More than 300 beluga whales and 60 orcas remain captive in aquariums around the world, with recent films such as Blackfish highlighting the ethics of breeding them for entertainment. The stress can be even more dire for ageing whales that are no longer able to perform for audiences but remain doomed to live out their […]
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Feeding wildlife leads to leghold traps, death for Nova Scotia foxes
A Cape Breton wildlife photographer is questioning the Nova Scotia government’s use of leghold traps to capture and kill nuisance foxes around Englishtown. Since the summer, Department of Lands and Forestry officials have been setting traps after complaints from area residents about foxes lurking in their yards and, in one case, taking food from a […]
Bald Eagle Festival in Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia
Bald Eagles (Haliaeetusleucocephalus) had always visited Kings County during the winter months to feed on shellfish found along the Bay of Fundy mud flats. Chicken parts thrown out by the large number of chicken farmers in the area supplemented the diet of these eagles andattracted them to the area in large numbers.For thepast 20 year […]