A new National Park Service proposed rule marks a substantial step forward for some of our nation’s most iconic wildlife species, including brown and black bears and wolves. The NPS rule would ban certain extremely cruel methods of trophy hunting and trapping on Alaska’s national preserves. We have been fighting hard to achieve this prohibition, […]
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New Jersey Bear Hunting Season Opens After Judges Rule Against Animal Rights Organizations
New Jersey is once again continuing with its highly controversial bear hunt after a two-judge panel ruled against a bid by animal rights organizations to stop the hunt. The two State Appellate Division Judges, Lisa Rose and Carmen Messano, ruled that the animal rights organizations failed to demonstrate they are entitled to injunctive relief. In […]
How a landmark bill and a small patch of land could save Florida’s panthers
Beyond the dirt tracks and swamps of the Florida Everglades lies a narrow, unremarkable strip of land that has taken on outsize importance in the battle to save the state’s critically endangered panthers. Barely 11 miles (18km) long and a mile wide, Chaparral Slough occupies a forgotten corner of south-west Florida, where cattle roam, cowboys […]
Bear dens and ancient trees face onslaught of logging in Poland
We’re on the hunt for brown bear dens in Poland’s Carpathian mountains, on the border with Ukraine. The lairs lie within the gnarled caverns that naturally form at the base of decaying fir trees when they get to about 130 years old. Each den is slightly different – some have rocky bottoms, others have been […]
Bird hunter is knocked down and trampled by a 677lb grizzly in front of his wife before he shoots the enraged bear in Montana
A bird hunter was knocked down and trampled by a 677lb grizzly in front of his wife before he shot the enraged bear in Montana. He was at the Glacier National Park in Montana on Tuesday afternoon hunting on private property with his wife and their dogs when the bear knocked him over, charged and […]
From brown bears to grey wolves, Europe’s persecuted carnivores are bouncing back
In the latest of what can often seem like the “final nails in the coffin” of biodiversity across Europe, we heard in recent weeks that UK environmental protection is under threat. But while the global scale of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss remain alarming, vital new research, which I helped lead, shows there are […]
Grizzly Bear Grabbing Moose Calf From Right In Front Of Its Mother Is Proof That Nature Is Brutal
Nature is brutal, there’s no way around it. Especially in areas where grizzly bears roam, the thought that you can be going about your day when BAM you’re suddenly being eaten by a thousand pound beast is terrifying, yet it’s the reality many people and animals face on the daily. This video from Glacier National Park […]
Two Brown Bears Take Turns Scratching Their Back On Trees In Hilarious Video From Alaskan State Park
Ahh, that’s the spot… If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times: Bears are not only ferocious killers, but some of the most fascinating, and at times hilarious, creatures out there. While we spend a lot of time saying these creatures aren’t cuddly and cute like Baloo from The Jungle Book, sometimes they […]