Chris Ellis/For The Register-HeraldChris Ellis has always felt a connection to the elk and considers being in their presence hisgreatest trophy.
Being from Elk River, West Virginia, I have always felt that elk and I were somehow connected. As strange as that may seem, perhaps growing up on the river and a town named after the animal may have caused my curiosity. I often wondered why so many places in our home state had the word “elk” in their name.
My curiosity about the animal and its behavior has triggered my desire to hunt elk ever since I became a hunter long ago as a child. In fact, I remember attending a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation dinner with my father and the keynote speaker talked of elk and how it may be possible one day for elk to be reestablished…
Is the world coming to an end? Why the coronavirus is simply the top of the iceberg – 10 deadly plagues claim
If weird Christian prophecies regarding the coronavirus and locust swarms are to be accepted, THE END OF THE WORLD is near. Here are some of the reasons why some Christian evangelists feel we are nearing the end of the world.
Meat is not green. That’s why a Member of Parliament recently introduced a groundbreaking motion in House of Commons, calling on the federal government to tackle the major role that industrial animal agriculture plays in the climate crisis.
Paul Manly, a Green Party MP from the Nanaimo—Ladysmith riding in British Columbia, gave notice of Motion M-96 on June 22, 2021. Although Parliament is now on its summer break, Mr. Manly’s motion could be debated and adopted by the House of Commons when it returns in the fall.
The motion points to clear scientific evidence that industrial animal agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, noting that emissions from livestock alone make up at least 14.5% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Methane emissions from farmed animals are particularly dangerous because of the high impact of methane on trapping heat in the planet’s atmosphere. The motion also recognizes the secondary impact of animal agriculture, including emissions release through deforestation to free up land for cattle-grazing and feed production.
Despite the devastating impact of the meat, dairy, and egg industries on our planet and the climate, the federal government still subsidizes these highly-profitable businesses to the tune of billions of dollars annually. Farmers also have a special carve-out in Canada’s carbon pricing regime, and are mostly exempt from paying the carbon tax.
Mr. Manly’s motion calls on the House of Commons to ask that the government phase out subsidies to the animal agriculture industry, and ensure that the industry also has to pay its fair share of the federal price on carbon.
The meat industry spends millions of dollars on greenwashing propaganda because it knows that people want to make climate-friendly food choices. A recent months-long investigation by DeSmog into meat industry lobbying records and public relations work showed that Big Meat uses similar tactics to Big Oil to undermine the clear link between their products and climate change.
But the truth is clear—the world cannot stop runaway climate change without a major shift away from industrial-scale animal agriculture. It’s time for governments to acknowledge this reality.
The predators are under assault, particularly in Idaho and Montana. By Stephen Capra | July 22, 2021 , Opinion Contributor“Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves.” —Barry LopezWe are in the midst of a crisis in the West; climate is showing us the reality of our future, with fire being the key ingredient. Yet the real crisis is not just what is happening to millions of acres of land, but what is occurring with wildlife — wolves in particular. Despite huge public outcry and concern, the governors of Idaho and Montana using the traditional tactics of division have rammed through their Republican-controlled legislatures some of the most heinous anti-wildlife bills in generations. Their key focus is the elimination of wolves.Bill after bill is giving bounties and expanding…
In the past century alone, the African elephant population has declined by a staggering 96 percent, and is at risk of being eradicated within a few decades.
The decline of African elephants is largely driven by poaching to fill global demand for elephant ivory. Accordingly, nations all over the world are taking urgent action to close the remaining legal markets for elephant ivory.
The Canadian government has launched a public consultation to gather feedback on appropriate measures to restrict the elephant ivory trade in Canada. The responses to the consultation will determine whether or not Canada moves ahead with a ban.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the fall 2021 sharp-tailed grouse hunting season remains closed due to the spring surveys results and concerns over future viability of the sharp-tailed grouse population. Permits and applications will not be available or accepted this year.
Each year, the sharp-tailed grouse advisory committee, which consists of interested conservation groups and DNR wildlife biologists, usesspring dancing ground surveysto evaluate the size of the population.
The recommendation to keep the sharp-tailed grouse hunting season closed follows the review of spring 2021 survey data, historical data trends and scientific models that indicate a potential marked decrease in population viability if…
By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists
Updated 4:58 PM ET, Fri July 23, 2021
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(CNN)A barrage of heat waves have plagued the US this summer and more above-average temperatures are on the way next week, affecting more of the country than those before it.Although not as extreme as the past few heat spells, this one will span from coast to coast due to a strong heat dome elevating temperatures even higher during the hottest time of the year. The epicenter of the heat will build across the northern and central Plains — a region that has largely escaped the relentless, record-breaking heat the past few months.
The West’s historic drought in 3 mapsA broad ridge of high pressure will expand over much of the country by the beginning of next week bringing with it potentially record high temperatures to the Plains. Most…
British primatologist Jane Goodall at the chimpanzee enclosure at Australia’s Taronga Zoo in 2014.
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When Jane Goodall was just 26 years old, she began trekking through the forests of Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees. At first they’d run away from her, but after months of patient interaction, she actually became accepted as a member of their community — the first researcher ever to win that distinction. She had no academic degree, and yet she was making pioneering discoveries. Chimps use tools! Chimps hunt and eat meat! Chimps have complex emotional…
The blaze is among a number burning across the U.S. west, where recent heat waves tied to climate change have made wildfires harder to fight.
Fire Information Officer Jacob Welsh observes smoldering trees on the northern front of the Bootleg Fire Silver Creek, Oregon on Friday.Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty ImagesJuly 24, 2021, 5:37 AM PDTByThe Associated Press
The nation’s largest wildfireraged through southern Oregonon Friday, but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even aswildfirescontinued to threaten homes in neighboring California.
In Montana, fivefirefightersremained hospitalized a day after a thunderstorm and swirling winds blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them, federal officials said.
The five had joined other crews working on the 1,300-acre Devil’s Creek fire burning in rough, steep terrain near the rural town of Jordan. The firefighters were building…
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