The Anti-Killing Campaign was created to enhance the protection of wildlife, and to educate the comm
The Anti-Killing Campaign was created to enhance the protection of wildlife and to educate the community about the importance of wildlife conservation and protection.
07/28/2021
Bears may protect foxes from coyotes - The Wildlife Society Black bears in Lake Tahoe may be inadvertently protecting lower-ranking carnivores — gray foxes — from nearby coyotes. The Nevada Department of Wildlife has funded a project following black bears (Ursus americanus) that are repopulating western Nevada long after they had been nearly extirpated. ...
06/18/2021
Grizzly bear 'Felicia' and her cubs may be euthanized for being too close to Wyoming road The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may possibly relocate or euthanize a female grizzly bear and her cubs if 10-14 days of hazing does not work.
05/07/2021
Idaho governor signs bill allowing culling of wolves Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) this week signed a measure that would eliminate most limits on hunting wolves in the state.
05/03/2021
BREAKING NEWS: In a landmark announcement this weekend, the South African government has backed the recommendation to bring an end to captive lion breeding for the purposes of tourist activities such as cub petting and canned hunting. The recommendation is the result of a two-year, high-level panel that set out to investigate whether the captive lion breeding industry holds any conservation value, and whether the industry is harmful to the public image of South Africa.
"What the majority report says with regards to captive breeding of lions, is that we must halt and reverse the domestication of lions through captive breeding and keeping," environment minister Barbara Creecy stated. "We don't want captive breeding, captive hunting, captive petting, captive use of lions and their derivative."
The Kevin Richardson Foundation attended the Parliamentary Colloquium on Captive Lion Breeding in 2018 and applauds the government’s decision as well as accepts the findings of this report. A lot of resistance is expected from the players whose livelihoods will be affected by this decision, and without doubt, the implementation of the findings will take significant time to turn into action and is likely to be held up in legal proceedings, as has occurred previously in efforts to bring an end to the captive breeding industry. Supporting efforts to bring an end to captive lion breeding and canned hunting is one of the Foundation’s four key pillars, and we look forward to the day when this pillar is officially removed from our mandate. In the meantime, we celebrate that the writing is officially on the wall, and although patience will be required, it is only a matter of time until we see the end to this unnecessary and cruel industry.
Link to full statement by Minister Creecy: https://www.environment.gov.za/speeches/creecy_releaseofhlpreport_pretoria?fbclid=IwAR1Jhfdie_6pClIGQnzPf4bRvd8rB4FAvK8YlTrGRA98QL14KXD6Y9CdvhE
04/29/2021
Native American lawmakers seek federal help on Montana bison BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native American lawmakers in Montana on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to help craft a plan to reintroduce wild bison to the landscape in and around Glacier National Park and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The request was made by eight members o...
04/27/2021
Female grizzly bear killed in eastern Idaho; $40,000 reward offered A reproductive female grizzly bear was found shot and killed in the Island Park area last month. The bear's cub, which was in the bear's den, also died as a result of its mother's death. "The loss of a reproductive female grizzly is a real tragedy,” said Doug Petersen, regional conservation of...
04/10/2021
Rat Poison Found in Over 80 Percent of Bald Eagles in the U.S., New Study Shows Rat poison was found in 80 percent of the 133 eagles tested by researchers in the U.S. between 2014 and 2018
03/08/2021
Backward Thinking Targets Bears And Wolves Op-ed: Chris Servheen, longtime national head of grizzly recovery in Lower 48, says Montana, Idaho are degenerating into anti-predator hysteria
02/15/2021
'Hedge trimmer' fish facing global extinction These extraordinary fish, which are a type of ray, are vanishing in many countries due to overfishing.