by faster | Nov 8, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Yorkshire Bylines DATE: November 8, 2020 SNIP: The UK is known as a nation of animal-lovers, yet it’s a terrible place to be a wild animal (or plant or fungus). For ours is one of the most nature-deprived countries on the planet, the “green and pleasant land”...
by faster | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: WildEarth Guardians DATE: October 7, 2020 SNIP: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s wildlife killing program has just announced its shocking death toll of wildlife killed last year. In 2019, USDA’s Wildlife Services program spent millions of taxpayer dollars...
by faster | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Narwhal DATE: April 23, 2020 SNIP: “Energy really can grow on trees,” says the website of the Wood Pellet Association of Canada. The association touts wood pellets — manufactured from sawdust, slash piles and low-grade timber from forestry harvest sites —...
by faster | Nov 30, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: November 30, 2019 SNIP: The Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) claims French hunters kill an estimated 17 million birds every year – more than any other country – from 64 species. Of these birds, many of which are migratory, 20 are...
by faster | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC News DATE: October 21, 2019 SNIP: Forest ranger Liviu Pop was responding to a tip-off about illegal logging when he was shot dead with a hunting rifle this week. He is the second Romanian forest ranger killed in just over a month, and the two deaths have...
