Taking Cue From ‘Caddyshack,’ Trump National Golf Club Shoots Gophers

Taking Cue From ‘Caddyshack,’ Trump National Golf Club Shoots Gophers

Apparently inspired by the movie “Caddyshack,” the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., is dealing with gophers, squirrels and other critters in an unusual, cruel and illegal way: by shooting them. In “Caddyshack,” groundskeeper Carl Spackler, played by Bill Murray, tries unsuccessfully to kill a destructive gopher using several cartoonishly violent methods, […]

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British Columbia Just Banned Trophy Hunting of Grizzly Bears

British Columbia Just Banned Trophy Hunting of Grizzly Bears

After more than a decade of campaigning by conservationists, trophy hunters will finally stop senselessly killing grizzly bears in British Columbia. The province’s spring and fall grizzly hunts have drawn widespread opposition from the public and conservation organizations since they were restarted over a decade ago, but they’ve been allowed to continue. Although population numbers […]

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