Tag: Wildlife
Wildlife protection to court to catch and tag wolves
The province of Utrecht reported last week that it has issued a permit for the capture, sedation and transmitter of a wolf. It concerns the animal that sought contact with…
Learning to live with the wolf? This is how they live with wildlife in other countries
The wolf has been making an impressive comeback in the Netherlands since 2015. In recent weeks, several incidents in the province of Utrecht caused a commotion. In one case, a…
Wildlife protection against provincial paintball plan: ‘Wolf does not harm anyone’
The Faunabescherming also believes that these kinds of measures should not be used against the wolf pair with cubs on the Den Treek estate. According to Koffeman, the wolf pair…
Assembly to vote on regulation of stray dogs
The Turkish parliament began examining a highly controversial law on Sunday, July 28, aimed at removing the country’s approximately 4 million dogs, most of whom are fed by residents, from…
In the Marseille region, a “very lucrative” bird trade
In France, more than 600 species of birds are threatened. Among them, elegant goldfinches and passerines, the main victims of trafficking for their melodious song, their plumage or even their…
In the mountains, obsolete installations are dangerous for wildlife and polluting
The impact of man on nature is everywhere, even at the top of the mountains. In France, they are riddled with abandoned buildings and old, disused installations. Although the law…
Canada allows cod fishing to reopen on Newfoundland island
For nearly a millennium, fishermen frequented the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, a large Canadian island known for its cod stocks. Until everything collapsed in the late 1990s, and the Canadian…
A pack of wolves attacked a woman in a wildlife park in France | News in brief
The accident happened early Sunday morning. A 36-year-old woman got lost in the animal park area, when three arctic wolves attacked her. In France, a woman has been hospitalized after…
Greylag goose causes millions in wildlife damage in the province of Utrecht
“The figures concern the compensation for wildlife damage that has been paid out to land users,” says BIJ12. But, the organization emphasizes, this is not the total fauna damage. “Because…
Migratory fish populations declined by more than 80%, study finds
A new edifying data concerning the loss of biodiversity. Migratory fish populations have declined by more than 80% worldwide in around fifty years. This is what a study co-signed by…