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
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Elephant The big – two species of elephant are now recognized as occuring in Africa, the smaller and more secretive Forest Elephant and the larger, more familiar African or Bush Elephant.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2015
Another day, another dead lion erupting in the world’s media, another opportunity for me to annoy my few remaining anti-hunting friends. Shot an elephant. For being a girl that beat a guy in a computer game. For being a feminist with an opinion on comic books, or games. Go read his take. I’ll wait. .
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2015
The river cruises up the Chobe River are most famous for the dry season aggregations of African Bush Elephants drawn to the year-round water. But even without huge herds of elephants large game is defiantly the major draw for most people on the cruise.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2012
Okavango sunset Almost 40% of all land in Botswana is under conservation either as wilderness areas, game reserves or national parks. It is also home to the largest concentration of African Elephants on the planet and over 450 bird species. Few countries can boast the megafaunal diversity of the Okavango Delta.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
These beaters usually take the form of grazing herds of game and domestic animals, and large flocks of carmine bee-eaters may gather overhead. After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects.
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