Romania bans trophy hunting of brown bears, wolves, lynx and wild cats

Romania has banned all trophy hunting of brown bears, wolves, lynx and wild cats in a surprise decision that gives Europe’s largest population of large carnivores a reprieve from its most severe and immediate threat.

In 2016, the largest hunting quotas yet gave hunters the mandate […]

October 12th, 2016 | Category: Uncategorized | Comments are closed

The African vulture crisis continues unabated – at least 51 vultures poisoned in Limpopo National Park (Mozambique)

Just a few days after South African colleagues rescued a number of vultures from a poisoning incident in Zimbabwe, the silent killer strikes again: recently a research team came across the carcases of two nyala, a warthog and an impala laced with what they describe as a black granular poison near the Machampane […]

October 12th, 2016 | Category: Bird of Prey Persecution, Poison, Raptor Persecution, Vulture Conservation Foundation | Comments are closed