A warning has been issued for the tell tale signs of illegal fox hunt “cubbing” that people need to be on the look out for in Yorkshire. Cubbing, as the name suggests, is the practice of using young hounds to hunt fox cubs before the main season begins later in the year. The illegal practice […]
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Gambling-fuelled ‘taxi hunts’ run by rich and powerful are wiping out SA’s most endangered bokkie
A deadly cocktail of “taxi hunts”, racial conflict and state capture threatens to wipe out SA’s most endangered buck, the diminutive oribi, say farmers. The claims emerged in interviews with 50 KwaZulu-Natal game farmers who told zoologists taxi hunts — in which up to 150 starving, trained dogs compete in gambling-fuelled night-time bloodbaths — are […]
9 Bills That Will Destroy Montana’s Wildlife
Right now, four Montana lawmakers are waging a hot war against America’s most celebrated native carnivores. Their attack on Montana’s wolves, grizzly bears, black bears, and other wildlife shows no signs of slowing down, and the bills they have introduced could sentence hundreds of animals to their deaths. Wolves, bears, and other wildlife are far […]
Calls for future Northern Ireland Assembly to ban hunting with dogs
There have been calls for any future Northern Ireland Assembly to ban hunting with dogs as a matter of priority. The calls come ahead of scores of traditional hunts that are due to take place on Wednesday. Boxing Day and New Year’s Day are the biggest events in the hunting calendar across the UK – despite […]