Hunters have killed 152 bears so far during New Jersey’s latest black bear hunt, according to the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife. Wildlife officials say that 58 bears were culled on Tuesday, a day after 94 were killed on the hunt’s opening day. The hunt is restricted to five zones, as Gov. Phil […]
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The Spanish businessman who hunted a museum’s worth of animals
Marcial Gómez Sequeira, former president of the private health insurance company Sanitas, keeps hundreds of stuffed animals at his mansion in La Moraleja, Madrid, the wealthiest neighborhood in all of Spain. On a sunny fall afternoon, he strolls around one of two halls used to house his trophies, explaining where each was hunted and killed. […]
South Dakota will allow trophy hunters to kill 30 percent of its mountain lions
South Dakota has a notorious history of mismanaging its mountain lion population and playing into the hands of trophy hunters. In past years, the Mount Rushmore state has repeatedly increased its hunting quota for the animals, despite evidence that its lion population is on the decline. But this week, the state surpassed its own sordid […]
Hunting Outfit Has Buy-One-Get-One-Free Deal on Lions
For trophy hunters who like a good discount on killing, one South African hunting outfit is now offering a buy-one-get-one-free deal for lions. Anyone who pays to kill a male lion can then kill a female lion for free. Mukulu African Hunting Safaris in South Africa is calling the offer a “Black Friday special.” The […]
Tragic fate of animals being boiled or skinned alive in booming wildlife trade
Millions of wild animals are being kept as exotic pets or killed and turned into fashion accessories, according to a shock new report. Seals, crocodiles, elephants and pythons are among those being killed or traded alive as demand soars from consumers in the west. In just four years, over 2.7 million vulnerable animals from Africa […]
British trophy hunters slay ‘at risk’ zebras for fun and post sickening photographs of themselves grinning alongside the slaughtered animals on Facebook
British trophy hunters have been slaying ‘at risk’ zebras in South Africa before posting photographs of the slaughtered animals online, it has been revealed. The grinning tourists share the sickening images to social media after embarking on expensive ‘hunt’ safaris across the vast African plains. One ‘trophy hunter’, Andy Denson, who is believed to be […]
‘We know they aren’t feeding’: fears for polar bears over shrinking Arctic ice
The loss of Arctic ice from glaciers, polar land and sea is increasing faster than many scientists expected, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report on oceans and the cryosphere said this week. That’s bad news for polar bear populations, a top expert involved in field studies on the endangered animals has told […]
Petition: Ban Arranged Trophy Hunts That Teach Children to Kill Helpless Animals!
Trophy hunting is so cruel and unnecessary, it can be hard to believe that there are actually companies that profit from arranging such cruelty as activities. Trophy hunters can pay obscene amounts of money to kill animals. For instance, a few months ago, a man paid $110,000 to kill stalk and kill the endangered national […]