Latest Wildlife management News
Coyote calling contests: Nevada’s search for a compromise that likely doesn’t exist
A blanket of snow covered the ground as a group of hunters, bundled up from the cold, gathered around a scale in a Northern Nevada parking lot. One by one, dozens of freshly killed coyotes were weighed, their blood streaking the snow. After being weighed, their bodies were tossed...
Pine martens are returned to southern England for the first time in a century
LONDON (AP) — Conservationists have released 15 pine martens into the wild in southern England in an effort to reestablish the cat-sized mammals in the region for the first time in more than a century. The animals, which are tree-climbing members of the weasel family, became...
Sweden begins brown bear hunting season with conservationists warning of a 20% drop in number
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would result in a 20% drop in the country’s predator population. “Bear hunting is very much about pure trophy hunt," Magnus...
Snake hunters will wrangle invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades during Florida's 10-day challenge
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes. The annual 10-day hunt, which started more than a decade...
The last known intact US slave ship is too 'broken' and should stay underwater, a report recommends
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The last known U.S. slave ship is too “broken” and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians announced following a yearslong investigation. The...
In Zimbabwe, schoolchildren face threats from animals. Now they are learning how to spot the dangers
SAVE VALLEY CONSERVANCY, Zimbabwe (AP) — On the impoverished edges of a conservancy that protects wildlife in southeastern Zimbabwe, 14-year-old Esther Bote wakes up at dawn to a practiced daily routine. She cleans the house, lights the fire, cooks, bathes and gets into her neat...
Park Fire jeopardizing one of California’s most iconic species: ‘This species could blink out’
California’s fifth largest wildfire is encroaching on some of the last strongholds for imperiled salmon, with potentially devastating consequences for a species already on the brink. The explosive Park Fire has spread into the Mill and Deer Creek watersheds in Tehama County, which...
