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Aussie prof challenges “invasion biologists” on their own turf

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Contends “compassionate conservation” is most effective protection of biodiversity             SYDNEY,  Australia––The conservation establishments of both Australia and Israel might like to designate Arian D. Wallach an “invasive species” and slate her for extirpation. Indeed,  Wallach’s arguments could eventually put the entire global industry of exterminating “invasive species” out of business. Like any successful adaptive […]

Shoot wild horses, sell them to slaughter, or just let them die?

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Navajo Nation & BLM look at grim options  CAMERON,  ARIZONA––Why did 111 wild horses die stuck in the mud at a Navajo Nation stock pond near Cameron,  Arizona,  during the last week of April 2018? Photos distributed by Navajo Nation spokesperson Mihio Manus “showed clusters of horses with dried mud on their bodies, some overlapping one […]

Goat sacrifice to begin at Olympic National Park

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284-page “management plan” garbles history,  all but ignores climate change,  & says nothing about goats as puma prey             OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK,  Washington––An estimated 625 to 675 mountain goats whose ancestors have peaceably roamed the icy upper reaches of Olympic National Park,  Washington,  for 14 years longer than the 80-year-old park has existed are to […]

Ducks Unlimited pledge to end pigeon shoot is again a cruel hoax in Minnesota

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But Alabama Forestry Association pigeon shoot is ended, says Georgia-Pacific             MONTGOMERY,  Alabama;  PRIOR LAKE,  Minnesota––Having had four years of April Fools from Ducks Unlimited,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) hopes the Alabama Forestry Association was not just pranking when it announced on March 30, 2018––via Georgia-Pacific vice president for sustainability Deborah Baker––that it […]

Are Southern California coyotes eating 68% fewer cats than 20 years ago?

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Data indicates steep drop in the feral cat population             LOS ANGELES,  California––Southern California coyotes may be eating 68% fewer feral and free-roaming pet cats in 2018 than they did 20 years ago,  indicate comparisons of findings from five major studies of coyote diet. Since coyotes are opportunistic predators who tend to eat whatever they […]

Yellow fever mosquitoes now killing at 10 times the rate of pit bulls

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Monkey killings contribute to disease outbreak death tolls in Brazil & India             RIO DE JANEIRO,  Brazil;  SINGHUDURG,  India––Panic-driven monkey massacres are contributing to human illness and death,  with yellow fever deaths up 60% since the end of fiscal 2017,  and could help to spark global epidemics,  warn Brazilian health officials. More than 718 Brazilians […]

Killing contest cancelled: hunters won’t eat crow

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Crow hunts “unwise,  unwarranted,  and cruel,”  causing “harm to the morals,” said critics––and that was in 1922!             WILLIAMSTOWN,  Vermont––Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel co-owner Mark McCarthy,  52,  has reportedly called off the crow-killing contest he had announced would be held on April 7,  2018,  with a $40-per-team entry fee,  under the auspices of the 100-member […]

Florida: Bashing the brains out of iguanas as alleged illegal aliens

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Iguanas were in Florida first––by 16 million years             FORT LAUDERDALE,  Florida––Bashing or shooting the brains out of iguanas essentially for the hell of it would be illegal almost anywhere if done to pets. Braining iguanas in the name of research,  however,  brought University of Florida wildlife biologist and research coordinator Jenny Ketterlin and 14 […]

Study authors miss own findings about soaring cost of dog attacks

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26% jump in dog attacks as percentage of deaths caused by non-venomous animals.             STANFORD,  California––At least fourteen major news agencies worldwide and even the authors of a newly published study entitled “An Update on Fatalities Due to Venomous and Nonvenomous Animals in the United States (2008–2015)” appear to have overlooked data included in the study […]

Winning for coyotes & beaver, lawyers turn to the missing lynx

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Cases signal that wildlife killing methods may be restrained under the Trump administration, but critical habitat will go unprotected            BOISE, Idaho––Winning a settlement against U.S. government agencies on behalf of furbearing wildlife for the fifth time in six months,  Center for Biological Diversity attorney Collette Adkins and co-plaintiffs WildEarth Guardians,  the Humane Society of […]