In a stunningly shortsighted and ill-advised decision, New Jersey officials voted Tuesday to bring back the state’s trophy hunt of black bears. The disappointing move was approved Tuesday by a unanimous vote of the state’s Fish and Game Council and supported by a finding of “imminent peril” to public safety by New Jersey Gov. Phil […]
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Conservationists Say US-Mexico Border is Blocking Movement of Wild Animals and Causing an ‘Ecocide’
The United States-Mexico border is blocking the movement of wild animals, and conservationists are warning that it is causing a possible “ecocide.” Southern Arizona and northern Mexico are home to thousands of native animal and plant species. Before the border wall was built in 1994, the animals used to roam freely back and forth. […]
6 Exciting Ways To See More Wild Animals
Generally speaking, all animals are spectacular, but there’s just something special about the wild ones that words cannot describe properly. Maybe it’s the fact that we do not get to see them on a regular basis, hence coming face to face with them is a truly extraordinary experience. Unfortunately, the modern world hasn’t given its […]
Animals Asia Rescues Bear Named Paddington From Cruel Bile Farm in Vietnam
Animals Asia, an animal welfare charity, saved Paddington the Asian black bear from a bile farm last week. When the organization first learned about Paddington through the Forest Protection Department in Nam Dinh, Vietnam, they knew they needed to save her. The Forest Protection Department told the organization that an officer had spotted Paddington stuck […]
Forbidden fruit trees: Canadian national park urges locals to remove bear-attracting bushes
The waning days of summer and a bounty of ripe fruit have pitted hungry black bears against park rangers in a fight over a Canadian mountain town’s fruit trees. Residents living in the Jasper national park townsite have been warned that fruit trees on their properties are luring in black bears and need to be […]
Rare One-In-A-Million Spirit Bear Spotted On Michigan Trail
A one-in-a-million black bear was captured on camera in Michigan and people can’t get enough of it. A Michigan trail camera managed to photograph a white-colored black bear in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Photos of the bear were shared in a Facebook post by an Upper Peninsula trekking guide Facebook page, Yooper Outdoors […]
Sweet spot: bear crashes Connecticut birthday party to steal cupcakes
A birthday picnic ended in a big surprise for a Connecticut family when a black bear emerged from the woods and made a beeline for their cupcakes. Rauf and Laura Majidian captured video of the bear as it raided a table of goodies laid out for their two-year-old son Cyrus’s party at their West Hartford […]
Black Bear Cub Tortured to Death After Innocently Wandering into a Town to Find Water
This poor black bear cub was tortured to death after innocently wandering into a village in Mexico looking for water. The 4-month-old cub ended up in Castaños town, in the Mexican state of Coahuila, where the locals heartlessly tied the bear’s legs together, at it, and choked it to death, Mexico News Daily reported. Footage […]