Animals and Wildlife
If you’ve passed through a pine forest west of the Continental Divide you’ve no doubt seen the devastation the pine beetle has wrought. In British Columbia the government went all out in its fight against the scourge, but has created another through salvage logging. In an effort to stop the… Read the rest
Judge Royce C. Lambeth ruled last Monday that Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales were properly listed as endangered and said the National Marine Fisheries Service correctly followed the Endangered Species Act. The state’s lawsuit was rejected on grounds that a decade long ban on subsistence hunting of the whales had… Read the rest
The first wolf trapping season in the lower 48 since the species’ reintroduction into the Rocky Mountain states opened last week in northern Idaho. The season, running from November 15 to March 31, will allow previously protected wolves to be caught and killed with metal foothold traps. Ranchers and cattlemen… Read the rest
Wouldn’t it be grand if every turkey Americans ate this past Thursday died like this one? Check out this amazing video about how some of our most responsible farmers give thanks to the turkeys they raise and eat. Gobble, gobble.
WARNING: This video does contain some graphic content.… Read the rest
More on unsustainable fishing practices and Tuna
From Greenpeace: The Tuna Industry’s Got a Dirty Little Secret
From PlanetSave: Annual Quota of Bluefin Tuna Caught in 1 Week
GreenPeace again: The harsh reality of longline fishing
From SeafoodWatch: Seafood Watch Pocket Guide
Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and StumbleUpon page…… Read the rest
A scheduled wolf hunt in northeastern Oregon will remain on hold. At least for awhile. In September, the Imnaha wolfpack found itself under the close watch of local ranchers and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). Two wolves in particular, including the pack’s alpha male, have been cited… Read the rest
In an effort to grow black rhino populations as part of the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project, the seventh of these critically endangered species was recently translocated 1,500 kilometers from the Eastern Cape to a new location in the Limpopo Province. Though it’s difficult to believe, carrying the rhinos… Read the rest
A couple weeks ago, we told you about the Great Salmon Run, an event that took place to raise awareness for the Snake River salmon. Want to learn more about salmon recovery? If you’re in Portland, Ore. stop by the Lewis & Clark State College Student Union Building Solarium on… Read the rest
OR-7 is a two-year-old male wolf, protected by the Endangered Species Act. This September he abandoned his Imnaha pack in Wallowa County and traveled more than 500 miles across mountains, forests and deserts to arrive in the southern Cascade Mountains. Thanks to the transmitter collar assigned to the wolf in… Read the rest
Every year around this time, roughly 1,000 polar bears hang out by the Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze. And every year, like clockwork, tourists head to the area hoping to catch a glimpse of one of these beloved, endangered bears.
Can’t make… Read the rest
