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National Park Service biologists Jeff Sikich and Seth Riley discuss the future of mountain lions in southern California’s Santa Monica mountains in this candid interview with the L.A. Times. They offer up the good, the bag, and the ugly, and provide insight into what’s needed in order to ensure a future for pumas in southern California. […]
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Ancient Rome: men proved their strength by fighting large carnivores to the death with appropriately primitive weaponry. In the 21st century, recreational killing of animals for other than food is still a social affirmation of sorts among the protagonists who derive pleasure from killing. Today the killing is often aided by sophisticated technological buy valtrex […]
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A recent increase in cougar sightings and reports across California has officials with California Department of Fish and Wildlife urging residents to remain calm but to take reasonable precautions. Officials note that there is a spike in reports each spring as residents begin to spend more time outside and deer transition from winter to summer range (and the […]
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Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have written a memo to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requesting that they reconsider the Florida panther’s “endangered” status. The memo states that Florida panthers may have “exceeded their carrying capacity” and are placing an incredible burden on managers and landowners. Unfortunately, the panther population is […]
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First it was the agrarian revolution, then the industrial revolution then the industrialization of agrarianism. Now we have a new, insidious, and very dangerous ‘revolution’ as we see the industrialization of the oldest formal method of survival- ‘hunting’. States’ rights to manage wildlife and their willingness to do so for a minority of their citizens, […]
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Idaho continues to cling to the tradition of indiscriminate slaughter as a method to protect livestock. Pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into killing is short sighted at best, fiscally negligent at worst. Education and support for growers so that buy valtrex generic cheap they can minimize loss over the long term is the most […]
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There is nothing like seeing a grizzly bear. It doesn’t just ‘make your day’ it can change the way you view the natural world for your whole lifetime. Seeing bears ‘in the wild’ is a privilege few of us can pass up, yet privilege comes with responsibility. To truly ‘love’ the bears we must buy […]
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Montana gives 5 female mountain lions a reprieve.
/in Links, News, UncategorizedThere are sixteen states that have mountain lions and in every state except Texas (where they are vermin), they are ‘managed’. In California and Florida mountain lions are not hunted but steps are taken to protect people, pets, and livestock if a lion has become a credible threat (not just a random sighting). It is […]
Great interview with NPS biologists working to save cougars in the Santa Monicas
/in NewsNational Park Service biologists Jeff Sikich and Seth Riley discuss the future of mountain lions in southern California’s Santa Monica mountains in this candid interview with the L.A. Times. They offer up the good, the bag, and the ugly, and provide insight into what’s needed in order to ensure a future for pumas in southern California. […]
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/in Links, NewsIn our politically influenced lives, it is a brave agency that stands up for the truth. We must not let our most buy valacyclovir australia precious public resources be affected by political pressure from special interests. http://trib.com/lifestyles/recreation/study-says-proposed-pathway-has-potential-for-negative-grizzly-human/article_80f4cdf6-97f7-588f-8c9d-e788390ef1b0.html
The apparent disregard for the suffering of large carnivores does not seem to have changed much….
/in Links, NewsAncient Rome: men proved their strength by fighting large carnivores to the death with appropriately primitive weaponry. In the 21st century, recreational killing of animals for other than food is still a social affirmation of sorts among the protagonists who derive pleasure from killing. Today the killing is often aided by sophisticated technological buy valtrex […]
California DFW on recent cougar sightings: No cause for alarm
/in NewsA recent increase in cougar sightings and reports across California has officials with California Department of Fish and Wildlife urging residents to remain calm but to take reasonable precautions. Officials note that there is a spike in reports each spring as residents begin to spend more time outside and deer transition from winter to summer range (and the […]
Florida officials ask feds to review panther status
/in NewsOfficials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have written a memo to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requesting that they reconsider the Florida panther’s “endangered” status. The memo states that Florida panthers may have “exceeded their carrying capacity” and are placing an incredible burden on managers and landowners. Unfortunately, the panther population is […]
A good article about the unacceptable ways that certain species of animals are being exploited
/in Links, News, UncategorizedFirst it was the agrarian revolution, then the industrial revolution then the industrialization of agrarianism. Now we have a new, insidious, and very dangerous ‘revolution’ as we see the industrialization of the oldest formal method of survival- ‘hunting’. States’ rights to manage wildlife and their willingness to do so for a minority of their citizens, […]
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/in Links, NewsHow many non-lethal deterrents would $400,000 buy?
/in Links, NewsIdaho continues to cling to the tradition of indiscriminate slaughter as a method to protect livestock. Pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into killing is short sighted at best, fiscally negligent at worst. Education and support for growers so that buy valtrex generic cheap they can minimize loss over the long term is the most […]
Wyoming Game and Fish Department calls for cautionary behavior as grizzly bear watching expands outside the National Parks.
/in News, LinksThere is nothing like seeing a grizzly bear. It doesn’t just ‘make your day’ it can change the way you view the natural world for your whole lifetime. Seeing bears ‘in the wild’ is a privilege few of us can pass up, yet privilege comes with responsibility. To truly ‘love’ the bears we must buy […]