The “naming and shaming” of salmon farms which have shot 180 seals around the Scottish coast over the last two years has prompted calls for a boycott by consumers and supermarkets. The caged salmon industry, backed by the Scottish Government, fought to keep the identities of the individual fish farms and companies that killed seals […]
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Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 29 Aug 2015
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Juan Carlos Vindas wins First Prize for his brilliant composition “Resplendent Quetzal and Ferns”. Laval Roy wins Second Prize for his outstanding capture “Don’t Worry Mom, I’m Here”. Third Place goes to Robert Strickland for “Cedar Waxwing”. See detailed results below: […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 29 Aug 2015
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]
Rare New Zealand birds killed accidentally as cull goes wrong
In a tragic case of mistaken identity, four critically endangered takahē birds have been accidentally killed in New Zealand after hunters misidentified the animals as a more common species. The mixup occurred at a sanctuary on Motutapu Island, where volunteers from the Deerstalkers Association, a national body representing hunters, were participating in a regulated cull […]
POLL: When bears kill humans should they be slaughtered?
A mother grizzly bear and her two baby cubs may be put to death if a DNA test proves she was responsible for killing and eating a hiker in America’s Yellowstone National Park. The three bears are awaiting the results of a lab test but their case has already sparked cries of outrage from nature […]
Junk Drug Craze Means Three Dead Rhinos a Day
Rhinos are on a path to extinction, possibly within a decade. Thank the losers who ingest their horns, hoping for a little help in the sack. There are maybe 20,000 rhinos left and they don’t have much chance against poachers with AK-47s and saws feeding an Asian market that prices these medically useless horns at […]
POLL: Should spring hunting on Malta be stopped?
Fiona Burrows is the kind of activist that hunters in Malta love to hate. The Nottingham 30-year-old has been threatened, cursed at, and pushed around while doing the job she says she lives for: stealthily filming the illegal hunting of protected migratory birds and reporting perpetrators to the police. Burrows takes precautions – she always […]
Poll: Should the mass-killing of starlings with pesticides be allowed?
Land owners surprised to discover tens of thousands of dead birds across the high desert are criticising the federal government over a mass killing of starlings in northern Nevada. The US Department of Agriculture said a pesticide was used to destroy the birds to prevent the spread of disease to dairy cows. Some area residents, […]