It’s no surprise thatCarson Wentzexperienced an online backlash when posting on social media the aftermath of a successful (not for the bear) Alaskan bear hunt. The real question is whether Wentz realized that would happen.
He should have. If he didn’t, he’s got even less self-awareness than Michael Scott.
Hunting is a controversial subject, regardless of whether it’s done legally, properly, and as humanely as possible. Wentz knew or should have known that posting photos with a large, dead bear would spark sharp criticism from many.
Maybe he’s just oblivious. It’s either that, or he was trolling those who don’t like hunting by doing a victory lap through the pushing of images that plenty of people would find objectionable.
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — A Florida man and his 14-year-old stepson died after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in West Texas, according to officials.
The 31-year-old man had been hiking the Marufo Vega Trail on Friday with his two stepsons, ages 14 and 21.
Temperatures at the time were 119 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius), according to the National Park Service. The park, like other parts of Texas, are experiencing extreme heat with daily high temperatures ranging from 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) to 119 degrees Fahrenheit.
The 14-year-old became sick during the hike and lost consciousness.
His stepfather hiked back to his vehicle while the boy’s older brother tried to carry him back to the trailhead, according to the park service.
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(Bloomberg) — Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko in Beijing on Sunday, a day after Moscow defused the biggest threat to President Vladimir Putin’s rule on his country.
Qin and Rudenko exchanged views on international and regional issues of common interest, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement, without offering more details.
FILE PHOTO: Chickens feed from a row of feed bins at C&A Farms in Fairmont, North Carolina June 10, 2014. Picture taken June 10, 2014. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File PhotoREUTERS
By Leah Douglas
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $502 million to ensure its rapid response to any future bird flu cases as the country’s worst-ever outbreak of the virus levels off, the agency said Friday.
Bird flu has killed 58.7 million chickens, turkeys, and other birds across 47 states since January 2022, a record number in the U.S., according to June 7 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There have been no new cases in commercial poultry flocks since April 19, 2023, or in backyard flocks since May 18, 2023, USDA said.
The Americas Hunting Equipment Market is estimated to grow by USD 733.75 million from 2022 to 2027, Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc. and American Outdoor Brands Inc. emerge as Key Contributors to growth – Technavio
NEW YORK,June 21, 2023/PRNewswire/ — Thehunting equipment market size in Americasis set to grow byUSD 733.75 millionfrom 2022to 2027 progressing at aCAGR of1.47%during the forecast period.The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current global market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.The market is driven by the rising popularity of online sales.The rise in popularity of online sales is notably driving the hunting gear market growth. The e-commerce industry in the Americas has experienced rapid growth, driven by the widespread adoption of…
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is taking public comment until June 30 on changes in furbearer regulations governing trapping and hunting coyotes with dogs.
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The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is taking public comment until June 30 on changes in furbearer regulations governing trapping and hunting coyotes with dogs.
Iceland’s government has suspended its sanctioning of whale hunting, and has said a permanent ban is under consideration.
Iceland Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Svandís Svavarsdóttir issued a directive on 20 June postponing the country’s whaling season until 31 August, 2023, after concluding the commercial killing of whales does not comply with Iceland’s Animal Welfare Act. The decision came following the release of a government panel released a study that found the hunting conducted by Hvalur, Iceland’s sole remaining company involved in the practice, did not kill whales fast enough so they did not suffer or feel pain.
I have made the decision to temporarily stop whaling in light of the unequivocal opinion of the professional council on animal welfare,” Svavarsdóttir said in a statement. “The conditions of the law on animal welfare are inescapable in my mind, if the government and license holders cannot guarantee welfare requirements, this activity does not see a future.”
Hvalur hunts both fin whales and minke whales, but its license to hunt fin whales expires later this year and it is unlikely to send whale-hunting vessels out in the small window available to it in early September, according to Mongabay. A second company ceased hunting whales in 2020 after deeming it no longer profitable.
Environmental groups, including the Humane Society International and the Animal Welfare Institute, said the move was a major milestone in the protection of marine mammals.
“There is no humane way to kill a whale at sea, and so we urge the minister to make this a permanent ban,” Humane Society International Executive Director for Europe Ruud Tombrock said in a statement. “Whales already face so many serious threats in the oceans from pollution, climate change, entanglement in fish nets and ship strikes, that ending cruel commercial whaling is the only ethical conclusion.”
AWI Marine Life Consultant Kate O’Connell noted video footage taken onboard Hvalur vessels showed 41 percent of the 148 fin whales killed in 2022 did not die immediately, and that 11 were pregnant and one was lactating.
“This is good news for Iceland’s whales, and we thank Minister Svavarsdóttir for her decision to halt the 2023 whaling season before it began, sparing dozens of majestic fin whales a cruel and prolonged death,” O’Connell said. “We will continue to advocate an end to all commercial whaling, an industry that is cruel and unnecessary, as well as illogical, given the enormous benefits that living whales provide to the health of ocean ecosystems and local coastal communities.”
Whaling has been a part of Iceland’s commercial fisheries industry for hundreds of years, but recently public opinion on the practice has shifted in the country, with a majority of the population now opposed, according to a 3 June survey conducted by the Maskina Institute.
Sea Shepherd U.K. Head Robert Read said Iceland’s findings should provide sufficient evidence to the two remaining nations allowing commercial whaling – Japan and Norway – that the practice should be banned. Japan is by far the world’s largest consumer of whale meat, and its commercial fleet resumed whaling in 2019, reducing demand for whale meat imported from Iceland.
“If whaling can’t be done humanely here … it can’t be done humanely anywhere,” Read told The Guardian.
Grizzly bears like this one in Yellowstone National Park could be returning to the Bitterroot Ecosystem along the Montana-Idaho border under a new work plan proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Following another legislative session where Republican lawmakers saw fit to impose their will on wildlife management, we saw the passage of SB 295.
Like so many other Republican efforts to privatize wildlife and destroy predator species, the bill is heavy on rhetoric and light on science.
Grizzly bears have not recovered in Montana. Lawmakers want you to believe they are, but facts do not match rancher and outfitter-infused talking points. What has been lost in this conversation is the fact that grizzly bears should never be hunted, period. At what point is Montana Fish…
