Articles: wild animals
Arizona Joins Other States to Stop Competitive Hunting: Illinois Shoots Itself
cats, coyote, coyotes, dogs, Steve Dale, wild animals, wildlife
Arizona has banned all urban wildlife killing contests for coyotes, bobcats, foxes and other animals, joining a growing number of states taking action to stop these gruesome events in which participants compete for money and/or prizes for killing the most and/or largest animals. The Arizona ban, proposed in June, was voted on by Arizona’s Fish…
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes: Academy Award Quality and Inspiring
giraffee, Steve Dale, wild animals, wildlife, zoos
There are fewer than 200,000 wild giraffes on the planet. Some of the subspecies have numbers so low that they may even have issues regarding genetics. This reality should make us all very sad, but it particularly saddens the pioneer of giraffe research, 85-year-old Dr. Anne Dagg. Dagg is finally getting her due as the…
Drunk Raccoons
elephant, pets, wild animals
Ottawa, Canada has a problem with drunk raccoons, though, so far, no arrests have been made. The raccoons have allegedly been munching on fermented berries, which causes impaired judgement (like walking into trees), balance issues and then extreme sleepiness – as they “sleep it off” wherever they happen to drop. No one knows if they…
17 States Suing to Protect Endangered Species Act, Which Trump Seeks to Gut
wild animals, wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Trump administration, announced significant changes to regulations that spell out how it will implement parts of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), all essentially gutting the ESA. That was in mid-August, now about a month later, 17 states have announced that they are legally challenging these changes. The…
World Gorilla Day
gorillas, Steve Dale, wild animals, wildlife, zoos
Privileged and emotionally overwhelmed is how we felt when we hiked through brush and bristle in the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda, Africa to see Mountain Gorillas close up and personal. Indeed, we’ve been to wild places and have seen species ranging from New Zealand Blue Fairy Penguins to African Elephant. Somehow this was very different.…
International Orangutan Day
orangutan, wild animals, zoos
August 19 is International Orangutan Day. Orangutans are close to my heart, but the plight of this species should matter to all of us. While the various gorilla species, chimpanzees and bonobos (sometimes called Pygmy chimpanzees) are all more high profile great apes, orangs share about 97 percent of our genetic makeup, according to a…
Trump Favors Industry Over Environment: Guts Endangered Species Act
animal news, animals, Steve Dale, wild animals, wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced changes to regulations that spell out how it will implement parts of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The changes focus on how officials should decide whether to list a species as endangered or threatened, what kind of protections threatened species should receive, and how officials will decide which…
Saving a Green Turtle
animals, turtle, wild animals, wildlife
People can be good, and it doesn’t matter what country they happen to live in. A woman and her boyfriend rescued a green turtle jammed between rocks on a beach in Oman.
Human Animal Bond Isn’t Species Specific
animals, human animal bond, orangutan, wild animals, wildlife, zoos
Dr. Jenifer Chatfield notes that the human/animal bond includes far more than the dogs and cats were typically think about, or even other pets. Zookeepers have a bond with the animals they care for. Farmers have a bond, even with food production animals. And beekeepers even have a surprising bond with their insects. Chatfield is…
Dr. Mark Goldstein – Versatile Veterinarian Has Done It All: From Elephants to Shelter Dogs
animal shelters, cats, dogs, hamsters, veterinary health, wild animals, wildlife, zoos
Dr. Mark Goldstein is as versatile as a veterinarian can get, with the longest book title ever: “Lions and Tigers and Hamsters: What Animals Large and Small Taught Me About Life, Love, and Humanity.” He’s done it all: collecting semen from rhinos (which he explains) and a lowland gorilla, he was once nearly killed by…
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