By 11:00, Gopamma Nayaka knew something was wrong. Her husband, Hanumantha, should have returned from collecting firewood an hour before. Gopamma sent for her son, who gathered a search party and headed to Bandipur Tiger Reserve, a nearby national park in south-western India. Just a few metres inside the forest, the group discovered Hanumantha’s half-eaten […]
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Country diary: farmed pheasants are little more than free-range livestock
Out of breath and panting heavily, I breasted the summit of the Lion’s Haunch, paused, then turned, slowly. A stiff pull up a frozen path through low gorse had brought me to the lesser peak of Arthur’s Seat, the extinct volcano that looms above Edinburgh. I stopped to feast on the view, my gaze sweeping […]
Vinnie Jones targeted by animal rights campaigners over love of ‘cruel’ hunting
X Factor: Celebrity semi-finalist Vinnie Jones is under attack from animal rights campaigners over his love of hunting. They are furious the ex-footballer is on a Saturday night entertainment show and stunned that anti-cruelty champ Simon Cowell is calling him “a friend”. Activists have highlighted how the sportsman-turned-actor takes part in hunting which they say […]
Authorities are Searching for Person Who Illegally Shot a Protected Bald Eagle in Oregon!
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. It can be seen on the nation’s seal. The bald eagle, proudly displayed on patriotic items is seen as a symbol of strength. The beloved birds were once endangered but are now considered one of the Endangered Species Act’s major successes. However, bald and […]
Calls for Swiss ban on foreign ‘trophy hunters’ shooting the country’s iconic ibex
Tens of thousands of Swiss citizens are calling for an end to “trophy hunting” of the country’s iconic ibex by foreigners who pay up to £15,000 to shoot the long-horned ruminants at close range. Some 46,000 have signed a petition in the past two week in the wake of a TV investigation showing big game […]
Springetts man fined $1,500 for shooting black bear at bird feeder
A Springettsbury Township man has pleaded guilty to shooting a black bear that authorities said suffered for six days before being euthanized by a police officer who found it lying alongside a road. “Presumably, no one but the defendant knew it had been shot until (the officer found it),” Travis Lau, communications director for the […]
The Spanish businessman who hunted a museum’s worth of animals
Marcial Gómez Sequeira, former president of the private health insurance company Sanitas, keeps hundreds of stuffed animals at his mansion in La Moraleja, Madrid, the wealthiest neighborhood in all of Spain. On a sunny fall afternoon, he strolls around one of two halls used to house his trophies, explaining where each was hunted and killed. […]
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 […]