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Outcry as North Carolina allows bear hunting in sanctuaries

Outcry as North Carolina allows bear hunting in sanctuaries

March 15, 2022March 12, 2022 Supertrooper 3 Comments

A decades-long ban on bear hunting in parts of North Carolina has been overturned by the state’s wildlife resources commission, in a move that has sparked outcry from local residents and American animal rights groups. The North Carolina commission voted to allow bear hunting in three bear sanctuaries, encompassing an area of 92,500 acres of […]

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Vultures who came to stay bring year of acid vomit and toxic feces to small town

Vultures who came to stay bring year of acid vomit and toxic feces to small town

November 3, 2021November 1, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Residents of a North Carolina town have spoken of their dismay after spending more than a year besieged by scores of buzzards. The birds, which arrived in Bunn in late 2020, quickly staked out their territory in the 344-person town. Standing at 2ft tall, clad in dark brown feathers, and described as “graceful in flight” […]

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Petition: Protect Red Wolves in North Carolina!

Petition: Protect Red Wolves in North Carolina!

August 2, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 16 Comments

Due to a recovery program, the few red wolves that are left live only in the state of North Carolina after being released in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge from a captive breeding program. As of 2001, there were about 120 red wolves in the wild, but their population is down. There are currently […]

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Echoes of Jaws as Cape Cod learns to live with rise of the great white shark

Echoes of Jaws as Cape Cod learns to live with rise of the great white shark

June 24, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

When beachgoers arrive at Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod peninsula, the first thing they see is a large sign displaying a photo of a great white shark. It reads: “WARNING. Great white sharks hunt seals in the shallow water at this beach. People have been seriously injured or killed by sharks […]

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The Republican plan to doom wild red wolves, possibly forever

The Republican plan to doom wild red wolves, possibly forever

September 13, 2018February 21, 2022 Supertrooper 3 Comments

One of the rarest mammals on earth, the red wolf, is likely headed for extinction in the wild. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a rule that would dramatically curtail the 30-year-old program to reintroduce the critically endangered red wolf in North Carolina by allowing the wolves to be killed if they wander […]

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POLL: Should wildlife officials maintain red wolf recovery efforts?

POLL: Should wildlife officials maintain red wolf recovery efforts?

May 8, 2018February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 5 Comments

Conservationists were already fighting an uphill battle to save endangered red wolves, a grim picture for the future survival of this species. These wolves once roamed vast portions of the southeast, but were essentially wiped out by the 1960s due to habitat loss and predator control programs. In 1973, they were protected under the Endangered […]

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POLL: Should the keeping of dangerous wild animals as pets be banned?

POLL: Should the keeping of dangerous wild animals as pets be banned?

May 26, 2017February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 9 Comments

In a victory for wildlife, South Carolina has officially passed a law that bans keeping dangerous wild animals as pets. The new law, which was just signed by Governor Henry McMaster, will now ban the private possession of big cats, non-native bears and great apes. “We applaud the provisions of this bill that prohibit the […]

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Viral Shark Video Gives Rare Look at a Feeding Frenzy

Viral Shark Video Gives Rare Look at a Feeding Frenzy

October 20, 2014February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 3 Comments

A video posted on YouTube shows as many as a hundred sharks devouring a school of bluefish near a beach, a rarely seen phenomenon. The sharks are so focused on their meal that several wash up on the sand, putting their lives in danger, a scientist says. According to the YouTube posting, the video was […]

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