Should we be organising mass culls of foxes and crows in the UK in order to save the plummeting numbers of curlews? That is the argument put forward by certain bird conservation groups. The curlew, one of Britain’s most charismatic birds, with its curved beaks and distinctive call, has been disappearing from the countryside, declining […]
Tag: Wolves
Wyoming man ‘hits wolf with snowmobile and tortures it in bar’
A Wyoming man has been indicted on an animal cruelty charge after allegedly hitting a wolf with a snowmobile, taping its mouth shut and showing it off in a bar before killing it. Cody Roberts paid a $250 fine last year, for illegal possession of wildlife. Now, he is facing more serious charges, after investigators […]
Wily coyotes thrive in Central Park as animals adapt to urban life across US
In the spring this year in New York, Chris St Lawrence would finish work as a naturalist on a whale-watching boat and then quickly make the 90-minute trek to Central Park to arrive in time for sunset, when a pair of coyotes would often start to creep out. St Lawrence, who is also a photographer, […]
Smithsonian Scientists Are Giving Endangered Species A Second Chance
According to CBS News, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Virginia is quietly working to pull species back from the brink of extinction. On its 32,000-acre campus in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, more than 20 at-risk species — from red pandas to maned wolves and even Mongolia’s Przewalski’s horse — are […]
I’ve caught the baby wombat”: 10 unbelievably idiotic and reckless acts committed by wildlife tourists that will have your blood boiling
Tourists, eh? What are they like? There’s clearly something about going on holiday that turns off the part of the brain that deals with common sense. Mix that with a devil may care ‘we’re on holiday, let’s do it’ attitude and a wild animal or two, and you’ve got a potent recipe for disaster, says […]
Bear that bit man in Norway roams free after hunt in which wrong animal shot
The hunt for a brown bear that bit a man on the elbow has been put on hold, the Norwegian environment agency has announced, in a case that angered animal rights campaigners after officials shot the wrong bear. The agency said on Wednesday it did not now plan to act on a bear-culling order it […]
Alaska wolves poisoned by mercury after switching to sea otter diet
Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research finds. Mercury is a naturally occurring heavy metal found in the Earth’s crust. However, human activities like burning coal and fossil […]
Man gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park after getting too close, NPS says
A man was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday after getting too close, the National Park Service said. Around 9:45 a.m. in the Upper Geyser Basin at Old Faithful, a man from Randolph, New Jersey, was gored after a large group of visitors approached the bison too closely, the NPS said […]