Latest Wildlife management News
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...
