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Judge recommends tribe be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington state

Judge recommends tribe be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington state

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Supertrooper 5 Comments

An administrative law judge has recommended that a Native American tribe in Washington state be allowed to hunt gray whales – a major step in its decades-long effort to resume the ancient practice. “This is a testament to what we’ve been saying all these years: that we’re doing everything we can to show we’re moving […]

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POLL: Should the eating of roadkill be legalized?

POLL: Should the eating of roadkill be legalized?

February 7, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Long the butt of dumb jokes about rural living, eating roadkill is finally having its moment. When I was young, I had the kind of entrepreneurial idea that might only come from the irreverent brain of a quirky, vegan teen: Roadkill fur coats. The biggest shame was in paving through wildlife habitat and driving our […]

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Narwhals Wearing Heart Monitors Reveal Danger of Human Encounters

Narwhals Wearing Heart Monitors Reveal Danger of Human Encounters

December 17, 2017April 10, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Normally when an animal is scared, it either remains very still and slows its heart rate and metabolism in hope that danger will pass—like a possum playing dead, in an extreme case—or the body revs up to power a “fight or flight” response. But when narwhals get caught in fishing nets, surprisingly, they do both. […]

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