A Michael Broad Blog
In Japan there is a lack of professional park rangers financed by the government in order to help control the number of bears. This is compounded by the fact that the bears of Japan have acquired a taste for flesh – the flesh of animals and humans – because they are able to eat …
NEWS AND OPINION: Steven Fry, a well-respected and indeed loved, highly intelligent British celebrity, actor and comedian, has condemned the UK’s Ministry of Defence for insisting that their guards continue to wear bearskin hats made from genuine Canadian black bear pelts when synthetic alternatives made to a high standard and meeting requirements of drying …
NEWS AND OPINION: On my reading of this news story, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) refuses to stop using genuine black bearskins for their bearskin ceremonial hats despite the availability of faux fur alternatives. As a consequence, PETA are indirectly suing them by seeking a judicial review of their decision making. PETA claims …
Do tigers kill bears? Yes, tigers do kill bears but it will happen quite rarely although there is conflicting information on the frequency of bear/tiger encounters. I’m going to quote a section of the best book on wild cats1, which provides reliable information in answering the question in the title. I have added information …
NEWS AND COMMENT-BRITISH COLOMBIA, CANADA: The cat’s owner was flabbergasted. He couldn’t believe it. Brothers Gavin and Cameron Sturrock watched as their Bengal cat, Tigger, faced off with a black bear which had wandered onto their property. The Bengal cat did that typical feline thing to make themselves larger by arching their back and …
RANTHAMBORE NATIONAL PARK, INDIA: A sloth bear came across a couple of Bengal cat tigers mating. The male tiger and female tigress clashed with the bear. The photographs by wildlife photographer Aditya Dicky Singh of the encounter are amazing. Aditya believed the bear would be killed. Female sloth bears grow to about 5ft 6in …
This gives us a glimpse into what it is like for zoo animals living through war. They tend to be completely neglected and die or they are killed by other zoo animals. That is probably the general and expected scenario. No one gives a damn for zoo animals or most other animals in war, …
Here’s a remarkable yet widely published picture of an Asiatic black bear and a black cat who are the best of friends. I love interspecies friendships. They signal the way we should relate to people of other nations, cultures and beliefs. It is the opposite to extremist beliefs, which are ruining the world (amongst …
