Beware of trade judges bearing gifts! WASHINGTON D.C.––Will U.S. President Donald Trump use the highly endangered vaquita porpoise as the Trojan Horse for his efforts to strip “critical habitat” protections from the Endangered Species Act? Protecting the vaquita as directed on July 26, 2018 by U.S. Court of International Trade judge Gary S. Katzmann would […]
Sages testify about overgrazing in wild horse habitat
Western range issues can be seen from space BILLINGS, Montana––No one needs to take anyone else’s word about the condition of the western range. Monitor Google Earth for a while and ancient sages will tell you all about it. First, though, it is necessary to understand the evolutionary and ecological relationships among sagebrush, grasslands, […]
No more fireworks over grizzlies in Banff National Park
Grizzly Bear #126 gets a good night’s sleep BANFF, Alberta––Many of the estimated 8,000 human residents of the City of Banff and 25,000 Canada Day visitors to Banff National Park may have awakened the next day, July 2, 2018, with headsplitting hangovers. Unaccustomed outdoor exercise, a hot late night, a high pollen count, and too […]
Down Under drive to kill brumby wild horses brings bill to save them
Man from Monaro stands in the bootprints of The Man From Snowy River SYDNEY, Australia––In a reversal of fortune as abrupt as a stallion wheeling on hind legs to strike at an aggressive rival, the wild horses of Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales are suddenly slated for protected […]
Mike O’Connor & the Zen of saving the Olympic mountain goats
Port Townsend author emerges as defender of mountain goats slated for extirpation “Attached is a copy of a flyer I have put together in defense of the mountain goats of the Olympic Peninsula,” emailed Mike O’Connor of Port Townsend, Washington, on May 17, 2018, in response to the May 8, 2018 ANIMALS 24-7 article Goat sacrifice to begin at Olympic National Park. “I […]
“Kenya’s wildlife should remain in the wild” –– Sidney Quntai, 57
Little known outside Kenya, hugely influential within NAIROBI, Kenya––Pioneering Kenyan journalist and wildlife advocate Sidney Quntai Tauwo, 57, died “on the morning of April 20, 2018 after a short illness which he courageously fought, but lost,” Africa Network for Animal Welfare senior officer for communications and advocacy Sebastian Mwanza emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 on […]
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission acts against cruelty to fish
Landing Goliath groupers still off limits & land-based shark fishing to be restricted FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida––Concern over cruelty to fish dominated the April 25-26, 2018 meeting of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, including a spirited defense of Goliath groupers led by Rabbi Ed Rosenthal, the self-proclaimed “Scuby Jew” who serves as faculty […]
Hidden Beach: why grey whales feast while orcas starve
What the whales are telling us HIDDEN BEACH, Washington––A single well-timed photo on a recent April 2018 morning could have captured in one frame almost the whole story of marine mammals in the Saratoga Passage, on Puget Sound, and indeed worldwide, amid intensified competition for food, accentuated by the effects of global warming. […]
Daphne Sheldrick, 83, showed Kenya that wildlife is worth most when alive
Known for elephant & rhino rescue, but contributions were much bigger than that NAIROBI, Kenya––The facts of the life of the late Daphne Sheldrick, who died at age 83 on April 12, 2018 after a long battle with breast cancer, are much more easily summarized than her legacy to wildlife, elephants in particular, and […]
“Bollywood” star Salman Khan sleeps on jail floor after 2nd poaching rap
World’s 9th best-paid actor dodged conviction since 1998 JODHPUR, Rajasthan, India–– “Bollywood” macho-man movie star Salman Khan, 52, dodging poaching charges for nearly 20 years, was on April 5, 2018 convicted for at least the second time of allegedly poaching two endangered chinkara gazelles, on September 26 and 27, 1998. Four other “Bollywood” stars accused […]
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