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https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2025/Nearly-20-000-live-animals-seized-365-suspects-arrested-in-largest-ever-wildlife-and-forestry-operation 138 countries and regions join forces to target fauna and flora trafficking worldwide LYON, France – Nearly 20,000 live animals, all...

https://theconversation.com/discovery-in-south-africa-holds-oldest-evidence-of-mixing-ingredients-to-make-arrow-poison-247250 In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2025/01/17/the-economic-and-environmental-benefits-of-grouse-shooting-in-the-uk/ BY CHARLES HOFFMAN Grouse shooting is a time-honoured tradition in the UK, deeply rooted in the cultural and historical fabric of rural Britain. Beyond its heritage value, grouse...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/11/04/you-have-been-verwoerd/ It is that time of year, when poisonous mushrooms suddenly re-erupt all over the place without warning and this year many are, as in the past, infected by a particularly stubborn pathogen. Despite dying instantly when exposed to...

https://theasc.com/articles/most-dangerous-game Hunting The Most Dangerous Game Looking back on the creative — yet budget-conscious — production of this influential Pre Code 1932 thriller, which has been remade numerous times since. George E. Turner An enormous Gothic door fills the opening...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-09-25-malawi-man-killed-by-hyenas-heralds-new-horror-in-human-elephant-conflict-zone/ By Ed Stoddard The killing of a Malawian man by hyenas near Kasungu National Park, in an area that has become a flashpoint of human/wildlife conflict since a...

LOLIONDO, Tanzania — Whistleblowers speaking to Mongabay have reported instances of poaching over decades in Tanzania linked to a luxury hunting firm catering to the United Arab Emirates’ elites and royals. The insiders are from Ortello — sometimes spelled Otterlo — Business Corporation (OBC)...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2024-08-19-trophy-hunting-we-need-alternative-plans-not-bans/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=first_thing&mle=MEdjczVNYUpZeFBuZmN2SkdvQUJXSnRtZlN3bHRqaE1aTDlQQUVkcExsaXJQTHQxcFZsNCt5YUJwMENldHpmM05WQ2VHQTRHWStwU2ZYcG40UVprUEQ0YjFOVzV3R...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/04/11/european-colonialism-is-back-as-animal-rights/ BY JOHN NASH This week, I have been remembering a silly school joke: Apart from hailing from a time, long ago, before PC’s went PC, when British policemen were helpful, respectful and sane, I hope the joke...

On August 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched. The elephant is loved, revered, and respected by people and cultures around the world.

https://theconversation.com/false-stereotypes-mean-endangered-animals-are-being-protected-in-the-wrong-places-234023 Giant panda reclining in cloudy hills eating bamboo, European bison picking their way through gloomy and lichen-draped forests, and Cape mountain zebra roaming arid mountains...

https://www.namibian.com.na/namibia-to-lose-n260m-over-uks-anti-trophy-hunting-bill/ Namibia stands to lose more than N$260 million annually in potential revenue from the hunting industry due to the decision by the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party to implement an anti-trophy hunting bill...

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/scientists-call-for-halt-to-elephant-hunting-along-kenya-tanzania-border-4674042#google_vignette A group of international scientists said Thursday that the hunting of elephants along the Kenya-Tanzania border for their tusks should be...