a tiger. I’m on […]

Read More

POLL: Should the ‘sport’ of trophy hunting be banned?

POLL: Should the ‘sport’ of trophy hunting be banned?

October 28, 2018February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 14 Comments

While he was vacationing in Africa, Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Blake Fischer did a lot of shooting. Not with a camera, unfortunately, but with a rifle and bow. Fischer and his wife slaughtered over a dozen animals during Nambia’s trophy hunting season, including a giraffe, leopard, impala, sable antelope, waterbuck, kudu, warthog and, most […]

Read More

Mammals of Kruger Park

Mammals of Kruger Park

March 18, 2018December 23, 2019 Yoav Perlman 2 Comments

In my last post from South Africa, I will share some photos of mammals and reptiles we encountered in Kruger Park. Even though we did not find any surprising animals, it was exciting to see large numbers of common mammals. After the low densities we had experienced in Hluhluwe, Kruger Park felt like the Real […]

Read More

Serengeti’s spring rhythms

Serengeti’s spring rhythms

December 19, 2017December 23, 2019 Mike Haworth 5 Comments

This is the last post from my Serengeti trip in September with CNP Safaris travelling around the western corridor in their wonderful specialised photographic vehicle. The Grumeti Tented Camp was absolutely superb and the staff were friendly, attentive and the best. Rather than give you too many words, I thought I would rather show you […]

Read More

Serengeti Cheetah and Giraffe Interaction

Serengeti Cheetah and Giraffe Interaction

October 25, 2017December 23, 2019 Mike Haworth Leave a comment

Still in the Western Corridor of the Serengeti and after a relatively unsuccessful previous day waiting for our “flat cats” to raise themselves and start moving and playing, we were up and on our way by 6h30 the next morning full of expectation that a fresh start would reveal something quite unexpected. Our guide, Yona, […]

Read More

Serengeti lion gallery

Serengeti lion gallery

October 18, 2017December 23, 2019 Mike Haworth 1 Comment

I was privileged to be able to visit the Western Corridor of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania in mid-September 2017 with CNP Safaris. We were based at the Grumeti Tented Camp. “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all the while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To […]

Read More

Mashatu baboons

Mashatu baboons

October 8, 2017December 23, 2019 Mike Haworth 2 Comments

It was late on a winter afternoon in August at one of the remaining pools of water in the Majale river in Mashatu Nature Reserve, the sun was low and shining fully onto the section of the river we were overlooking, when a troop of baboons came down to drink. “Animals should not require our […]

Read More

Posts navigation

1 2 Older posts

Most Viewed

  • The leopard was filmed leaping into a moving car during its horrific rampage (Image: ANI News) Desperate leopard which mauled 15 during hunger ... 0.9k views
  • Petition: Demand End to Legal Slaughter of Black Bears Petition: Demand End to Legal Slaughter of ... 591 views
  • YOUTUBE/METRO RICHMOND ZOO Insanely Cute Pygmy Hippo Baby Born at ... 475 views
  • YOUTUBE/GEOBEATS ANIMALS A Couple Found an Abandoned Fawn Who ... 468 views
  • Results of the Best Photo of the Month November 2022 Results of the Best Photo of the ... 387 views
  • Photographer Anne-Marie Scheepers, 52, took the pictures while visiting the Kruger National Park in South Africa It’s a croc eat croc world: Moment ... 360 views
  • PIXABAY/ARTTOWER When Fins Fly — Face-Off in Salish ... 310 views
  • Orphaned Polar Bear Cub Captured and Brought to Alaska Zoo in Rare Decision Orphaned Polar Bear Cub Captured and Brought ... 278 views
  • Reindeer graze on Spitsbergen island in Svalbard in May. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images Svalbard reindeer thrive as they shift diet ... 214 views
  • PIXABAY/STRICHPUNKT Mountain Lions Near Colorado Town Kill 15 ... 154 views

Most Commented

  • Belugaland Belugaland 6 comments
  • Bamboo rats, such as this one on a farm in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, are mainly farmed for their meat. Photograph: Hap/Quirky China News/REX/Shutterstock China’s return to wildlife farming ‘a risk ... 5 comments
  • Elephant Dies After Spending Months With Snare Stuck on Her Neck and Throat Elephant Dies After Spending Months With Snare ... 4 comments
  • This young jaguar’s “portrait” was captured by a remote camera as it headed for a favored napping place on a tree bough. Image © Steve Winter/National Geographic/Big Cat Voices. Brazil’s Pantanal is at risk of collapse ... 4 comments
  • Elephant-related tourism in Thailand is a £415million-a-year industry (Image: Save Elephant Foundation) Stabbed, chained, tortured: Horrific truth about elephant ... 4 comments
  • Cute Baby Elephant Plays in Water at Sanctuary in Thailand Cute Baby Elephant Plays in Water at ... 3 comments
  • Golden Eagle Released Back into the Wild After Long 9-Month Recovery Golden Eagle Released Back into the Wild ... 2 comments
  • Bright, unique colors can put tropical songbirds at greater risk Bright, unique colors can put tropical songbirds ... 2 comments
  • A wild boar is trapped in a cage placed by park rangers as part of efforts to control their proliferation in Rome, Italy. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters Italy to let hunters loose against ‘invasion’ ... 2 comments
  • ADOBE STOCK / RICHARD CAREY A LARGE NUMBER OF BLUE WHALES, HUMPBACK WHALES, AND VULNERABLE SOUTHERN RIGHT KILLER WHALES ARE BEING KILLED BY SPEEDING SHIPS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. Speeding Ships Are Killing Hundreds Of Whales ... 2 comments

Galleries

  • Ducks
  • Swans
  • Insects
  • Large Landbirds
  • Mammals
  • Seabirds
  • Small Landbirds
  • Waders
  • Geese
Top 25 Blogs of 2021

Threatened Bird Species

  • Species Champions
  • CR: Critically Endangered
  • EN: Endangered
  • VU: Vulnerable
  • NT: Near Threatened
  • Threatened Bird Species
Top Zoo and Wildlife Photography Blogs
Top 10 UK Wildlife Photography Blogs

Categories

  • Blogs
  • Books
  • Competitions
  • Editorials
  • News
  • Petitions
  • Polls
  • Videos
  • Wildlife
Top Photography Blogs
Outdoor Photography

Mount one of our logos on your website

Focusing on Wildlife
Fatbirder's Top 1000 Birding Websites

  • About Us
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • Privacy Policy
  • WordPress Hosting
  • Contact
  • Exchange Links
  • Want to Join Us
  • Species Champions
  • Promote Our Logos
  • Galleries
  • WildFocus
  • Upload an Image
  • Members Galleries
  • Photo Competition
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
sparkling Theme by Colorlib Powered by WordPress