Can anyone tell me some positive Polar Bear news?
Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 27, 2023
I've been watching some animal documentaries again, but anytime the Polar Bear comes up, it's really sad. submitted by /u/Soopa_Koopa_Troopa [link] [comments]
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Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 27, 2023
I've been watching some animal documentaries again, but anytime the Polar Bear comes up, it's really sad. submitted by /u/Soopa_Koopa_Troopa [link] [comments]
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2024
I viewed them at dusk, through a telescope, from a ridge overlooking the area they were hunting. A Red Fox in Georgia, not looking very red I’ve never been to Svalbard, so I haven’t ticked off polar bear, but I have seen brown bears on a number of occasions in both Romania and Bulgaria. They particularly like chocolate!)
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 30, 2010
Despite efforts by animal rights activists to stop this hunt, it is scheduled to continue. New Jersey’s first bear hunt in five years is just a week away and set to go on as planned despite a last-ditch effort by several animal rights organizations to have the hunt postponed. The bear hunt, set to take place from Dec.
Critter News
AUGUST 8, 2009
Now that the species is listed in the US as "threatened," hunters can't import the dead body parts (aka hunting "trophies") in from Canada. Supposedly, environmentalists and animal rights activists have "unfairly made the polar bear into 'the panda bear of North America.'" insert crying baby picture here.)
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. “The
Critter News
AUGUST 24, 2010
A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. From the AP. State law on the issue is murky.
Critter News
MARCH 23, 2009
They are not hunting for food or for any subsistence whatsoever. It's all about the thrill of the hunt and, sorry to say it, the thrill of the testosterone surge. Therefore, to me it's a slam dunk as to whether trophy hunters should continue to hunt polar bears. The cost of a trophy hunt can start at $35,000.
Critter News
MARCH 16, 2009
Native and sport polar bear hunters may be facing more restrictions due to increasing threats to bear populations. A limit on the hunting of polar bears by sportsmen and native Arctic people will top the agenda at an international summit in Norway tomorrow, seen as vital to the survival of the predator.
Critter News
APRIL 20, 2012
King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt. Apparently it isn't the first time the King has been shooting big game in Africa, or elsewhere (Apparently he killed a bear in Russia a few years ago too).
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
While tracking brown bears in Greece some time ago, B. stood in a heraldic bear pose, on his hind legs, clawing the air and rrrroaring in his best Bearish. With hand signs, the Greek villager showed one large and two small bears nearby, that much I understood. After a drink, they went to see the bears.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 1, 2009
Here's an article in the Nunatsiaq News that talks about polar bear conservation from the Inuit point of view. The Inuit harvest, or hunt, polar bears in Canada. "In But not with polar bears." He said that a lot of Inuit feel betrayed by the animal rights movement, and by some biologists when it comes to polar bears.
Reddit Animals
AUGUST 30, 2023
• Tigers and other big cats are able to mimic other animals, tigers in specific mimic deer, bear, cattle and monkeys and the South American Margay can mimic the call of baby monkeys to lore adults. Deer, cattle, camel and goats are more closely related to dolphins and whales then they are with horses. .
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Being based on this island for the better part of this year has afforded me the opportunity (for the first time) to bear witness to the movement of bodies through these quarters – and it continues to be exhilarating. Fall migration is always exciting, but experiencing it in a different location is a whole new kind of feeling.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Many friends and guests enjoyed seeing this particular bird soar, hunt, or even sit for hours in the valley. Here, a considerable amount of the forest has been removed for the first hundred or two metres into the road, including several fruit-bearing trees that used to attract a myriad of higher altitude specialists.
Reddit Animals
JANUARY 10, 2022
submitted by /u/awal0n [link] [comments].
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
While photographing the Brown Bears in the Russian Far East, a friend of mine, Jovan “Lucky” Lakatos, was with Michio Hoshino, Japanese-born nature photographer specialized in Alaskan wildlife and experienced in how to behave facing this apex predator. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2011
Far more controversial is the likely delisting of the Black Bear , especially around concerns that a hunting season will follow soon after a delisting. There is not much controversy around the delisting of the four birds, all of which have recovered substantially from their population nadirs.
Critter News
JANUARY 15, 2010
From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc. It is too early to show.
10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2012
They both perch hunt and hover hunt and will even hop along the ground in pursuit of prey. Whatever they are doing – hunting, chasing other birds, or just flying around – Eastern Kingbirds are fun to watch. Eastern Kingbirds can pull off amazing aerial maneuvers but can also look very inefficient in flight.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2019
And because of the resemblance they bear to their New World cousins in the family Phasianidae , they even look the part of an “authentic” wild bird in North America. The same can’t really be said of a confusing Orange Bishop or gaudy Mandarin Duck loose in a city park.
