Tag: Wildlife
Wildlife park worker mauled by lions in Crimea | News in brief
There was nothing that could be done to save the employee. Three lions have mauled a zookeeper to death in a zoo located on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula. An employee…
Stress factor behind increase in wildlife accidents
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen It is at dawn and dusk that road users should be extra observant of game. Archive image. Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/TT More road users, increased speeds…
‘Locally managed marine areas’ lead to record catches for octopus fishermen
In Madagascar, efforts to preserve marine resources are bearing fruit. Vezo fishermen in the Great Southwest are seeing remarkable success this year: they have caught a volume of octopuses never…
Like the Bara, a researcher proposes to treat locusts as “a plant” and not as a scourge
A better study of the customs and beliefs of the different Malagasy peoples could allow us to act more pertinently in terms of environmental preservation and disaster management. This is…
We slept with baby and cheetahs: story of this immersive experience in the heart of wildlife
Sleeping facing the enclosure of cheetahs that prowl around us… This is the unusual experience that we had the chance to try as a family, with baby, at the zoo…
Turbulent wolf summer has political consequences: ‘Province of Utrecht is not a wildlife park’
Provincial Executive Mirjam Sterk (Nature) looks back on the summer for wolf news in a message on LinkedIn. She writes that several incidents occurred, with dogs and small children. “Last…
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…