A stunning Canada lynx has been captured on a trail camera in northern Minnesota woodland, with rare footage showing the predator unknowingly striking a pose. Biologist Tom Gable, lead of the Voyageurs Wolf Project, discovered the once-in-a-lifetime footage while reviewing thousands of hours of recordings. The video, which was shot on Kabetogama Peninsula, shows the […]
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Shrimp farms threaten Mexico’s mangroves and the jaguars that inhabit them
Among the spindly saline roots of the mangrove trees that line western Mexico’s coast, the jaguar is the ecosystem’s apex predator. Yet despite being at the top of the food chain, its existence is threatened by the abundance of another, much smaller species: the whiteleg shrimp. Aquaculture of whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), or Pacific white […]
Owner of a Big Cat Sanctuary on Trial for Neglect
The Cat Survival Trust near Welwyn, Hertfordshire, once promised refuge for exotic big cats like Bengals and snow leopards. However, its owner, Terrance Moore, now faces a trial accused of inflicting unnecessary suffering on these majestic creatures. In a grim narrative presented at St Albans Crown Court, prosecutors outlined a scene of neglect and disregard […]
