Namibia: Uproar Over Elephant Killing
The killing of an alpha elephant bull at Omatjete last week has been highly criticised by Namibian conservation and tourism groups. The elephant, named 'Voortrekker' of the rare Ugab desert-adapted
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Bird species faces fast extinction
A recent survey by the Houbara Foundation International Pakistan and the Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department has found that only 200 Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) are left in the world.
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Indigenous people of Honduras granted one million hectares of rainforest
One-hundred and fifty years after a treaty with England granted the Miskito people rights over their land--a treaty which was never fully respected--the government of Honduras has officially handed over
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The trophy hunting of African lions: Scale, current management practices and factors undermining sustainability
<p>The trophy hunting of lions Panthera leo is contentious due to uncertainty concerning conservation impacts and because of highly polarised opinions about the practice. African lions are hunted across
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Poaching increases in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve
Owning to security lapses, poaching has increased in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve these days. Owing to lack of sufficient number of manpower to safeguard the only hunting reserve in the nation, poaching
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Ziro Valley losing rare wildlife due to hunting: Survey
Kolkata: A number of threatened and rare wildlife species, including leopards, are vanishing from Arunachal Pradesh’s Ziro Valley as a result of rampant hunting by the indigenous Apatani tribe, a survey
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Hundreds of wild boars face cull in Forest of Dean
Just a decade ago, the wildest creatures in the Forest of Dean were deer, sheep, foxes and badgers. But today there are as many as 600 wild boars roaming the 111 sq km (43 sq miles) of ancient Gloucestershire
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Polar bear hunting and migration 'hit by warming climate'
The polar bears of Hudson Bay, Canada, migrate onto land in the summer when the sea ice melts, relying on fat reserves to survive until the sea refreezes in late November or early December. During the
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Hunters cull 3,500 reindeer on islands near Antarctica
Hunters have slaughtered 3,500 reindeer on a British island near Antarctica to try to get rid of the animals that were brought from Norway a century ago and are an increasing threat to native wildlife.
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Proposal to Ban Trade in Polar Bear Parts Is Rejected
A proposal to ban the international trade in polar bear parts was rejected Thursday at a major international conference on wildlife trade, highlighting the difficulties of reaching a global consensus on
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Deer: 50% cull 'necessary to protect countryside'
Around half of the UK's growing deer population needs to be shot each year to stop devastation of woodlands and birdlife, a group of scientists says. A study published in the Journal of Wildlife Management