Poaching vs. trophy hunting WASHINGTON D.C.––How does British crown prince William’s attitude toward animals differ from that of the nouveau riché Vietnamese who have funded the poaching deaths of more than 2,000 rhinos in the past two years alone? Many Vietnamese mistakenly believe that powdered rhino horn is a cure for cancer. William just kills […]
Trophy hunters vs. horn poachers: an arms race that rhinos can only lose
Hunting money has raised the “floor price” for rhino horn WASHINGTON D.C., WINDHOEK, JOHANNESBURG–– Who covets rhino horn most, Vietnamese nouveau riché who believe powdered rhino horn can cure them of cancer, or U.S. trophy hunters willing to pay almost any price to hob nob with the elite of Safari Club International? Who is really to […]
A win for wolves in Michigan, but a loss for bears in Maine
55% of Michigan voters reject wolf hunting season LANSING, Michigan; AUGUSTA, Maine––Ballot initiative campaigns heavily funded by the Humane Society Legislative Fund arm of the Humane Society of the U.S. won symbolic and temporary protection for wolves in Michigan on November 4, 2014, but failed to protect bears in Maine. Blogged HSUS president Wayne Pacelle in […]
U.S. proposal to “protect” African lions hands their heads to hunters
Double-edged proposal to list African lions as a “threatened” species WASHINGTON D.C.––“Wild” African lions may in the future exist only as a species cultivated for trophy hunting, anticipates an October 29, 2014 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposal to list them as a “threatened” species. Published in the October 29, 2014 edition of the Federal Register, […]
Pigeon-shooters, dog-eaters, James Inhofe & the NRA
“I am being attacked by the SHARK animal rights extremist group” HARRISBURG, OKLAHOMA CITY––Did senior Oklahoma U.S. Senator James Inhofe know about the $1,000 checks being passed out in the Pennsylvania state legislature when he appealed for funds from pigeon shooters? Whined Inhofe at his fundraising web site jiminhofe.com, appealing urgently for campaign contributions, “I […]
Killing the white deer & the Marysville massacre
Jaylen Ray Fryberg & Gavin Dingman MARYSVILLE, Washington; LIVINGSTON, Michigan––If Jaylen Ray Fryberg, 14, had checked popular news web sites on October 24, 2014, before shooting five fellow students at Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington, killing two, putting two more into critical condition, and then killing himself, Fryberg might have seen the story of […]
Bear-feeding researcher loses radio-collaring permit, deer-feeder loses life
Feeding deer & bears also gets the animals killed MINNEAPOLIS––Feeding deer is legal in Minnesota, though baiting deer in order to shoot them is not. Feeding bears is illegal, except to bait them during hunting season. Arguing that feeding bears could get someone killed, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in June 2013 refused […]
Allowed to hunt rare bustards in Pakistan, Saudi prince kills 20 times the bag limit
Saudi Arabian Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and his retinue in January 2014 killed 2,100 rare houbara bustards in just three weeks CHAGAI, Balochistan, Pakistan––Saudi Arabian Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and his retinue in January 2014 killed 2,100 rare houbara bustards during […]
Alleged rhino poaching gang served trophy hunters as well as Asian medicinal demand
Rhino industry insiders in the dock JOHANNESBURG––Startling photos of the September 22, 2010 arraignment of 11 alleged members of an international rhino poaching syndicate reached the world despite the officially unexplained efforts of police to keep photographers out. News photographers Werner Beukes of the South African Press Agency, Herman Verwey of Beeld, and Lewellyn Carstens […]
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