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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Ten thousand deer poached every year: Survey
About 10,000 deer are slaughtered by poachers in the Sundarbans and its adjacent reserved forests in five southern districts of Bangladesh every year, a survey has found. The study identified at least
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Climate change threatens Tibetan antelopes deliveries
Every summer, Tibetan antelopes in China's remote northwest follow a certain pattern of migration that is key to the endangered species' survival. Normally, around 30,000 pregnant gazelles migrate,
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Badger cull ruling due in high court
The high court will rule on Thursday on whether farmers and landowners can legally cull thousands of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle. The Badger Trust says government proposals for two pilot
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Over 6 Red Pandas found dead
More than half a dozen Red Pandas were found dead in Jagarkot’s Nayakwada and Rokaya villages in the past five months. Principal at Lipsa-based Birendra Aishwarya Higher Secondary School Gorakh Bahadur
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Poaching in the Serengeti linked to poverty, high legal hunting prices
In the effort to protect the Serengeti—arguably Africa's most famous ecosystem—one of the major problems is the bushmeat trade. Population growth, little available protein, poverty, and a long-standing
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Asian nations want to sink South Korea whale hunt plan
South Korea's proposal to resume whaling for scientific research has angered other Asian countries and conservationists who said the practice would skirt a global ban on whale hunting. Australian Prime
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Cougars make a comeback after a century of decline
The American mountain lion or cougar is now re-populating parts of the US, scientists say. Their numbers had plummeted in the last 100 years because of hunting and a lack of prey. Writing in the
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Advice warns of dangers of shooting in parks
THE introduction of recreational hunting in national parks is likely to jeopardise public safety and drive out other users, according to confidential documents that raise questions about the state government's
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Is there a link between wild animal hunting and conservation in Singhalila National Park?
A survey of hunting and consumption of wild animals among the Sherpas community in and around Singhalila National Park was conducted. Rate and pattern of hunting of animal species, their importance to
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Wolf Hunt Stirs Passions in Midwest
Hunters in the Upper Midwest are gearing up for the region's first-ever wolf-hunting season this fall, the latest sign of the comeback of an apex predator on the verge of being wiped out in the U.S. when