Elephants & lions, alive to be photographed, seen as keys to a prosperous future LONDON, U.K.; GABORONE, Botswana––Botswana may have more elephants and lions than anywhere else in the world. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018, considers that fact so important to maintaining and improving the prosperity of the nation […]
USDA-APHIS wants your 2¢ on animal-related federal law enforcement––NOW!!!
“Come on, animal advocates, let’s move fast! Your big chance has come at last! Want a chance to have your say? Tell it to the USDA!” WASHINGTON D.C.––The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS] is, until the end of July 2022, offering the public a unique chance to kibbitz on an “APHIS […]
“America’s rifle,” “America’s dog,” & some of America’s other most enduring fictions
Promotions & defenses of the AR-15 and pit bulls are among “America’s big lies” WASHINGTON D.C.; KANAB, Utah––An AR-15, as the world knows now, dubbed “America’s rifle,” was on May 24, 2022 used yet again to massacre Americans, this time 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (See […]
Hours after Uvalde school killings, Iowa lawmakers authorize AR-15 deer hunt
New doe-and-fawn season DES MOINES, Iowa––Hours after Salvador Ramos used an AR-15 automatic rifle he gave himself as an 18th birthday present to massacre 19 fourth graders and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, the Iowa state house of representatives ratified a bill to create a special January antlerless deer hunting season for AR-15 users. The […]
Donald Trump Jr., client of alleged bear poacher, is no Teddy Roosevelt
But Trump Jr., though not charged with poaching, may be an idol of other bear poachers “No one in this world, so far as I know,” observed journalist H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), “has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.” For that reason, it is not assured […]
“Trapping defender” Proulx explains why all fur trapping is cruel
Mammal Trapping, Wildlife Management, Animal Welfare & International Standards Edited by Gilbert Proulx Alpha Wildlife Research & Management Ltd. 287 pages. Free download from: https://cwbm.ca/product/mammal-trapping-e-book/ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wildlife biologist Gilbert Proulx, 68, of Sherwood Park, Alberta, may know more about the technology of trapping animals than anyone else who ever lived. Having spent […]
Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth
Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming, chemical pollution, and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]
Reptile diversity study findings are less scary than a snake in your boot
Mainstream reportage focused on the bad news, but reptiles remain likely to outlive us WASHINGTON D.C.––All dinosaurs except birds, all ichthyosaurs, and all pterosaurs are confirmed extinct. Dragons, griffins, and Godzilla are alive and well in human imagination, the only habitat they ever actually occupied. Among the other 10,196 reptile species for whom population and […]
Sonoran desert pronghorn: safer on a bombing range than in a refuge
Fastest land animals in North America, yet not quite faster than a speeding bullet, nor more powerful than the gun lobby SONORAN DESERT NATONAL MONUMENT, Arizona––Why is the endangered Sonoran desert pronghorn safer on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, strafed and bombed day and night since 1941 by 20 squadrons of U.S. Air […]
Frustrated Georgia turkey hunters take it out on raccoons & opossums
Experts warn killing raccoons & opossums won’t boost the over-hunted turkey population––but new open season will give hunters animals to shoot year-round ATLANTA, Georgia; BERKELEY, California––Lest anyone doubt that sport hunting is all about finding the opportunity to kill something, anything, on any pretext, both houses of the Georgia state legislature in late March […]
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