A man pled guilty to multiple charges after recording his dogs ripping apart wild animals in what the Scottish SPCA calls the ‘worst’ videos they’ve ever seen. Unfortunately, dog fighting and hunting are still widely practiced, despite them being incredibly cruel. Callum Muir pled guilty to multiple charges after his home was raided by police, […]
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21 percent of all reptile species worldwide are threatened with extinction
According to The Guardian, the largest study ever conducted on the extinction risk of reptiles on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned that 21% of all reptile species worldwide are threatened with extinction, which could have a “devastating” effect on the planet’s ecosystems. According to […]
Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers found dead in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island
Authorities announced Monday that three critically endangered Sumatran tigers were found dead after being trapped in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the latest setback for a species whose numbers are estimated to be about 400. A female and a male tiger were discovered dead Sunday at a palm oil plantation in East Aceh district of […]
Trophy hunter paid $50,000 to kill Botswana’s biggest elephant for its record-breaking tusks
Trophy hunters in Botswana slaughtered the country’s largest elephant for its nearly 8-foot-long tusks. According to Wildlife At Risk International, the elephant had 200 pounds of ivory in its tusks and was the largest to be hunted in the country since 1996. According to The New York Times, the trophy hunter traveled to Botswana and […]
Does Tajikistan’s population of snow leopards really depend on trophy hunting for its survival?
The rare and secretive snow leopard is one of the few beasts that has captured human imagination. Fewer than 7,000 Panthera uncia are expected to persist over Asia’s high mountains, according to the red list of threatened species. A fifth of them dwell in Tajikistan’s Pamir mountains, the world’s third-highest environment after the Himalayan and […]
The gruesome hunting season in Argentina is now in full swing
The gruesome hunting season in Argentina is in full swing, and international hunters are flying in aboard private jets, seeking to kill for the thrill in hunting spots like La Pampa. These hunters track down and kill pumas, capybaras, buffaloes, and members of several other animal species, often displaying their dead animal “trophies” on social […]
Hawaii is waging war against invasive axis deer which are damaging the native ecosystem
Along with tens of thousands of feral chickens and boars, Hawaii is now waging war against another invasive species: axis deer. Honolulu Civil Beat reported that there are almost 50,000 of these deer roaming between Ulupalakua and Paia on Maui, according to a recent study from KIA Hawaii, a local ungulate management company. An existential […]
Damien Cooley, the auctioneer hunter, proudly posted his trophy kill on Instagram
A five-time winning auctioneer on The Block has responded to his critics after he killed a deer and posted a celebratory photo of the hunt on Instagram on Tuesday. Damien Cooley told Daily Mail Australia on Thursday that anti-hunting activists are entitled to their opinion, but he is nevertheless ‘genuinely proud’ of his kill. Animal […]