Animal activists and wildlife conservationists have long since sounded the alarms of the detrimental effects of close encounter with wildlife attractions. Now there is proof that human-animal contact is not the best thing for wild animals and, worse, can cause irrevocable harm. New research on the popular wildlife tourist attraction known as “cub-petting” reveals the […]
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Italian bear famous for bakery break-in dies after being hit by car
Italians are mourning the death of a rare brown bear who became famous for his jaunts to small mountain villages in the Abruzzo region. Affectionately known as Juan Carrito, the three-year-old Marsican bear was killed after being hit by a car in the town of Castel di Sangro on Monday afternoon. “It is with great […]

Scottish Government Finally Ends Loopholes That Allow Fox Hunting
In a landmark decision, the Scottish Government ended the ‘sport’ of fox hunting for the first time ever. Now, under the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill, which the Parliament just passed, there will be a two-dog limit for flushing wild mammals to guns. Scottish animal welfare charity OneKind has been campaigning for the end to […]

A Race Against Time to Save the Most Endangered Gorillas In The World
The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is the most endangered of all gorillas, with only an estimated 300 individuals remaining in the wild, the World Wildlife Fund reports. The Cross River gorilla is found only in a small area spanning the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. According to the WWF, It is here that […]

Bewick’s swan population vanishing in Britain amid the climate crisis
Twenty years ago, before I moved to Somerset, a flock of Bewick’s swans would spend the winter months on the moor near my home. Elsewhere on the levels, flocks of several hundred could be found. Yet in the years since I have lived here, I have seen these elegant birds just a handful of times. […]

Trophy hunter poses with dead lions and has ‘GUN’ car number plate
Posing for a vile photo, here is a Briton who slaughters magnificent animals such as this lion on African hunting holidays. Serial trophy hunter Syed Rizwan, 44, has been on hunts all over the world, his last just before Christmas, part of an industry that has led to more than 1.7 million animals being killed […]

Big step forward in fight to ban extremely cruel hunting methods
A new National Park Service proposed rule marks a substantial step forward for some of our nation’s most iconic wildlife species, including brown and black bears and wolves. The NPS rule would ban certain extremely cruel methods of trophy hunting and trapping on Alaska’s national preserves. We have been fighting hard to achieve this prohibition, […]

Sweden’s biggest wolf cull starts but campaigners fight on
The biggest wolf cull in modern times has begun in Sweden as nature organisations warn it could drastically harm the population. On Monday, the Guardian accompanied 200 hunters as they went to kill wolves in the frost-covered forests between Gävleborg and Dalarna, hunting from midnight until the sun set at 3pm. Groups like this will […]