The National Rifle Association has demanded that The Ecologist retract important elements of a story we ran about the threat to condors from ingesting spent lead ammunition, and the NRA's opposition to a lead ban. We publish our response.
… Hunting for Truth - we respond to the NRA's … | 11th July 2014 Comment Toxics USA Law Hunting Birds wildfowl-hunting-ca-diane-cut.jpg The National Rifle … any attempt to ban lead ammunition for any hunting'. "The NRA has even set up its own …
Botswana's President Khama has banned all hunting - even for Bushmen who hunt to feed their families, who now face acute hunger. But an exception is being made for trophy hunters paying up to $8,000 to hunt giraffes and zebras.
… Botswana hunting ban leaves Bushmen to starve The … 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Botswana Africa Hunting bushman-hunting.png Botswana's President Khama has …
Prime Minister Theresa May has made several serious mistakes in her election campaign, but her biggest 'unforced error' of all could be her public support for foxhunting, opposed by 17 in 20 voters. Now a huge march to her Downing Street residence is planned for next Monday to 'Make Hunting History!'
… 'Make Hunting History' march on Downing Street this … Monday The Ecologist | 26th May 2017 News Hunting Politics Animal Welfare fox-cut.jpg … of all could be her public support for foxhunting, opposed by 17 in 20 voters. Now a …
The over-hunting of wildlife in the Amazon has an unexpected knock-on effect: the reduced seed dispersal reduces the forest's capacity to store carbon in its biomass, increasing emissions from apparently 'intact' rainforest areas.
… Hunting in the Amazon threatens rainforest … Climate Change Carbon Forests Amazon Science Hunting Conservation Ecology spider-monkey-cut.jpg The over-hunting of wildlife in the Amazon has an … apparently 'intact' rainforest areas. Over-hunting of large mammals in the Amazon …
Whale and dolphin cull exposed in new documentary film continues despite worldwide protests
… 10th September 2009 News Dolphin Hunt Whales Hunting Natural World Protest cove.jpg Whale … sold to aquariums or returned to the sea. The hunting of dolphins and small whales is not … part of their lifestyle. However, like whale hunting, the dolphin hunt has generated …
Icelandic whalers made their first kill of the 2014 hunting season - an endangered fin whale, landed today. Campaigners have condemned the hunt, and are calling for a boycott of whaling companies' seafood exports.
… The Ecologist | 17th June 2014 News Oceans Hunting Cetaceans Iceland … whalers made their first kill of the 2014 hunting season - an endangered fin whale, … country in the world to carry out commercial hunting of fin whales - an endangered species. …
Last November Tanzania's President Kikwete tweeted his promise that the evictions of indigenous Maasai people and their villages near Serengeti National Park would stop. But now another round of evictions is under way: thousands of Maasai have been evicted at gunpoint and their homes burnt to ashes. The Maasai say: 'We need your help!'
… Peoples Tanzania Africa Conservation Hunting Corporations maasai-burnt-village.jpg … part of a plan to make way for luxury game hunting in the area. Ortello Business Corporation (OBC) - a luxury hunting company based in the United Arab …
Wolves in Idaho can forget their dreams of chasing Santa's reindeer. All they can look forward to this Christmas is a hail of bullets from hunters, some as young as 10, joining in the state's 1st Annual Predator Derby.
… education certificate and have a valid hunting license and wolf tag may hunt wolves. … passed hunters education and have a valid hunting license can hunt coyotes as long as … been killed in Idaho since this year's hunting season began. Idaho wolves can't bear …
The anti-poaching conference in London today was disrupted by protests at the Botswana delegation - who call the indigenous Bushmen of the Kalahari 'poachers' and are forcing them into death camps.
… today highlighted the devastating impact of a hunting ban on Africa's last hunting Bushmen in Botswana - attended by Ian … wildlife conservation by stopping them from hunting game. But the Bushmen pose no threat …
Former Queen guitarist and now animal advocate Brian May explains why the culling of badgers is not a solution to Bovine TB in cows
… outcry. You're strongly in favour of the Hunting Act. Why is that? The Hunting Act was a first and important step … of detractors say the Act doesn't work. The Hunting Act was given a bad start by Tony …
Thirty years after diamonds were first discovered in Botswana's Kalahari desert, the Bushmen have been evicted, and the first diamonds have gone on sale. Happy Valentines!
