Parks Service Wants to Hunt Fire Island Deer Again

deer eating corn

Watch out Fire Island deer! The Parks Service wants you out of the way of their holly plants. And tourists, if you like seeing deer, too bad. The parks service wants to cut down on “negative human-deer interactions,” which it seems to define as anything that isn’t hunting.

Keep reading Parks Service Wants to Hunt Fire Island Deer Again

Share/Save

Creationists in awe of Yellowstone animals' complex relationships

Yellowstone Bison

Canyon Ministries, which pushes a creationist view of the Grand Canyon, is turning to Yellowstone, where they see animals’ cooperative relationships as proof they didn’t just evolve.

Keep reading Creationists see animals’ complex relationships as proof they didn’t just evolve

How my brother saved a newborn fawn

tiny spotted baby deer

Neighbors wanted to shelter a fawn in a garage. My brother convinced them to let the tiny baby deer sleep outside (while he guarded from nearby tent) till its mom returned. It worked. During a 4 am feeding, the doe showed up and walked off with her offspring.

Keep reading How my brother saved a newborn fawn

Foxes pushing boundaries, both as pets, giant pets, hunting targets

Fox in news: as pets? cryptid? giant beasts? pushing Navy off island? Euro hunter disputes

Keep reading Foxes pushing boundaries, both as pets, giant pets, hunting targets

Whale watching in NYC, New wolf in Africa

Whales, dolphins and seals moving back to New York harbor, especially off Queens.

Keep reading Whale watching in NYC, New wolf in Africa

BLM dumps Pickens’ horse sanctuary; Coyote breaches Long Island; Wales gets Whales

BLM kills the idea of the NV Pickens sanctuary late on Friday without much explanation. Long Island may no longer be the last place in US without coyotes; one spotted in Queens. Wales hopes fin whale sightings mean whale watching. Georgia hunter gets away with online remote shotguns to kill feral hogs.

Keep reading BLM dumps Pickens’ horse sanctuary; Coyote breaches Long Island; Wales gets Whales

Hunter shoots Assateague wild horse; Yellowstone wolf poisoned by banned compound

Wild Horse Grazing

Hunters shot and killed a 28-year old mare on MD’s Assateague National Sea Shore. 1080 poison was what killed a Yellowstone wolf that wandered to CO.

Keep reading Hunter shoots Assateague wild horse; Yellowstone wolf poisoned by banned compound

Chemists working on not killing other wildlife with rat poison

Ferringous Hawk

So far there aren’t any good alternatives, but scientists have shown anticoagulants go farther than feared in birds of prey.

Keep reading Chemists working on not killing other wildlife with rat poison

Coyotes Couldn’t Control Valley Forge Wolves, Critics Say. Tell that to Yellowstone Elk

Valley Forge Deer by garmeni

For the first two years they’re going to just kill as many deer as they can, regardless of gender. Then they’ll switch to killing 3 does to every 2 bucks. Killing bucks doesn’t really do anything to the population; one buck will mate with many does. They could kill a lot fewer animals if they would lean more heavily on the does–and right from the start.

Keep reading Coyotes Couldn’t Control Valley Forge Wolves, Critics Say. Tell that to Yellowstone Elk

Happy Wolf Week: the Wolves Want Your Help

Dozens of wolf centers have popped up in the last couple decades, ranging from official breeding centers to sanctuaries for wolf-dog hybrids. You’re also probably near a Mexican gray wolf, one of the country’s rarest mammals.

Keep reading Happy Wolf Week: the Wolves Want Your Help