David Fraser Speaks Out On Youtube Duck Shooting Video

Three men, David Fraser, James Fraser and Jeremy Rowlands, were arrested and fined $5,000CAD on Monday after posting a video of themselves shooting ducklings Youtube. The incident, which took place outside Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, generated an unprecedented public reaction...

Migaloo, World's Only White Humpback Whale, Could be Hunted

Migaloo, the world's only white humpback whale could be hunted by Japanese whalers as the whaling ships are set to embark on their latest hunt in the Southern Ocean, where Migaloo can currently be found. Migaloo...

Canadian annual seal hunt begins despite protests

The annual Canadian Seal Hunt began yesterday, despite protests against it year after year and the fact that other countries are banning seal product imports from this hunt. Animal rights groups have the biggest...

Brown bears bounce back from brink of extinction in Italy

After many years of facing extinction in Italy, brown bears now appear to be bouncing back, as a successful conservation programme in the areas around Rome has seen dozens of cubs recently roaming the forests. The...

In Lean Times, Online Coupons Catching On

"On the Internet, nothing travels faster than a tip on how to score a bargain. Especially in an economic downturn.With online retail sales falling this month for the first time, Internet merchants are offering...

Hunters in Pakistan may soon have no game to hunt

Some of the rarer species of wildlife are threatened with extinction even as the survival of the more common fauna are faced with destruction of their natural habitat as a result of declining forest and water resources in Pakistan."Hunting is no more a means of livelihood or...

Narwhals trapped in arctic ice

About 400 Narwhals are trapped in ice near Baffin Island, which makes this one of the largest strandings in the Arctic. Inuit hunters spotted the whales last week, and originally thought that 200 had been...

Polar bear hunt to continue

105 polar bears will still be able to be killed by hunters in Nunavut's Baffin Bay as the environment minister has agreed to leave the quota the same, despite the fact that the bears are endangered species ...

What Would Sarah Palin Do About Tree-Sitters?

I came across news this morning that four tree-sitting protesters at the University of California-Berkeley would stop receiving food, water or other supplies from university officials after 9 a.m. Pacific this...

Cattle and Deer May Sense Earth's Magnetic Field

"Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by herdsmen...

South China tigers teeter on brink of extinction

The South China tigers are verging on the brink on extinction from hunting and deforestation, and these magestic animals are so close to being gone forever."Historically revered as an archetypal Chinese...

Stonehenge vandalised

Two men were spotted taking a sizeable souvenir from Stonehenge.Apparently people used to take home chunks of the 'henge all the time, but it's been a no-no for a few decades now. The crooked chisellers are still...

Alaska hunters fret about polar bear ruling

Indigenous Alaskan hunters are worried about the US decision to list polar bears as a threatened species. They are concerned that they will not be allowed to hunt the animals that they rely on for food and...

U.S. lists polar bears as 'threatened' species

The United States has decided to list polar bears as a threatened species under its Endangered Species Act.I think this is really good news, but is has some Canadians wondering about the hunting of polar bears...

Indigenous Solutions: The Free Market, Free Trade and Free Enterprise Traditions

" George B.N. Ayittey The Free Market, Free Trade and Free Enterprise Traditions Africa's indigenous economic system is probably the area least understood. The myth...

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