Sluggish on getting the lead out: feds again play pro-hunting politics WASHINGTON D.C.–– The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service still isn’t getting the lead out. And is not about to, in view that both major U.S. political parties continue to kiss the portions of hunters’ anatomy where lead continues to accumulate in regulatory posteriors. (See […]
Kevin Antle, self-styled “Bhagavan” and “Doc,” pleads to federal charges
Pleads to conspiracy to commit both wildlife trafficking & money laundering MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina––Myrtle Beach Safari owner Kevin Antle, 63, styling himself “Bhagavan” and “Doc” for decades, on November 6, 2023 pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit both wildlife trafficking and money laundering. “For each count,” explained a federal […]
Wild horses chased by choppers in U.S.; shot from choppers in Australia
Australia has no Wild & Free-Roaming Horses & Burros Act DAVIS, California; SYDNEY, Australia––“Now through February,” American Wild Horse Campaign currently warns via social media, “over 7,000 wild horses will be chased by helicopters, ripped from their families, injured, or in the worst case, killed. “The survivors will be funneled into overburdened holding facilities, sometimes […]
Cold Canyon Fire Journals speak to war, global warming, resilience of life
The Cold Canyon Fire Journals: Green Shoots & Silver Linings in the Ashes Written & illustrated by Robin Lee Carlson 288 pages, including more than 100 original watercolor illustrations. $20.00 paperback; $14.99 Kindle. 2022, HeydayBooks.com An inevitable consequence of the warfare now raging along the Israel/Gaza are wildfires. “There was a forest fire not […]
Jimmy Buffett, 76, was there when needed for dolphins & manatees
Jimmy Buffett fans calling themselves “Parrotheads” reinforced the dolphin & manatee causes SAG HARBOR, New York––James William Buffett, 76, born on Christmas Day 1946, known to the world as entertainer and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett, died on September 1, 2023, at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, from complications of Merkel-cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin […]
Tigers menaced by Nepal bureaucrat as well as by poaching, et al
New environment minister Birendra Prasad Mahato proposes to auction tiger hunting rights KATHMANDU, Nepal––“We could charge $25 million for every tiger killed,” Nepalese minister for forests and environment Birendra Prasad Mahato reportedly told a podcast audience in mid-July 2023, as International Tiger Day, July 29, 2023, approached. Mahato recommended that Nepal should begin auctioning tiger […]
Spain seeks more wild horses, even as U.S. & Australia seek fewer
Wild horses are being reintroduced in part to help prevent wildfires MADRID, Spain––Wild horses have been restored, in the names of fire prevention and protecting biodiversity, to three different Spanish conservation areas, scattered across the northwestern Iberian peninsula, and are actively conserved and protected in another, to the extreme south. The Spanish horse restorations come […]
Iceland whaling halt upstages Ric O’Barry appeal for Russian beluga
Paul Watson & crew wait near Iceland to see if fisheries minister sticks to her guns against last whaling baron Kristján Loftsson NORWEGIAN SEA––Ric O’Barry, 83, on June 20, 2023 issued an urgent appeal on behalf of Hvaldimir, possibly the most famous of all beluga whales. But Paul Watson, 72, again upstaged O’Barry, as he […]
Which animals, where, lost habitat to the Sackett vs. EPA verdict?
U.S. Supreme Court decision on Clean Water Act may not jeopardize much actual wetland habitat, but may clarify definitions of what is what WASHINGTON D.C.––With actions on behalf of wetland and shoreline creatures including octopi, salmon, sea turtles, and horseshoe crabs underway elsewhere around the world and the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court on […]
Speeding boater tried to hit sea lions on the Columbia River near Portland
Frustrated would-be salmon fisher suspected, but not yet caught PORTLAND, Oregon––The Oregon State Marine Board, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration––as well as ANIMALS 24-7, many other concerned media, and countless outraged private citizens––are all hunting for an as yet unidentified individual who on April 3, 2023 was caught […]