The 14,400-year-old Ice Age puppywas discovered frozen and had hairy tissues and a twig in its stomach which prompted researchers to question just what the prehistoric canine may have eaten. Finding a wooly rhino and cave lion inside Ice Age puppy In 2020 genetic analysts from Stockholm’s Natural History Museum confirmed that the hair belonged […]
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Sick trophy hunting trips to shoot African elephants, rhinos and lions on sale in UK
Sickening trophy hunting trips to shoot elephants, rhinos and lions in Africa were on sale at the UK’s first ever stalking show. Nearly 90 exhibitors attended the two-day event. Among the Brits at the Staffordshire County Show cashing in on the bloodthirsty safaris was Venari UK, an agent offering trips to South Africa. A representative […]
Fancy hunting a kangaroo? Or a zebra? In Texas, you can pay to play
In the rolling expanse of rural west Texas, a southern white rhinoceros named Killian has learned to come when he’s called. Killian stands there like a big fat puppy, hoping someone will dare to pet him. He and his rhino companion, Sebastian, like rubdowns far better than treats. We are standing on Ox Ranch, a […]
How the Head of the N.R.A. and His Wife Secretly Shipped Their Elephant Trophies Home
In the early fall of 2013, an export company in Botswana prepared a shipment of animal parts for Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association, and his wife, Susan. One of the business’s managers e-mailed the couple a list of trophies from their recent hunt and asked them to confirm its accuracy: one […]
How trophy hunting in Texas became a multibillion-dollar industry
Texas is the epicenter of the exotic game industry in the United States. People spend thousands to have a shot at hunting animals like zebras, cape buffalo, and even giraffes. The video below explores the costs associated with breeding, hunting, and taxidermy. An earlier version of the video below showed an image of a Grevy’s […]
British hunter’s sick boast: Come slaughter animals in South Africa during Covid
A British trophy-hunting boss is offering deals to shoot endangered animals which he boasts are “plentiful” during the Covid crisis. Carl Knight, 47, who runs Take Aim Safaris, makes the claim in his grisly sales pitch to 3,000 potential customers, including fellow Britons. He urges clients to travel to South Africa, which is in the grip […]
Taxidermist is jailed for 56 weeks for illegally trading rhino horns and tiger teeth after photos of him posing next to his animal trophy collection at his parents’ home sparked probe
A ‘brazen’ taxidermist has been locked up for the second time after admitting illegally trading black rhino horns and tiger skulls. Aaron Halstead, from Burnley, Lancashire, was handed a 56 week jail term after using false documents to sell rhino horns to ‘rich’ buyers in China for £63,000. The 29-year-old had also illegally acquired tiger […]
Elephants, lions and leopards: 13 countries where rich people hunt endangered animals
I ran into some Americans having an issue at customs at the airport in Lusaka, Zambia, last summer. Craig and Amy (last names withheld), from Western Michigan, and two friends were in the country to go hunting and were stuck at customs until the rifles and crossbows they brought from home were cleared. “We won […]