Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials say 16 wolves have been legally killed in the state since the animals were removed from protection under the Endangered Species Act.
The latest wolf killing was reported by a hunter who shot a wolf May 5 near
Point Pelee National Park To Kill Over 7000 Birds In Four Days.
Beginning April 30, 2008, Parks Canada will shoot thousands of nesting double-crested cormorants at Point Pelee National Park. They have scheduled 4 days - April 30, May 1, 2, and
Tony Saunders stalked his prey for 35 miles by snowmobile through western Wyoming's Hoback Basin, finally reaching a clearing where he took out a .270-caliber rifle and shot the wolf twice from 30 yards away.
Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies have
The rules of engagement are simple: The trophy must be male and at least 2.4 metres tall.
And since March, big-game hunters, mainly Americans, clad head to toe in caribou-skin outfits and riding dogsleds, have been on the hunt in Canada's Arctic for
Wealthy businessmen in China are spending thousands of pounds hunting rare animals including bears in a craze that could wipe out some species.
Hunting clubs are signing up rich members and taking them around the country to shoot lynx, deer, boar
Grigore Cartianu: "We have sent them to the streets and the City Hall left them to breed. The stray dogs are trying to survive in the urban jungle. We must protect ourselves from them but we have no right to slaughter them!"
EVZ has started a
If Wyoming wolf hunters don't throttle back their fervor, wolf advocates might succeed in convincing a federal judge to issue an injunction against removing the animals from the endangered species list, say a rancher and an outfitter inside the state's
Big cats are being increasingly attacked in Assam villages. There is a war between man and the big cat out there. And man is winning.
A leopard cub died this morning, two days after it was poisoned along with its mother and sibling by villagers at
At least 56 wolves are dead in Alaska - the latest victims of the state's brutal, unpopular and needless aerial killing program. And the death toll will continue to climb as spring's longer days make it easier to kill wolves using airplanes...
Forestry officials in eastern India have arrested a wildlife trader found carrying the skins of five rare clouded leopards, the area's wildlife conservator said Wednesday.
The illegal haul included the skins of two cubs.
The arrest was made in the
Idaho hunters would be allowed to kill somewhere between 100 and 300 gray wolves this fall under a plan proposed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game after Thursday's federal decision to remove the animals from the endangered species list. The plan
The State Police (Forest Cell) has apprehended two persons who were allegedly involved in illegal wildlife trade in south India. The arrest is being seen as a major success in curbing the illegal wildlife trade in this part of the country.
There are ethical hunters, and there are people who shoot captive animals in "canned-hunt" facilities. There is no overlap between the two groups. Participating in a canned hunt is inhumane and unethical. Good hunters should be the first to say so.
This week has produced some good news for gorilla lovers as two groups of gorillas triumphed over earlier attacks by poachers. In the first story, a pair of reintroduced Western Gorillas have given birth to a baby named Okeli in Gabon. The birth marks
