Lived for eight years almost within sight of British Columbia provincial parliament VICTORIA, B.C., Canada––Takaya, 10, the “sea wolf” star of the 2019 CBC Nature of Things documentary “Takaya: Lone Wolf,” was on March 24, 2020 shot by a hunter near Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, possibly after being chased and/or mauled by the hunter’s […]
From gorillas to shelter dogs: animals caught in the COVID-19 crunch
No animals other than bats & humans are known to get COVID-19, but millions are affected by the human response WASHINGTON D.C.––Animals and animal-related projects from Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to National Institutes of Health-funded laboratories are feeling the impact of the international COVID-19 scare underway throughout early 2020, […]
Noted in passing: “Turtle God” & rhino, elephant, & lion advocates
Victims of cancer, assassins, & two killed by the species they loved “Turtle God” Peter Pritchard, 76, died in hospice care on February 26, 2020. Known as “the Turtle God,” recalled longtime Tampa Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman, Pritchard at his home in Oviedo, Florida kept what Pittman believed to be “the largest private collection […]
“Invasive” grey squirrels, feral pigs, & rats: leave ’em alone, say scientists
Studies suggest grey squirrel, feral pig, & rat control are barking up the wrong tree BELFAST; GUAM; VANCOUVER––“Invasive” grey squirrels are allegedly extirpating red squirrels in the British Isles by transmitting squirrel pox. Feral pigs allegedly run amok to the detriment of rare native plants on Guam, a remote Pacific island. Rats present a perennial […]
Noted in passing: Bryant, Paulsen, Carothers, Domingues, & Weingartner
Activist legends in U.K., New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, & California Recently deceased longtime animal advocates John Bryant of Dorset, U.K., Judy Paulsen of Corrales, New Mexico, Randy Carothers of Rockwell, Texas, Rae Nell Domingues of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Susan Weingartner of southern California most likely never crossed paths in person, and may never even have […]
Fox hunters run amok despite unenforced British hunting ban
But the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds kills even more foxes LONDON––On February 18, 2020, the 15th anniversary of the Hunting Act coming into effect in England and Wales, supposedly banning fox hunting by riders on horseback galloping after hounds, “The Wynnstay Hunt deliberately killed a fox in the private garden of […]
Elephant trophy auction covers for opening bushmeat trade
Global warming intensifies pressure to profit from wildlife before habitat loss depletes species GABERONE, Botswana; HARARE, Zimbabwe; DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania––Big as they are, the 60 elephants whose lives were auctioned at Bobonong Kgotla, Botswana on February 7, 2020 may be the least of the casualties from attempts by the governments of Botswana and Tanzania […]
Poisoning Australia in the name of wildlife recovery after bushfire losses
And kangaroos shot, koala trees bulldozed MELBOURNE, CANBERRA, SYDNEY, BRISBANE––Six months of bushfires ravaging Australian coastal forests and grasslands stretching into parts of the Outback are reportedly almost at an end. The last two dozen fires in New South Wales and a comparable number left in Victoria state are smoldering on at the lowest […]
Deadly Wuhan coronavirus may be pangolin’s best friend
Pangolins carry a 99% identical coronavirus, report Chinese scientists GUANGZHOU, China––Will the Wuhan coronavirus, newly linked to pangolins, save one of the world’s most endangered animals? Headlines over the weekend of February 8-9, 2020 amplified global panic that the number of confirmed Wuhan coronavirus deaths had soared beyond the 2003 toll from severe acute […]
Are conservationists becoming an endangered species?
Three alleged murders among five recent deaths of note The butterfly guys OCAMPO, Mexico––Monarch butterfly conservationists Homero Gómez González, 50, and Raúl Hernández Romero, 44, were found dead on January 29, 2020 and February 1, 2020, respectively, at the El Rosario butterfly preserve that they helped to found and develop […]
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