Critter News
MARCH 22, 2010
Dr Scott Roberton, head of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said that hunting wild animals for meat and trafficking had been happening in many countries, especially developing ones. In Viet Nam, hunting and trade in wild animals had been alarming, he said. But the problem is the high demand for these products. From Vietnam News.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2012
The current header image of my own blog is another Barn Owl, this one a ringed individual I found daylight hunting, and unconcerned by the presence of my car as it hunted from posts presumably feeding young in early summer last year. The numbers we have wintering in Britain are certainly bearing that out.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Both groups will be protesting the seal hunt using the Olympic torch ceremony as the backdrop. PETA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are holding a joint news conference this week, and I would like to offer you an exclusive advance scoop on it.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 7, 2012
In a rarely filmed event, see newly awakened black bears go on the hunt for newborn elk calves. We are very excited to be able to share some preview footage with you! Untamed Americas: Mountains. Premieres Sunday, June 10, 9 p.m. Clip – Big Horn Bash: A young male big horned sheep challenges an older male to a fight.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
Accordingly, FWS manages with conservation as its primary priority and compatible wildlife-dependent recreation (hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, environmental education and interpretation) as a secondary priority. Other activities are only permitted if compatible and, in practice, most are prohibited.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
Instead, the entry asks us to “Please bear with us while this update takes place” A few months ago, I wrote an email to my bank asking them a specific question. One would think that for a species as common in Europe as the Grey-headed Woodpecker , the HBW would spend some effort to update the species entry. A worrying trend.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2011
As you read this, I am riding my trusty Grizzly Bear through the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park, helping my colleague Seagull Steve find some new birds. Birding by bear is by far the best way to view the park, although it seems to terrify the hoofed animals. Good day to you, my fine fellow birders. 3) Know stuff.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 9, 2008
To the Editor: Re “ Bearing Up ” (Op-Ed, Jan. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. Because polar bears are at the top of the marine food chain, their bodies accumulate persistent organic pollutants that disrupt their reproductive systems.
Animal Ethics
MAY 25, 2008
"The Puritan," Macaulay once wrote with condemnatory intent, "hated bear-baiting , not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." Controversies no doubt remain.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. The Osprey tries another hunt, finally a successful one, while Telia goes deeper into the water and lies down. The Telia Lake.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2024
So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor. eBird gives the Indigo Flycatcher a very positive review, calling it a “beautiful little gem of a flycatcher” Apparently, Indigo Flycatchers mainly hunt in groups, as described here.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
Activities such as hunting, fishing, and trapping are categorized as “consumptive” uses. In contrast, consumptive uses were minor: fishing accounted for 10 percent and hunting was just 4 percent. Bear River MBR (Utah): 158,000 visits generating $4.1 million in economic activity and 8 jobs. Billy Frank Jr. million; 111 jobs.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2016
It’s the boar hunting season. The WBW remained elusive like a bear (for me at least – a month ago, Georgos met a mother with two cubs, took a few photos, then dropped down and played dead). One Grey-headed Woodpecker flies across the road – a promising start. We started from the village at, perhaps 50 m a.s.l.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2016
At 3-4 inches long , they rival those of the great Grizzly Bear, and allow the Harpy Eagles to go after prey unavailable to many other birds. Because they like to hunt in the tree canopy , they will also eat “iguanas, parrots, porcupines, coatimundis, and raccoons.” Like Woods, I can’t get over their talons.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 20, 2007
It’s more accurate to say that it’s an imposition—one that we willingly and happily bear for the sake of our companions. We know that he hunts and kills them for pleasure and entertainment; but has he lived with one? Scruton makes it seem as though living with animals is an indulgence—or worse, a symptom of psychopathy.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2021
We were also lucky enough to see a beautiful pair of Sacred Kingfishers hunting along the coastal edge. Sadly the swan is uncommon on the river that bears its name… Luckily it can be seen nearby though. This bird should not be identified by habitat alone as occasionally you see Grey tailed Tattlers on rocky headlands as well.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Now bear in mind, I have never seen a Wood Stork , nor was it ever on my radar, as they have never been in any of the areas that I have birded. This all started like most of these stories do, with the report of a rare bird, in this case, a vagrant Wood Stork , spotted in some place it certainly should not be.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids. When you throw the feral Cat in there, not only do they push out the indigenous wild carnivores, but they are hunting animals that are not quite adapted to avoiding them as well as they may be to avoiding other animals.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive. I saw the Cuckoo the second day of its visit.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2024
” Blue-bearded Bee-eaters seem to have a pretty clever hunting strategy. Please bear with us while this update takes place.” ” Been bearing with them for quite a while now. They provoke honeybee colonies, which then fly out and attack the bird.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2019
While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. Good birding and happy drinking! San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2012
The oft-told tale of its start in 1900 as an alternative to the “side-hunt” which was itself a long tradition in many families warms many a birder’s heart. Bear with me, keyboard commandos of the 101 Chairborn Patriot Squad. But maybe it needs a name change?
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