A man in Turkey was reportedly shot dead by his own dog on a hunting trip after the pet stepped on the trigger of his shotgun. Ozgur Gevrekoglu, 32, was killed last weekend while out hunting with his friend in the Kızlan Plateau, in the Samsun Province of Turkey, the newspaper Turkiye reported. Gevrekoglu was […]
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New Ancient Lineage of Wild Goat Identified in Turkey
Dubbed the Taurasian tur, the newly-identified lineage is best represented by a 14,000-year-old genome sequenced from a specimen found in Direkli Cave, a camp site in the Central Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey used by Paleolithic hunters-gatherers for the seasonal hunting and processing of game including large numbers of wild goats. This forgotten lineage is […]
Community Nurses Bear Cub Back To Health After He Was Found Malnourished & Alone
A tiny bear cub was found tired, malnourished and depressed after losing his mother somewhere in the wild in Van, Turkey. Thankfully, members of the community spotted the cub and immediately alerted authorities. The baby bear, who is now named Hacuvan, was transferred to Yuzuncu Yil University Wildlife Protection and Rehabilitation Center for care and […]
Conservationists, not hunters, are saving our wildlife
In his May 5 Thursday Opinion essay, “Those Anacostia turkeys are a miracle of conservation,” Keith Urbahn neglected to mention the factors and efforts by true conservationists (non-hunters) that brought wild turkeys back from the brink of extinction after hunters slaughtered them with reckless abandon. One element of the species’ recovery was the Great Depression. […]
‘Canaries in the coalmine’: loss of birds signals changing planet
The world’s birds, described as the planet’s “canaries in the coalmine”, are disappearing in large numbers as the colossal impact of humanity on the Earth grows, a global review has found. There are about 11,000 species of bird spanning the globe, but the populations of half of them are falling, while just 6% are increasing. […]
‘It’s a blood lust!’ Phillip Schofield clashes with ‘Sexy Hunter’ Mikela Fialova who claims she kills animals for ‘conservation’ as the host tells her he finds it ‘distressing’
Phillip Schofield was drawn into a tense debate with a guest known as the ‘Sexy Hunter’ who claims she kills animals in the name of conservation. The This Morning host, 59, appeared to struggle with the idea during Tuesday’s show and said it was ‘blood lust’ to shoot an animal and post a picture online. […]
Fashion influencer branded ‘disgusting’ for her hobby of trophy hunting
A fashion influencer now shares her kills on social media – but her followers aren’t sure about her new hobby. Kristyn Higdon, 28, from Lexington, Kentucky, has interwoven trophy hunting into her online content. She says the pictures of her hunts were met with mixed reaction. Focusing on Wildlife strongly opposes trophy hunting and regards […]
Greater Flamingo – Jubail
Whilst at Jubail this winter I have seen good numbers of Greater Flamingo with numbers exceeding two-thousand birds. Occasionally the birds were close to the shore, whch is unusual at this location, allowing good views. I spent quite some time looking to see if I could locate any birds with plastic Darvic rings on them […]