Australian bushfires leave wildlife facing increased predator risk, decades of recovery

Australian bushfires leave wildlife facing increased predator risk, decades of recovery

Simultaneous wildfires since December 2024 have left Grampians, Little Desert and the Great Otway National Parks in Australia devastated. Scientists say it will take decades for plants and wildlife to recover. Michael Clarke, emeritus professor of zoology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, told Mongabay by email the area burnt in Little Desert alone is […]

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Bear attack crisis hits Japan as government brings in emergency measures allowing people to shoot them after surge in dangerous encounters

Bear attack crisis hits Japan as government brings in emergency measures allowing people to shoot them after surge in dangerous encounters

The Japanese government will now allow hunters to shoot bears in populated areas after dangerous human encounters with the wild animals hit record levels. The revised wildlife protection and management law, which was approved by the cabinet Friday, allows ’emergency shootings’ following complaints that hunters were hampered by red tape. The environment ministry hopes to […]

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