Kris Everatt was tracking lion prides as part of his conservation research in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park when he came across dozens of dead vultures near a waterhole. As he walked closer to the waterhole, he saw the mutilated bodies of three lions. Their faces and paws were missing. “I’d never seen a lion with […]
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Slain ‘town moose’ with twins reportedly results in two charged
According to a post by the Lake City Silver World Newspaper, two individuals have been charged in connection with the killing of a well-known and beloved Lake City moose. The incident occurred on October 4, when the mother moose with twins was killed on private land. It was reportedly determined that while the woman who […]
Petition: Ban Poisons Killing Mountain Lions
Mountain lions in the United States are very unfortunate. Human activities often put them in danger or directly target and kill them. They are victims of poaching and trophy hunting in states like Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. South Dakota even recently voted to allow trophy hunters to kill 30 percent of their mountain […]
Norway Now Kills More Whales Than Japan And Iceland Combined
Norway is now the world’s leading whaling nation, killing more whales in the past two years than Japan and Iceland combined. A new report released today calls on the international community to respond to Norway’s systematic efforts to weaken management rules and improve market conditions for its whalers. Frozen in Time: How Modern Norway Clings […]
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 […]
Poachers shot ‘shrieking’ newborn bear cubs and their mother as game camera recorded
A game camera captured footage of two men illegally shooting a sow black bear and two cubs in their den and then attempting to cover it up, according to a Wednesday dispatch from Alaska Wildlife Troopers. What the men didn’t seem to realize: The bears were being monitored on video and audio as a part […]
Arrests Made After Elephant Is Shot 70 Times and Mutilated by Hunters
Six arrests in the case of an elephant who had been shot 70 times and whose tusks had been hacked off will hopefully serve as a warning to others. Only about 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants remain in the world. Last week,officials in Malaysia discovered the mutilated corpse of one of these endangered animalson the island […]
More than 1000 kangaroos to be shot in south-west in new harvest program
More than 1000 kangaroos will be shot for pet food in the south-west under a new, permanent program that starts today. Warrnambool City, Moyne, Corangamite and Glenelg Shires are included in the seven “harvest zones” identified by the state government as areas with ‘significant’ kangaroo numbers. An allocated number of marsupials, 1,865 in the Otway […]