The killing of an alpha elephant bull at Omatjete last week has been highly criticised by Namibian conservation and tourism groups. The elephant, named 'Voortrekker' of the rare Ugab desert-adapted herd, was put down last Tuesday by a government-appointed hunter for N$120 000. To Omatjete's Ohungu Conservancy, who claim to …
Recent studies indicate that trophy hunting is impacting negatively on some lion populations, notably in Tanzania. In 2004 there was a proposal to list lions on CITES Appendix and in 2011 animal-welfare groups petitioned the United States government to list lions as endangered under their Endangered Species Act. Such listings …
This paper focuses on the causes of ecosystem degradation. Historically, poor communities have been identified as among the key degrading agents. The thesis of this paper is that such communities do not voluntarily destroy the resource base which is the source of their livelihoods and provides them sustenance. Therefore, the …
Understanding the patterns of wild meat consumption from tropical forests is important for designing approaches to address this major threat to biodiversity and mitigate potential pathways for transmission of emerging diseases. Bushmeat consumption has been particularly poorly studied in Madagascar, one of the world's hottest biodiversity hotspots. Studying bushmeat consumption …
As has become almost routine in recent years, Japan’s annual whale hunt that began this week has kicked off to swirling controversy. But this year, onlookers are not only taking issue with the whaling expedition itself, but how extra funding for the trip is being drawn from money intended to …
As timber concessions in Central Africa open remote areas to hunting activities, methods for monitoring and measuring wildlife populations bear review.
Environmentalists see red over wildlife bill in Bangladesh. A rift has been created between the Bangladesh government and activists. Reason: a bill that gives powers to the government to declare forest areas protected while pushing for co-management of forests by authorities and communities. Activists say the bill, if passed, would …
The Asiatic golden cat and marbled cat are popularly called small cat species among the wild felids. Both these cats are found distributed in the South East Asian region and come from a common lineage of bay cats and inhabit moist evergreen forests. They are placed in the ‘Near threatened’ …
The Wildlife department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sold permits for hunting of four Markhors and one Ibex in Chitral and Kohistan districts under the Trophy Hunting scheme. The hunting season for current year will start from Dec 15 to March 2012, next, informed Chief Conservator Wildlife Department, Syed Mubarik Ali …
Forty years after being hunted to near-extinction in many parts of the U.S., black bears have become so plentiful that they are causing trouble for their human neighbors—ripping open camping tents in Colorado, attacking dogs in New Jersey, even breaking into a home in Florida to nab a birthday cake …
A COMPREHENSIVE new study has found that orangutan populations in Indonesian Borneo are being diminished at unsustainable rates due to conflict with humans. The results suggest orangutans outside protected areas may be headed toward extinction. The study, published Friday in PLoS One, is based on 18 months of interviews with …
Alaska state officials on Friday were considering a controversial plan to shoot wolves in an effort to boost moose populations in one of the state's top tourist and recreation areas. An estimated 90 to 135 wolves range across the Kenai Peninsula, south of Anchorage, where under the proposal hunters would …
Human-orangutan conflict and hunting are thought to pose a serious threat to orangutan existence in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. No data existed prior to the present study to substantiate these threats. We investigated the rates, spatial distribution and causes of conflict and hunting through an interview-based survey in …
A federal court rejected a bid by conservationists for an immediate halt to wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana on Tuesday, but the judges said they would reconsider the request next month. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and others had asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for …
Conservationists asked a federal court on Monday to stop wolf hunts under way in Idaho and Montana until judges rule on an appeal that seeks to restore federal protections to the animals in the two states. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and others told the U.S. Ninth Circuit of …
The musty jaguar pelts on display at a government office in Buenos Aires are a grim reminder of the big cat's precarious existence in Argentina's northern forests. The Iguazu waterfalls that border Paraguay and Brazil mark what is now the outer limit of the jaguar's range. Just 50 of the …
The government is railroading a new wildlife law, which experts view as ill-conceived and if passed by the parliament would rather lead to degradation of forests and wildlife. It would also lead to huge shrinkage of the forest area as much of the core forest would be declared "buffer zone" …
Sundarban, the world’s largest mangrove forest, has become unsafe for many animals especially for tigers, deer and crocodiles due to rampant and indiscriminate animal poaching in the last few years. Various groups of people have long been engaged in hunting tigers, deer and crocodiles for smuggling skin to different countries. …
Hunting is the prime suspect in the global extinction of many species and is posing a major threat to populations of hundreds of species worldwide even in the absence of other forms of habitat destruction.This study was designed to investigate impact of wild ungulate offtakes on their populations in the …
The population of Kashmir Markhor has been decreasing rapidly in Tochi game reserve, situated at a stone`s throw from the district headquarters of Chitral, owing to ruthless hunting, residents of the area say. Miraj Hussain Mughal, a social worker from Seen village near the game reserve, told Dawn that the …
Conservation groups asked an appeals court on Monday to strike down a move by Congress to strip more than 1,500 wolves in Idaho and Montana of federal endangered species protections. In a petition to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the groups sought to overturn a ruling last week …
