There is a report in the LA Times that the mountain lions of Southern California are approaching what they describe as an “extinction vortex”. As I understand it, this means that when the population numbers have decreased to a certain … Continue reading →
There is an article on The Spectator website by Mary Wakefield which, perhaps somewhat tongue in cheek, argues why vegans must not own cats. My initial response was that she is wrong. Why shouldn’t vegans own cats? Lots of them … Continue reading →
With humans out of the way, Chernobyl’s wildlife thrives like never before. When reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded on April 26, 1986, many people, thousands of trees and most of the animals in the area … Continue reading →
It is believed that caracals are eating rats which populate the vineyards of Cape Town. The vineyards don’t use rat poison but they host businesses such as hotels and restaurants which do use it.
Continue reading →The glorious, exotic cheetah, the formula one car of the animal kingdom is being pushed to the brink of extinction in the wild because of an insatiable desire for cheetah selfies and the desire of the rich citizens of the … Continue reading →
In 2019, is an individual Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) worth €169,000? I would say it quite definitely is, but I am an ardent conservationist. Others have criticized a conservation project managed by the Spanish government and paid for by Spanish … Continue reading →
This feeble, uncommitted UK government, bogged down and paralysed as it is by Brexit, is dithering hopelessly over a decision to ban the importation of hunting trophies despite a huge rise of such imports into the UK by British big-game … Continue reading →
The eastern puma is extinct because they were extirpated from the eastern United States by the late 1890s. In other words they were eradicated or completely destroyed through hunting and trapping in that part of the United States of America. … Continue reading →
Summary: Lions ate a rhino poacher after an elephant stomped on him Kruger National Park: A group of five rhino poachers where stalking a rhino. They were after that precious and oh-so valuable horn that is treasured in China for … Continue reading →
Let’s think of a brave new world, a considerable time in the future, when people have control over the creation of random bred cats (moggies) and when they might be bred by licensed breeders who focus exclusively on their cats’ … Continue reading →
