An unusually bold bobcat in Connecticut met the business end of a crutch when it chose the wrong person to mess with in Columbia, a sparsely populated town about 25 miles east of Hartford. The same animal has reportedly “terrorized” other residents in the area in recent days. Bobcat Attack A man was bitten in […]
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Is the Jaguarundi Extinct in the United States?
A few times a year, wildlife officials in Texas receive excited phone calls. “I just saw something that looks like a really big cat, or maybe a giant weasel,” a caller might say. “Was it a jaguarundi?” No, they’re not reporting a sighting of a mythical beast like the chupacabra. But they might as well […]
Panthers now number one predator of white-tailed deer in Southwest Florida
A new study by the University of Georgia found Florida panthers are the No. 1 cause of mortality for white-tailed deer in Southwest Florida. The researchers set out to get a better picture of what factors most affect the survival of Florida’s white-tailed deer, the most popular game species in the state and a key […]
Wild Florida: White-tail deer were nearly hunted to extinction
White-tailed deer are an integral part of Myakka’s ecosystems. But by the 1930s, unregulated hunting practically eliminated deer from Sarasota County. In fact, when Myakka River State Park was established in 1941, to protect the Myakka River valley from development, many species of wildlife, including deer, had been hunted to near extinction. To restore deer, […]
Bobcat populations threatened by extended hunting season despite activist objections
LANSING, Mich. — In the southern Lower Peninsula, hunters and trappers can now shoot bobcats in the fall. Members of the Natural Resource Commission voted 7-0 on Thursday to expand the bobcat season to nine more counties: Muskegon, Montcalm, Gratiot, Saginaw, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, and Shiawassee, over the objections of animal activists. Wildcats with […]
Mountain lions slaughtered to protect endangered bighorn sheep
To help conserve a unique species of bighorn sheep, three Montana mountain lions were recently slain on Flathead Lake’s Wild Horse Island. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) recently revealed that three mountain lions were being hunted on the 2,163-acre island by their biologists. The cats have long been an issue for […]
Every year in Virginia, barbaric “killing contests” take place, and they are nothing but tragic and frightening
While dogfighting and cockfighting are no longer legal in the United States, numerous animal species, such as bobcats, coyotes, crows, foxes, marmots, mountain lions, prairie dogs, rabbits, and raccoons, are nonetheless endangered. Every year, barbaric “Killing contests” take place, and they are nothing but tragic and distressing. They’re essentially competitions to see who can spill […]
Campaign to save California’s mountain lions raises millions to build one of world’s biggest wildlife bridges
The mountain lions are under threat of extinction from inbreeding because the freeway restricts their ability to roam and broaden their gene pool. The survival of California’s mountain lions is a step closer following renewed fundraising efforts to build one of the world’s biggest wildlife bridges in the state. Spanning the 101 Freeway, it will […]