Endangered Formosan black bears caught in Taiwanese ‘snaring crisis’ (commentary)

Endangered Formosan black bears caught in Taiwanese ‘snaring crisis’ (commentary)

In 2020 a report titled “Wildlife-snaring crisis in Asian Forests” was published by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), estimating that over 12 million snares engulf Indochinese forests (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) alone, mostly in ‘protected’ areas. By contrast, it is difficult to know how many snares blanket Taiwan’s mountainous forests, but it is safe […]

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Petition: Demand Alaska End Predator Control Programs and Adopt Ethical Wildlife Management

Petition: Demand Alaska End Predator Control Programs and Adopt Ethical Wildlife Management

The Alaska Board of Game has extended it’s predator control program, resulting in the murder of numerous bears and wolves — 94 brown bears, five black bears, and five wolves — in just May and June. These actions, meant to boost caribou calf survival, lack scientific evidence and severely disrupt Alaska’s ecosystems by slaughtering innocent […]

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