MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities say a bull elk was illegally shot and killed on the opening day of the Wisconsin gun deer hunting season.
The state Department of Natural Resources said the shooting happened in Columbia County about 7 a.m. Saturday, which was 30 minutes after the official start of deer hunting. The elk was seized as evidence.
DNR officials said they have a suspect. The department has not said if that person is from Wisconsin.
Wisconsin has a limited elk hunt in the northern elk range, but elk are protected in the rest of the state, including Columbia County.
It’s the fourth straight year in which at least one elk has been illegally killed by a gun deer hunter. One one occasion, in 2019, a 41-year-old Mukwonago…
A hunter was shot in the leg during a deer drive in southeastern Minnesota at the weekend.
The incident happened just before 5 p.m. Saturday in an area near County Road 24 and 65th Street Northeast in Viola Township, which is a rural area northeast of Rochester in Olmsted County.
The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office said a man was among a group of around a dozen hunters doing a deer drive when he was shot in the calf.
The sheriff’s office said approximately 48 shots were fired during the deer drive, though it’s unclear which hunter’s shot struck the man.
According to KAAL-TV, the victim finished field dressing a deer before going home, at which point his wife took him to the hospital.
Alligator snapping turtle and freshwater stingrays found at man’s home, TPWD officials say
Texas homeowner admitted to capturing an alligator and taking it home to show his kids. That’s not the only animal he took illegally. Photos show alligator snapping turtle and freshwater stingray. (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – A man in Montgomery County was busted in August for illegally capturing and keeping an alligator and several invasive and endangered species at his home.
Montgomery County game wardens inspected the man’s property after a neighbor reported that he was keeping an alligator in his backyard, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
The man admitted to capturing a 4-5 foot alligator from Lake Conroe and taking it home to show his kids. He told the wardens he released it the day after he brought the alligator home.
Wardens also discovered a room full of aquariums when they were inspecting the property, TPWD said. One of the wardens recognized some of the animals as freshwater stingrays, which are an invasive species and illegal to possess.
The man told the wardens he also removed a small alligator snapping turtle from Lake Livingston and was keeping it in one of the tanks.
Wardens spoke with the man about the illegally captured animals and he agreed to help wardens locate them to better suited facilites.
The alligator snapping turtle was donated to Spring Creek Nature Center, which is permitted to possess native species and display them for educational purposes.
The freshwater stingrays were taken to Moody Gardens to help educate the public about different ecosystems and the harm that invasive species can cause to local wildlife.
People generally saw themselves as much more committed to the environment than others in their local community, or any institution. Photograph: Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images
Citizens are alarmed by the climate crisis, but most believe they are already doing more to preserve the planet than anyone else, including their government, and few are willing to make significant lifestyle changes, an international survey has found.
“The widespread awareness of the importance of the climate crisis illustrated in this study has yet to be coupled with a proportionate willingness to act,” the survey of 10 countries including the US, UK, France and Germany, observed.
Emmanuel Rivière, director of international polling at Kantar Public, said the survey, carried out in late September and published to coincide with the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow, contained “a double lesson for governments”.
They have, first, “to measure up to people’s expectations,” Rivière said. “But they also have to persuade people not of the reality of the climate crisis – that’s done – but of what the solutions are, and of how we can fairly share responsibility for them.”
The survey found that 62% of people surveyed saw the climate crisis as the main environmental challenge the world was now facing, ahead of air pollution (39%), the impact of waste (38%) and new diseases (36%).
But when asked to rate their individual action against others’ such as governments, business and the media, people generally saw themselves as much more committed to the environment than others in their local community, or any institution.
About 36% rated themselves “highly committed” to preserving the planet, while only 21% felt the same was true of the media and 19% of local government. A mere 18% felt their local community was equally committed, with national governments (17%) and big corporations (13%) seen as even less engaged.
Only 51% said they would definitely act to protect the planet, with 14% saying they would definitely not and 35% torn. People in Poland and Singapore (56%) were the most willing to act, and in Germany (44%) and the Netherlands (37%) the least.
The most common reasons given for not being willing to do more for the planet were “I feel proud of what I am currently doing” (74%), “There isn’t agreement among experts on the best solutions” (72%), and “I need more resources and equipment from public authorities” (69%).
Other reasons for not wanting to do more included “I can’t afford to make those efforts” (60%), “I lack information and guidance on what to do” (55%), “I don’t think individual efforts can really have an impact” (39%), “I believe environmental threats are overestimated” (35%) and “I don’t have the headspace to think about it” (33%).
