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UK government put under ‘considerable pressure’, says chair of all-party parliamentary group on banning trophy hunting

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Helena HortonEnvironment reporterWed 29 Jun 2022 01.00 EDT

The US hunting lobby has spent £1m putting pressure on the government to delay the trophy import ban, a new report by MPs has found.

Boris Johnson promised to ban the imports of these trophies three years ago, but the legislation has still not gone through parliament. Because of the delay, the Conservative MP and animal welfare campaigner Henry Smith has put forward his own private member’s bill to ban imports of hunting trophies.

A new report from the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on banning trophy hunting has detailed the lobbying efforts of international hunting groups.

The report found that the US-based hunting lobby group Safari Club…

Exclusive:It was disappointing that ministers postponed action, says Ian Khama, launching cross-party report calling for urgent crackdown

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A former president of the country that has the world’s biggest elephant population has issued a heartfelt plea to Boris Johnson’s government to finally outlaw imports of body parts from hunted animals, after an outcry when ministers postponed a ban.

Ian Khama, who criminalised trophy-hunting in 2014 during his decade as president ofBotswana, warned that every day without a ban on hunting trophy imports tookelephantsnearer to extinction.

“I hope very much that this time they will stick to it because every day that we lose, we are losing many animals out there in different parts of the world,” he said.

“So it’s very important that this is addressed…

The birds were “quite ill,” a City of Boston representative said, and were euthanized.

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A pair of sick swans at Boston’s Charles River Esplanade were euthanized this week, and five baby swans were later taken to a wildlife center to be evaluated, according to the city.

The sick swans had avian flu, the city said, which has been blamed for other bird kills around the country this year.

The Charles River Esplanade cases were reported by multiple people to Boston’s Animal Care & Control Division, which investigated Monday and was able to capture the birds with help from the Boston Fire Department, a city representative said.

The birds were…

Michigan Radio | ByLester Graham

Published June 29, 2022 at 5:00 AM EDT

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Wildlife biologists are finding whole colonies of birds dead or dying on islands in Lake Michigan. They’s Caspian terns, whichare listedas threatened in Michigan and endangered in Wisconsin.

“Caspian terns are magnificent birds. They’ve got that striking black cap and they fly along, looking down at the water while they fly and then suddenly plunge into the water to catch fish. They’re exciting to watch,” said Lisa Williams, a contaminants specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

In recent years, the bird’s population has been growing. In 2018 it peaked at about 10,000 Caspian terns in the Great Lakes region. Then high water levels made nesting…

There were multiple calls made to Animal Control Monday about the sick swans. An officer captured the adult swans with the help of Boston firefighters and brought them to the city’s animal care facility, where they were humanely euthanized.

On Wednesday morning, five swan babies were rescued from the Esplanade and taken to the Cape Wildlife Center for evaluation.

The CDC saysswans are natural hosts for bird flu viruses. The danger to humans is low, but people with jobs or recreational exposure to birds may be at higher risk of infection.

Last week, animal control officials said a highly contagious strain of avian flu could be responsible for hundreds of dead birds washing up on Martha’s Vineyard. The public was warned to stay away from any birds appearing sick. 

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Foreign ministry accuses Nato of ‘focusing on efforts to destabilise Russian society’

Andrew RothWed 29 Jun 2022 14.15 EDT

Russian officials have reacted angrily toNato’s offer of membership to Finland and Sweden, calling it a “destabilising” effort that will increase tensions in the region.

“We condemn the irresponsible course of the North Atlantic Alliance that is ruining the European architecture, or what’s left of it,” Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Wednesday.

“I have a great deal of doubt as to whether the upcoming period will be calm for our north European neighbours,” he added.

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Mozambique’s civil war (1977-1992) and the poaching connected to it decimated wildlife inGorongosa national park. Since 2006, the Gorongosa restoration project has set out to bring back nature, starting with buffalo, wildebeest, eland, zebra and other animals being trucked in.

Many species have also recovered naturally under the renewed protection of the park’s 300 rangers. A recent aerial census counted more than 100,000 large animals, including about 200 lions. Three founder packs of African wild dogs and six leopards have also been brought in from SouthAfrica.

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Just two species of the freshwater fish still exist in the ancient waters of Lake Lanao in the Philippines after predatory fish were accidentally introduced

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It was a celebrated clan: a group of 17 carp species found nowhere else in the world except for an ancient freshwater lake in thePhilippines. One so fat it could be fried without oil, another sought after for its delectable egg-filled ovaries, a third known, oddly enough, for its endearing overbite.

Yet in recent years 15 of them have been declared extinct, victims of mismanaged fish farming efforts that accidentally introduced predatory fish into their home. In all likelihood, these invaders will continue…

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MEDINA, Ohio (WJW) – A city council committee rejected a proposal issuing special permits to allow crossbow and longbow hunting of deer inside city limits.

“We have 50 to 60 or 55 deer per square mile, which we have 12 square miles in the city so that’s a lot of deer,” saidMedina City CouncilPresident John Coyne III.

The hunting proposal had been under review as the deer population continues to grow.

City records state the white-tailed deer population reached an unmanageable number and is causing financial hardship for both public and private property owners due to the destruction of plants, flowers and trees.Ohio robocallers put on alert in enforcement unit crackdown

A solution under consideration was a nuisance abatement…