Madison Grant was the missing link EL PASO, Texas; NEW YORK CITY––Much more than misanthropy links mass shootings by white supremacists to the obsession of mainstream conservation societies with extirpating “invasive species” and “cleansing” wildlife habitat of any trace of human presence. But don’t expect the Boone & Crockett Club, the Sierra Club, and […]
Botswana, please rethink resuming hunting! by Sebastian Mwanza
Ian Khama, former president of Botswana, resigns from ruling party when successor undoes ban on trophy hunting Editor’s note: Outraged and disappointed that his handpicked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi had ended a five-year-old ban on trophy hunting, Ian Khama, president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018, on May 25, 2019 resigned from the Botswana Democratic Party […]
Do you eat dolphins? Does your cat?
Don’t believe everything you read on can labels, say class action lawsuits Do you eat dolphins? Does your cat? Not likely, and certainly not knowingly––but three class action lawsuits filed on May 13, 2019 by nationally noted legal firms specializing in consumer affairs contend that if either you or your cat eats tuna, the tuna […]
Wolves, grey whales, & sea lions targeted to preserve meat-getting traditions
Cultural demand for killing wildlife is much stronger than economic interest SEATTLE––The good news for wolves, grey whales, and California sea lions in the Pacific Northwest is that all three once-endangered predators, now long off the U.S. endangered species list, are reclaiming small niches in habitat that for millennia they dominated, before human activity––especially […]
Drove out the snakes? What did St. Patrick do with the Irish wolves?
He made friends with them! DUBLIN, TEL AVIV, ROME––As of St. Patrick’s Day 2019, there are still no wild snakes in Ireland, more than 1,660 years after the patron saint of Ireland allegedly drove them all out. Paleontologists say there were never any wild snakes in Ireland in the first place. But there were […]
No, China did not ban sales of pangolin scales. But it might.
National People’s Congress has been asked to consider banning sales of pangolin scales BEIJING, China––Pangolins, perhaps the cutest and most harmless animal jeopardized by poaching and wildlife trafficking whom hardly anyone has heard of, remain in as much trouble today as yesterday, two years ago, and five years ago, despite news items, activist alerts, […]
Trial of Iranian cheetah defenders facing death penalty begins
“Evidence” is reportedly “confession” extracted from female defendant under torture––who then retracted it TEHRAN, Iran––The closed-door trial of eight Iranian cheetah researchers and conservationists for alleged “corruption on earth,” espionage, and “conspiracy against national security” is to resume on Saturday, February 2, 2019, and is expected to continue on Sunday, February 3, 2019. All […]
Japan hands whales a Christmas gift camouflaged as coal
Withdrawal from IWC covers for decision to halt Antarctic whaling TOKYO––Handing whales a Christmas Day gift camouflaged as coal, Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga on December 25, 2018 confirmed months of speculation and decades of threats that Japan would withdraw from membership in the International Whaling Commission, which has maintained a global moratorium on […]
Drone video moves Russia to halt orca & beluga captures
Drone found 90 belugas & 13 orcas allegedly held pending sale to China VLADIVOSTOK, Russia––Responding to international outrage over drone video showing 90 belugas and 13 orcas in small holding pens in Srednaya Bay near Nakhodka, just north of Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, the Russian government in 2019 will prohibit whale captures, reports the […]
More Election 2018 results––& where the pit bulls lurked
Michigan attorney general Nessel & California governor Newsom kept their pit bull history behind closed doors LANSING, SACRAMENTO––Pit bull attacks, as ANIMALS 24-7 pointed out on November 6, 2018, were the “divisive” issue that was omitted from the Election Day 2018 political discussion, but not because pit bull advocates had not hoped to reinforce […]
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