… mine in ancestral homeland of Africa's last hunting Bushmen have been on sale this week … failing to acknowledge that tribal peoples hunting for food are not poachers . The … in the name of conservation. Bushmen caught hunting to feed their families are arrested, …
A new report reveals huge declines in the UK's migratory birds that winter deep in Africa's rainforests. Shorter distance migrants are performing much better, with some recording big population increases.
… stones on the birds’ migratory journey." Hunting and trapping Another problem is hunting and trapping, which "has been reported … "Assessing the population-level impact of hunting is difficult, as the relevant data do …
Ecologist Film Unit journalist Jim Wickens has been attacked and later convicted of trespass as he filmed the slaughter of seals on the Namibian coast
Ecologist Film Unit journalist beaten by seal hunters The Ecologist | 20th July 2009 News Seal Hunt Ecostorm Namibia Natural World Society sealhuntnamibia.jpg Ecologist Film Unit journalist Jim …
A global taxonomic review of birds has 'discovered' 361 new species that were previously considered 'races' of existing bird species - but many of them are endangered, forcing a rethink of conservation priorities.
… Threats from fire, roads, egg-collecting, hunting Its population is thought to be in rapid decline because of hunting, egg-collecting and persecution, and …
A key NAFTA body has recommended a formal investigation into Canada's refusal to protect its polar bears despite the grave threats posed to them by climate change.
… against Canada for approving unsustainable hunting quotas in Hudson Bay. More than 600 … in Canada each year, including through sport hunting, and about half of those bears are …
Two new international agreements will help to save migratory birds from hunting, trapping and poisoning, and to protect their long-distance flyways. A key objective is to phase out lead shot within three years, and eliminate the toxic drug diclofenac.
… | 14th November 2014 News Birds Toxics Hunting Africa Europe golden-oriole-cut.jpg … will help to save migratory birds from hunting, trapping and poisoning, and to …
Forty years ago this month, Scott McVay predicted the impending extinction of many species of whales. Does the threat remain today, or has the battle been won?
… that even a ten year moratorium on whale-hunting seemed ‘beyond the capacities for … has rescinded for many species of whales. Hunting of the fin whale, however, continues …
Greenland's first female prime minister is on a modernising drive to prosperity and independence, But will the combination of melting glaciers, oil, mining projects and mass immigration bring wealth or destruction?
… up being able to go out in a boat, or going hunting with my family, all those things. It … the economy is based on only fishing and hunting." The times they are a-changing … your only option is subsistence fishing and hunting, paying for electricity and clothes …
Conservation groups have mounted a legal challenge to an 'unprecedented' program to exterminate two entire wolf packs in the Idaho Wilderness - intended to inflate elk numbers and attract recreational hunters
… Ecologist | 10th January 2014 News Predators Hunting Wolves Ecology USA wolves-kill.png … Wilderness Area for perceived benefits to elk hunting is just the most recent example of the …
India's conservation agencies are intent on the illegal eviction of indigenous communities from protected areas - even though they are often the best protectors of endangered wildlife. The Similipal Tiger Reserve is the latest battleground.
India: tribes face eviction for 'tiger conservation' The Ecologist | 13th May 2014 News Indigenous Peoples India Natural World indian-tiger-cut.jpg India's conservation agencies are intent on the …
Breathable air, healthy soil, fresh water and the stability of our climate all rely on our planetary life-support systems – like rainforests and oceans – being healthy.
… (mining, petroleum extraction, fishing, hunting and forestry are generally considered …
An illegal road on India's Andaman Islands has already opened up a 55,000 year old tribe to disease, sexual abuse and the theft of their resources. But instead of closing the road, local politicians are upgrading it with two new bridges.
Andaman tribe threatened by illegal 'human safari' road upgrade The Ecologist | 15th July 2014 News Indigenous Peoples India Transport Development andaman-roadside-cut.jpg An illegal road on India's …
The International Court of Justice has ordered Japan to revoke its 'scientific whaling' permits in the Antarctic and cease to issue new ones as they are not for scientific purposes. Next, the North Pacific ...
… scale to justify Japan's continued commercial hunting of protected whales and despite a …
The last completely isolated tribe on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal is at risk from illegal fishing, with Burmese boats entering their waters and fishermen landing on their island home. But they had better watch out - two intruders were shot dead with arrows in 2006.
… and traditional life, surviving purely by hunting, fishing and gathering. Satellite …