by faster | Nov 25, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Wild Earth Guardians DATE: November 25, 2020 SNIP: Today, multiple organizations comprising the TrapFree New Mexico coalition are issuing a grim warning to New Mexicans who plan on enjoying their public lands over the Thanksgiving holiday: Beware of trapping....
by faster | Nov 17, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Natural History Museum DATE: November 17, 2020 SNIP: Some fishermen targeting tuna, swordfish and halibut in the southwest Atlantic are cutting the beaks off live albatrosses to free them from hooks, before tossing the birds back into the ocean to die. The...
by faster | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Irish Times DATE: October 26, 2020 SNIP: The poaching of wild songbirds has become so lucrative that criminals are monitoring nests in a bid to circumvent the law, according to a senior garda. A sealed ring on a songbird traditionally suggested it was born in...
by faster | Oct 11, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: October 11, 2020 SNIP: More tigers are now held in captivity in the United States than survive in the wild in Asia. That is the grim statistic that underpins Americans’ growing appetites for posing for pictures with big cats and their...
by faster | Sep 30, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: CBS News DATE: September 30, 2020 SNIP: At least 5,000 pets were found dead in cardboard shipping boxes last week at a logistics facility in Central China, likely casualties of a miscommunication in the supply chain of China’s thriving mass-breeding...
