Few people are noticing but we are entering the first mass extinction of species to be caused by humans and the sixth mass extinction overall. The Noble prize winner Paul Crutzen has called this mass extinction the Anthropocene. Some experts estimate that a quarter of all mammals and a fifth of all reptiles are …
Hundreds of villagers are being forced out of their homes in central India to make way for a new Asiatic lion sanctuary in an area where the animals were hunted to the brink of extinction in the nineteenth century. The reason why it has been decided to create a second sanctuary for the Asiatic …
Here are some jaguar sounds – they give some people the chills. The growls and hisses have an extremely menacing nature. Perhaps they are meant to be menacing – nature’s way of improving survival through dominance. The roar strikes fear into other animals including some people. The following are MP3 audio files. They should …
Many of us who are concerned about the environment and our wildlife may find hunting a subject that is extremely controversial. I can’t understand why folks take pleasure in hunting as a sport. However, due to wild animal habitat destruction caused by overbuilding and commercialization along with a lack of natural animal predators, the …
A remote location on the West Coast of Scotland with the Google Maps address: Ardnamurchan Acharacle, Highland PH36, has been selected by the Scottish Wildcat Association in conjunction with the Aspinall Foundation as a remote enough place for the Scottish wildcat to make its last stand. The Google map below shows the location. It …
Is Kendall Jones the world’s most insensitive teenager? Perhaps the word “insensitive” is too mild for this woman. She likes to shoot large wild animals including iconic species and post photos of herself with her trophy on Facebook Perhaps she’s just ignorant of the need for conservation of wildlife or perhaps she doesn’t care …
Today, at present, the Cougar is more likely to wander into urban areas in America because there are more urban areas and the human settlements are in places which are included in the distribution of the Cougar. The Cougar was their first and the humans moved in. If the US cougar loses its fear …
I’m pleased to see that Greg Hunt, Australia’s environment minister, has announced that he is banning imports of lion body parts into Australia. The intention, as I see it, is to stop Australian citizens going to South Africa to shoot lions, corralled in enclosures and specially bred for the purpose. This is canned lion …
