NEWS AND VIEWS – KUNO NATIONAL PARK, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA: There is speculation that the GPS tracking collars placed around the necks of the relocated cheetahs from South Africa to India are killing some of them because the cheetahs are irritated by the collars in damp conditions and are scratching their necks causing a killer …
Are GPS tracking collars on cheetahs in India causing infections and deaths? Read More »
Patrick Gower is mixed up in my opinion. He has a Wikipedia page so he has some influence. And he supports the North Canterbury hunting competition in New Zealand which attracted so much criticism recently as it entailed kids of 14 shooting at feral cats that could be domestic cats. Other animals are in the …
New Zealand journalist loves domestic cats and wants to shoot feral cats. Crazy? Read More »
Walter J Palmer DDS still receives one-star ratings for his dentistry 7 years after he shot Cecil the Lion in Africa. On at least three websites where people can review the services he provides as a dentist: Yelp, vitals, Rate MDs, Dr. Walter James Palmer receives an overall rating of one star which is the …
NEWS AND COMMENT (Opinion): Will you be as disgusted as I am having read this article? I hope so as it is a failure in child care and inherently cruel. It is about asking kids to engage in potentially criminal activity. It is that bad. The North Canterbury Hunting Competition of New Zealand has been …
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Britain is leading Europe in the creation of legislation to ban the importation of hunting trophies from big game into the UK. There is no EU law banning trophy imports. It seems that this UK legislation is one benefit of Brexit. Yesterday, Members of Parliament unanimously backed a ban on the importation of hunting trophies. …
NEWS AND OPINION: The British government is debating a ban on trophy hunting imports into the UK. The bill passing through Parliament is the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill 2022-2023. This is a promise made by this Conservative government. But I’m told today that there is a possibility that the bill might not pass through …
Gary Lineker tells the British government to ban trophy imports in a Times letter Read More »
NEWS AND OPINION: Ricky Clark is a rat catcher by trade. He became a TV celebrity by dint of his enthusiastic personality and buff appearance according to The Times newspaper. He has a BBC1 series called The Rat Pack which shows how he catches and kills rats with his dogs. The show received favourable reviews …
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He is a self-declared redneck. I can barely bring myself to write about this person. This is because he is so different to me. He is different to millions of Americans as well. He confesses that he is addicted to hunting, fishing and trapping et cetera. Included in that desire to kill animals is his …
Jack Bell has written a lengthy article on the Shooting UK website. He obviously works in the game bird industry. In other words, he works in the business of shooting thousands upon thousands of birds for entertainment and pleasure. To any animal lover this sport is objectionable. And in this highly ironic article he blames …
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Not long ago the Conservative UK government promised to ban the importation of hunting trophies. The promise was in part a response to the general population’s desire to do this and I suspect Carrie Johnson, Boris Johnson’s wife had a say in the matter. But now, in a move which will further deteriorate the relationship …
UK government delays the promised ban on the importation of sport hunting trophies Read More »
NEWS AND COMMENT: Animal advocates are lucky to have a man like Eduardo Gonçalves who is fighting against trophy and sport hunting intelligently and I hope devastatingly well. In his book Trophy Hunters Exposed: Inside the Big Game Industry he exposes the brutal callousness of trophy hunters and the untold amounts of agony that they …
Callous trophy hunters cause untold amounts of agony in the animals they kill Read More »
The Queen is part of the posh country set. She is one of ‘them’; the elite. The hunting and fishing type who see animals as something to use and in respect of wild animals to abuse. She is old-fashioned in this way, unenlightened. The connection of the Royal family with shooting wild animals for pleasure …
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The British public have made their feelings known with respect to trophy hunting in a YouGov poll commissioned by Humane Society International/UK and the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting. Only 14% of the respondents in the survey said that a ban should only apply to threatened or endangered species and a mere 2% said that …
USA – opinion/news: The Times reports that hunting is in long-term decline across the United States. My initial response is happiness. It appears that there has been a shift in recreation habits together with societal attitudes to killing animals. The Times journalist reports that this is hurting conservation. I argue that if wildlife conservation is …
Hunting is in long-term decline across the United States Read More »
This is an opinion article. I am delighted to see that fans of the popular television show Love Island are disgusted that one of the contestants, Ollie Williams, helps run a trophy hunting agency in Cornwall, UK, called Cornish Sporting Agency. He organises hunts in South Africa and other countries for blood-thirsty, rich and mindless …
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