Asked which actions to preserve the planet should be prioritised, moreover, people attributed more importance to measures that were already established habits, required less individual effort, or for which they bore little direct responsibility.
About 57%, for example, said that reducing waste and increasing recycling was “very important”. Other measures seen as priorities were reversing deforestation (54%), protecting endangered animal species (52%), building energy-efficient buildings (47%), and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy (45%).https://interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/embed/2021/11/importantmeasures-zip/giv-825yN3A3UxFVphO/
Only 23% felt that reducing plane travel and charging more for products that did not respect environmental norms were important to preserve the planet, while banning fossil fuel vehicles (22%) and reducing meat consumption (18%) and international trade (17%) were seen as even lower priorities.
“Citizens are undeniably concerned by the state of the planet, but these findings raise doubts regarding their level of commitment to preserving it,” the study said. “Rather than translating into a greater willingness to change their habits, citizens’ concerns are particularly focused on their negative assessment of governments’ efforts.”
Representative samples of more than 1,000 people were questioned in the US, UK, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Singapore and New Zealand.
People gave themselves the highest score for commitment everywhere except Sweden, while only in Singapore and New Zealand were national governments seen as highly engaged. The gulf between citizens’ view of their own efforts (44%) and that of their government
Boudh: Two poachers fell in a trap that they had laid for wild boars and were later electrocuted to death at Kurukuch village in Tikarpada under Baghiapada Forest Range of Boudh district today.
The two deceased were identified to be the residents of Kurukuch village.RELATED
Reportedly the duo had laid an 11-KV wire inside a nearby forest yesterday to hunt wild boars. Today, they accidentally came in contact with the live wires and later got electrocuted.
On receiving information, forest officials along with a police team reached the spot and initiated an inquiry into the incident.
MAKONI Central legislator David Tekeshe left members of parliament and Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda in stitches Wednesday after he suggested that government must slaughter thousands of elephants which are in excess to provide free meat for starving citizens.
Tekeshe stood to pose a supplementary question on the issue regarding in-excess elephants in the country’s national parks due to a ban on the sale of ivory.360p geselecteerd als afspeelkwaliteit×
“We are facing a challenge of human-wildlife population. The number of elephants in Zimbabwe is highly unsustainable. They have exceeded the desired number. Is it not possible for the government to slaughter the elephants that are in excess for relish,” Tekeshe amid laughter from other legislators.
He also queried Zimbabwe’s export policy regarding the export of…
The bear is the second to be shot in the region in the past two years, with an inquiry now underway into the incidentPic:Philippe Clement / ShutterstockByHannah Thompson
A hunter has shot and killed a bear in southwest France after it bit him during a boar hunt. The hunter is now in a critical condition in hospital in Toulouse.
The 70-year-old man was taking part in a bear hunt in the commune of Seix in Ariège, Occitanie, yesterday (Saturday, November 20).
He reported that he was attacked by a bear, who was with her cubs. The female bear bit him on the leg, greatly damaging his femoral artery, around 15:30
Marty Cordova, of Chimayó, was acquitted of the 10 remaining charges against him Nov. 10. Cordova was on trial for illegal trapping which led to the 2018 death of an 8-year-old Heeler mix named Roxy and the passing of “Roxy’s Law,” banning the usage of traps, snares and poisons on public lands in New Mexico.
Dave Clark of Española, Roxy’s owner, was hiking on a trail around Santa Cruz Lake when he watched her run through a snare trap that wrapped around her neck.
As he was taking his dog back to his truck, he heard another noise and found a bobcat also caught in a snare trap.
Cordova was acquitted of all 10 counts against him — 23 of the 33 charges against him were dropped.
Cordova’s lawyer Yvonne Quintana said the charges were dropped because of improper…
Tens of thousands of people have been marching in the Belgian capital, Brussels, to protest against anti-Covid measures.
Some protesters threw fireworks at police officers, who intervened with tear gas and water cannon.
Demonstrators are mainly opposed to the use of Covid passes, which stops the unvaccinated from entering venues such as restaurants or bars.
This comes after fresh protests in the Netherlands against new lockdown rules.
On Saturday, people hurled fireworks at police and set fire to bicycles in The Hague, one night after protests in Rotterdam turned violent and police fired gunshots.
Thousands of demonstrators also took to the streets in Austria, Croatia and Italy as anger mounted over new curbs.
InBelgium, rules on face masks have been tightened, including in places such as restaurants where…
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