But the Columbian white-tailed deer came off the U.S. endangered species list before the refuge even began to recover from 45 years of cattle grazing CATHLAMET, Washington––Thanks to wetland restoration, the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge for the Columbian white-tailed deer now looks more like protected habitat than a feedlot. Fifty years after […]
Will captive lions caught in wildfire light a fire under South African legislators?
Promised bill to ban breeding lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots, & bone commerce awaits introduction––and action BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa––Five months after South African minister of forestry, fisheries & the environment Barbara Creecy announced that she would pursue legislation to ban breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots, and exports of lion bones for use […]
“Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland
Transformed sleepy Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society into butt-kicking Animal Concern DUMBARTON, Scotland––John Frederick Robins, 64, probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history, despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,” has announced his impending retirement after 41 years of directing pro-animal campaigns initially for Friends of the Earth, but chiefly as campaigns manager and […]
NRA loses deal to promote hunting via the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Biggest trophy the NRA bagged from the Trump administration WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Rifle Association spent $16.3 million during the 2020 U.S. national election campaign to try to secure pro-gun and pro-hunting concessions granted by ex-president Donald Trump. After Trump lost, the National Rifle Association spent $3.3 million more on federal lobbying. Despite all that, the […]
Dying tule elk need water now diverted to cattle; can lawyers save them?
Cattle ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore was to end by 1987, but now 10 times more cattle crowd the habitat than before the land was “protected” POINT REYES, California––The remains of at least 18 endangered tule elk at drought-parched Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California, 38 miles north of San Francisco, attest […]
Hunter gets 7 to 20 years for killing teen he mistook for a groundhog
Rare stiff sentence for “hunting accident” DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania––Kenneth Troy Heller, 52, of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, was on July 7, 2021 sentenced to serve from seven to 20 years in prison for a so-called “hunting accident” that on October 24, 2020 killed 18-year-old Jason Kutt at Nockamixon State Park, Bucks County. The unusually stiff sentence […]
Shooting war: cats win, feeders lose in East Bay Regional Park District
East Bay Regional Park District agrees to ceasefire if cat rescuers remove cats from sensitive wildlife areas OAKLAND, California––Histrionic headlines and activist alerts aside, what the East Bay Regional Park District board of directors really did at a heated June 15, 2021 meeting over cat policy was to: Permanently reassign staff biologist David “Doctor […]
Israel “fur ban” is among last gasps of “lame duck” Netanyahu regime
Ban to take effect––if it ever does––six months after Netanyahu government leaves office JERUSALEM, Israel––Israeli environmental protection minister Gila Gamliel, appointed on May 17, 2020 by “lame duck” prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on June 9, 2021 capped her year in office by signing a regulatory amendment that bans the sale of fur by the […]
South Africa debates end to “canned lion” industry & ivory sales
“High-Level Panel Report on Lions, Rhinos, Elephants & Leopards” recommends turnabout in national wildlife policy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––A South African government wildlife policy study recommends an end to breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots of captive-bred and raised lions, and exports of lion bones for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The paper also […]
Bad Hare Days, by John Fitzgerald
Olympia Publishers (60 Cannon St., London, U.K. EC4N 6NP), 2008. 397 pages, paperback. $14.45 U.S., £9.99, 12.99 euros. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Northern Ireland banned hare coursing on June 23, 2010, six years after the rest of the United Kingdom. Ireland banned hounding deer on June 29, 2010. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission banned […]
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