The world has long associated plummeting populations of Southeast Asian wildlife with news of forest degradation and poignant images of deforested lands. Recent studies, however, bring to light another human practice that’s been driving the decline of wildlife numbers in these ecosystems. Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) in Berlin, […]
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Lebanese Minister Marwan Kheireddine Hunts Animals For Fun
Since hunting humans is not currently accessible to local bankers and politicians (but stay tuned, it’s probably underway!), Lebanese Minister of State and Al-Mawarid Bank Chairman Marwan Kheireddine has decided he enjoys hunting animals for sport. Amazing! And by amazing, I mean disgusting. In a photoshoot in Hunter and Safari Magazine that can only be described […]
Rich trophy hunters pay to shoot reindeer in wild – say it’s ‘magical’ experience
Rich trophy hunters are paying to shoot reindeer in the wild. Brits are being offered the chance to join a trip where they can stalk and kill real-life Rudolphs in a national park. The animals being targeted by trophy hunters belong to the last surviving population of wild reindeer in Europe and roam in two […]
Donald Trump Jr. Killed an Endangered Mongolian Sheep
During a hunting trip in Mongolia this August, Donald Trump Jr. shot and killed an endangered argali sheep, and received a permit only after the fact. Pro Publica,which broke the news of the kill Wednesday, reported it was unusual for the Mongolian government to issue permits after a hunter has left the region. Trump Jr. […]
Wild boar ‘carnage’ in eastern France was ‘intolerable’ – hunting president
The killing of 158 wild boar in a single day’s hunting in eastern France has sparked anger in the region and accusations of “carnage”, even if the hunters were within their allowed quotas. The boar were killed in a “battue” in which beaters drove the game towards the 82 hunters last Wednesday in the eastern […]
Slaughter of the songbirds: the fight against France’s ‘barbaric’ glue traps
It is early morning in the heart of Provence, and somewhere behind the tall black pine trees a rousing dawn chorus begins. We are crouching out of sight among the rosemary bushes and wild asparagus listening to the melodic musical phrases of song thrushes and blackbirds. This is Marcel Pagnol country, rich in flora and […]
Hunters fined and suspended after killing bears
Two men, one from Granton and the other from St. Marys, have pleaded guilty to several charges after misusing their hunting tags for killing bears in the Sudbury area, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forest (MNRF). The case began on Sept.7, 2019 when officials with the ministry said they received a tip […]
743-pound bear bagged by Nazareth area man is 3rd biggest this season in Pennsylvania
It took 28 years for Matthew Erdie Jr. to bag his first black bear back in 1995, and the fifth one he shot Tuesday is about as big as his first four combined. “It was crazy to get this thing out,” the 67-year-old man told lehighvalleylive.com Wednesday. Erdie shot his 2019 bear around 7:30 a.m. […]