The U.S. issued more than 300 elephant trophy import permits during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to records obtained by U.S.-based NGO the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD). It’s the most ever issued on Trump’s watch in a year, and indicates that as many as 300 elephants were killed. Trophies are usually […]
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Chernobyl’s radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free. Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, sand-colored and almost toy-like in appearance — graze in a radioactive landscape larger than Luxembourg. On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine sent […]
Specieswatch: push to reintroduce lynx into UK gathers momentum
The UK and Ireland are among the few countries in northern Europe without the apex predator the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Like most of Britain’s larger native animals, wolves and beavers, it was hunted to extinction, in this case about 1,300 years ago, helping to push the UK towards the distinction of being the most […]
Concern over ‘cruel’ fox traps on Black Mountain
A wildlife conservationist has spoken of his “heartbreak” after finding makeshift fox traps on Belfast’s Black Mountain. Aaron Kelly said the traps were made out of old shopping trollies and hidden on privately-owned land overlooking the city. One was baited with a dead magpie on a lever which would slam the trapdoor shut behind any […]
Man Saves Fox Cub with Head Trapped in Tin Can – Watch the Heartwarming Rescue! (VIDEO)
Everyone’s been asking, “What does the fox say?” – well, not much when his head is stuck in a metal can. We’ve seen foxes curl up in backyards and diving headfirst into the snow, but the baby fox in the video below gets himself into a rather precarious position. This poor little cub became a […]
UK Fox Hunters Seek Legal Protections Amid Controversial Ban
In a novel legal maneuver, a group of English fox hunters, led by activist Ed Swales, is preparing to challenge the long-standing ban on fox hunting by seeking to have their pro-hunting stance recognized as a protected belief under the Equality Act. This move comes in response to the 2005 legislation that outlawed the traditional […]
In Montana’s Northern Plains, Swift Foxes Are Back from the Brink
In “Return of the No’ouhah Tok a’na” — the Third-Place Winner of the 2024 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — filmmaker Roshan Patel documents how Fort Belknap tribal members in northern Montana are helping to reintroduce a native carnivore to its historic range. The swift fox — known as Nóouhàh-Toka’na to the Aaniiih and Nakoda […]
Eagle attacks, red invaders and a genetic bottleneck: inside the fight to save arctic foxes
Deep in the Norwegian mountains, amid a vast expanse of bright snow and howling winds, Toralf Mjøen throws a piece of meat into a fenced enclosure and waits for a pair of dark eyes to appear from the snowy den. These curious and playful arctic foxes know Mjøen well. He has been the caretaker at […]