Posted on August 7, 2015
From Yahoo News:
Following the tragic killing of Cecil the lion it is imperative that we use this outrage to turn the spotlight on one of South Africa’s biggest tragedies—rhino genocide. When most travelers head to Africa for a safari vacation they are hoping to spot the “Big Five.” That is shorthand for the big game— lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhino. But, if things don’t change and soon, they will only ever get a chance to see the “Big Four.”
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Posted on August 7, 2015
More sad news for our ape folk!
Monkey Island (Liberia) (AFP) – A speedboat laden with fruit approaches and four chimpanzees come bounding over from the dense forest, screeching excitedly as volunteers throw them pineapple and mango chunks.
The apes are part of a colony of former research lab captives enjoying retirement uncaged on an atoll deep in the jungle of southern Liberia, known as Monkey Island.
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Posted on August 6, 2015
What a bizarre story, when you think about it:
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A big-game trophy collector from Idaho has ignited a firestorm of criticism from animal-rights activists for flaunting online images of herself posed with the carcasses of a giraffe and other wildlife she killed during a recent guided hunt in South Africa.
Sabrina Corgatelli, an accountant for Idaho State University, appeared on NBC’s “Today” show on Monday to defend trophy hunting amid mounting international outrage over last month’s killing of Cecil, Zimbabwe’s most famous lion, by an American dentist.
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Posted on August 6, 2015
Posted on August 5, 2015
Sad news bit from Yahoo :
Anger about the recent poaching of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe has yet to subside, as new developments surrounding the viral news story seem to arise almost every day.
But trophy hunters, such as Walter J. Palmer, the Minnesota dentist being sought by Zimbabwe authorities for shooting the iconic Cecil for his head as a memento, are only one problem facing African lions.
The photo atop this post shows a female lion in South Africa’s Kruger National Park wearing a cable snare that’s cutting into the flesh around her neck.
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Posted on August 3, 2015
Following a recent story about illegal lion hunting:
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has accused a Pennsylvania doctor of illegally killing a lion in April, as it seeks to extradite a Minnesota dentist who killed a well-known lion named Cecil in July.
Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, shot the lion with a bow and arrow near Hwange National Park, without approval and on land where it was not allowed, said Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.
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Posted on July 28, 2015
Interesting piece in GrindTV today:
The hunter said to have lured a beloved lion named Cecil out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, to be shot and killed as a trophy, has been identified by authorities as Walter James Palmer, a Minnesota dentist. The July 1 killing of a Cecil, a 13-year-old black-maned lion that held iconic stature in the wilderness preserve, sparked outrage as details began to leak about his death and how the lion was killed.
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Posted on July 25, 2015
This is a brilliant example of how technology and nature can come together!
Poaching for rhinos has become so rampant and the prospect of the species going extinct has become so real that scientists have developed an extreme measure to fight back: a hidden camera inserted into the horns of the rhinos.
The aim is for the hidden camera to provide evidence to convict poachers and act as a deterrent to poaching.
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Photo courtesy of Protect
Posted on July 25, 2015
Posted on July 15, 2015
Scary story from Yahoo News:
The word “roadkill” took on a whole new meaning during a recent visit to Kruger National Park.
In the early hours of July 10, Carolyn Dunford was driving through the Orpen gate when she saw cars starting to slow down. That’s when she noticed two huge male lions walking along the road, marking their territory.
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