10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “By

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

There are times when acting in the conservation interest of a species or ecosystem means that the welfare of specific animals is compromised, which is a fancy way of saying that conservationists sometimes have to kill animals for the greater good. Take the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. There is no solidarity among the big cats.

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 186

Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2008

State wildlife officials are investigating a possible poaching case in which someone removed the gallbladder of a black bear -- which can sell for thousands of dollars in Asia -- after the animal was struck and killed this week by a car in the Lake Tahoe area. A surgical glove was discovered next to the bear's mutilated carcass. "It

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. Those whose actions result in additional costs should bear them.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 245

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2012

A Fishing Pole To Rule The World. You may think I am nuts and I’m making all of this up, but the singular BEST toy I have ever seen for a cat involved a fishing pole, some fishing string and a ponytail elastic. Loop the hair elastic on the fishing pole string and cast off. When Did Killing Bugs Become So Fun?

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