Any hunter knows the hazards of not wearing blaze orange when hunting. In addition, any hunter knows the dangers of brush hunting, meaning, hearing a noise in the brush and shooting in that direction, thinking it’s a game animal. According to Fox News, Vermont, 35-year-old James Cameron was shot in the belly walking to a […]
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More than 1,000 coyotes have been slaughtered in Oregon’s ‘killing contests’ over the past 4 years
Earlier this week, we led a coalition of organizations in submitting a petition to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission proposing a ban on killing contests in the state. Wildlife killing contests are grisly events where participants compete to kill as many animals as possible for the chance to win cash and prizes. For instance, […]
Boy, 9, savagely mauled by brown bear ‘protecting her cub’ on hunting trip
A nine-year-old boy on a hunting trip has been left with serious injuries after being mauled by a brown bear. The young lad was attacked alongside a 41-year-old male while in the forest north of Anchorage in Alaska yesterday, according to Alaska State Troopers. The pair were approaching a brown bear and her cub when […]
New oil refinery ‘a huge disaster’ for Nigerian forest reserve
IWUOCHANG, Nigeria — It was morning in mid-March and the wooden canoe skimmed silently across the Ibeno River in the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom. A young boy and an elderly man paddled with measured rhythm towards the shore of Iwuochang, where passengers disembarked beside a group of chatting fishers and a pile of […]
Michigan man survives grizzly bear attack while hunting moose
A Michigan man nearly met his maker while he was hunting for moose in Alaska, after he and a group of hunters unknowingly stumbled upon a grizzly bear and her cubs. Nicholas Kuperus, 33, was hunting in northern Alaska, approximately 300 miles north of Anchorage, when he and his group accidentally came across the path […]
Eats, hops and breeds: New Zealand’s worsening wallaby plague
Pete Peeti flicks off the headlights, cuts the ignition and lets his truck roll quietly down a bush track, deep in the heart of New Zealand’s North Island. Twilight is slipping into night and rain is falling in thick drapes. “Close your door quietly when you get out,” Peeti says. He slings his gun over […]
The bloody truth behind Japan’s dolphin hunting
Just after 6am, a fleet of 11 fishing boats left Taiji harbour on Japan’s southern Pacific coast. Within an hour, the boats were lined up in a formation, encircling a pod of 18 Risso’s dolphins and forcing them into a cove. Nets were set to trap the dolphins, and soon after, seven dolphin trainers from […]
UK Will Allow Hunters to Shoot Wild Deers At Night As Population Rises to Two Million
The United Kingdom has removed some rules on shooting wild deer at night because they say deer numbers have risen to two million and it’s harming the trees. The deer population in the UK has increased from 450,000 in the 1970s to a current two, which is the highest it has been for over 1,000 […]