Chef Stefan Ulfarsson makes no bones about selling whale meat at his restaurant a short walk from Reykjavik’s tourist strip. Indeed, the owner of the Three Frakkar is so proud of it that he had a striking wooden statue of a whale’s tail in the restaurant garden. The tourists pouring into the seafood restaurant are […]
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‘Olympian’ bat killed by cat after record flight from UK to Russia
Nathusius’ pipistrelle weighing just 8g flew 1,254 miles across Europe A tiny record-breaking “Olympian” bat flew more than 1,200 miles from London to Russia but ended up being killed by a cat. The female Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat, weighing only 8g, was found on the ground after her 1,254-mile journey, after being attacked by the cat. […]
Hunter Kills Beloved Lion, Mopani, Outside the Same Park Where Walter Palmer Gunned Down Cecil
The world all but stopped spinning in July 2015 when news broke that Walter Palmer, a Minnesota dentist, had gunned down a beloved lion named Cecil after reportedly paying $50,000 to partake in a hunting expedition to Zimbabwe. The killing ignited international outrage, and caring souls took to Twitter and beyond to demand that Palmer’s […]
Warning to spot the signs of illegal fox hunt ‘cubbing’ in Yorkshire fields
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 […]
Wildcats return to Netherlands after centuries’ absence
They disappeared centuries ago, but wildcats have returned to the forests of the southern Netherlands, local conservationists have said. The wildcat, which has longer legs and a flatter head than its domestic cousin, disappeared from modern-day Dutch territories in the middle ages as a result of hunting and forest clearance. The return of the animal, […]
Debate over radical plan to farm kangaroos in Australia – Should it be legalized?
Kangaroos would be farmed across Australia under a radical new plan advocates say would create income for landholders and better animal welfare outcomes. While many farmers shoot macropods, like kangaroos and wallabies, to make way for livestock and crops, the proposal would see pastoralists paid to retain and “manage” them. In an upcoming paper, Professor George […]
How the Head of the N.R.A. and His Wife Secretly Shipped Their Elephant Trophies Home
In the early fall of 2013, an export company in Botswana prepared a shipment of animal parts for Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association, and his wife, Susan. One of the business’s managers e-mailed the couple a list of trophies from their recent hunt and asked them to confirm its accuracy: one […]
Southeast Asia losing tigers as deadline looms to double population by 2022
Tigers once roamed throughout the dense forested interior of mainland Southeast Asia and several islands of Indonesia. Positioned at the pinnacle of the food chain, tigers maintain ecosystem balance, and by protecting them, we can preserve entire biodiverse landscapes. However, the long-term survival of this flagship conservation species now hangs in the balance. In 2010, […]