A coalition of Alaskan native tribes, conservation groups and small businesses have filed a lawsuit in an effort to save America’s largest national forest by overturning one of the Trump administration’s most contentious environmental rollbacks. Protection for the Tongass national forest in Alaska, one of the world’s last intact temperate rainforests, which plays a crucial […]
Tag: brown bear
Heartbreak as brown bears are shot dead by hunters in Spain
Two protected brown bears have been shot dead on what has been dubbed a ‘dark day’ for efforts to preserve the species. The adult females were killed on the same day by wild boar hunters in Spain, despite conservation groups working to grow the population from near-extinction. One of the dead bears, named Sarousse, had […]
Mother bear and cub shot after climbing onto Russian nuclear submarine
The Russian Navy has defended the shooting of a mother bear and its cub on a nuclear submarine following outrage among many social media users. The navy says there was no other option after the animals climbed onto the vessel moored off the Vilyuchinsk base in the far-eastern Kamchatka region. It says a hunting […]
Landscape of fear: why we need the wolf – The Long Read
There’s a monument near Brora, 60 miles short of John o’Groats, that claims to mark the spot where the last wolf in Sutherland was killed. I pass it often in the car. The wolf, it says, was killed by the hunter Polson in or about the year 1700. I know this story. Polson, so it […]
As predators return to Sweden’s wild, ecotourism looks to change mindsets
GÄSTRIKLAND, Sweden — It’s just past 7 p.m. here in the woods along the eastern coast of Sweden. A handful of people are waiting, some of them for the past two hours, peering out from inside a small wooden cabin. The cabin sits at the top of a hill and has sweeping views of the […]
Keeper is mauled to death by bear after entering the animal’s cage at Russian circus
A worker was mauled to death by a performing brown bear after entering the animal’s cage at a top Russian circus. Valentin Bulich, 28, locked himself inside the cage with the unnamed beast, according to the world famous Great Moscow State Circus. The seven-year-old bear tore off his scalp, reports said. Bulich suffered multiple severe wounds […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Month July 2020
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Paamul Jack wins First Prize for his outstanding image ‘Dragonflies at Sunset’. Leigh Lofgren wins Second Prize with “You See Me’ and Third Prize goes to Ken Billington with ‘Love is in the Air – Kestrels Mating’. Please give kudos to the photographers […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Month June 2020
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Rogerio Rodrigues wins First Prize for his outstanding image ‘Twin Brothers’. Larry Master wins Second Prize with “A Loving Mother’ and Third Prize goes to David Desrochers with ‘Coastal Brown Bear Sow Nursing Her Cubs’. Please give kudos to the photographers by leaving […]