Gambling-fuelled ‘taxi hunts’ run by rich and powerful are wiping out SA’s most endangered bokkie

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 […]

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MPs to debate intensive grouse hunting after 111,000 people sign petition

MPs to debate intensive grouse hunting after 111,000 people sign petition

MPs will debate banning intensive grouse shooting after 111,000 people signed a petition demanding curbs. Campaigners, including TV presenter Chris Packham, want the bloodsport axed, warning it harms the environment and wildlife. The petition says: “It’s time to provide an opportunity to implement immediate, legislative and meaningful measures to address this abhorrently destructive practice.” MPs […]

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32 pelicans mutilated in California: ‘Someone is intentionally breaking’ wings, group says

32 pelicans mutilated in California: ‘Someone is intentionally breaking’ wings, group says

A Southern California wildlife organization is searching for answers after more than 30 pelicans have been attacked and mutilated alongside the state’s coast. The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center, a nonprofit group that works with injured wildlife in Orange County, said on Monday that 32 brown pelicans have been significantly injured between the cities of […]

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Shocking truth about lion hunting to be revealed at Monte-Carlo Film Festival

Shocking truth about lion hunting to be revealed at Monte-Carlo Film Festival

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival will host the premiere screening of an investigative documentary as part of their collaboration with the Prince Albert II Foundation. Unveiling a shocking truth, Lions, Bones & Bullets is a documentary getting to the bottom of lion hunting. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, in a mission to understand where the virus […]

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