The Malta Union of Teachers has clarified a statement issued on Saturday afternoon in which it had showed no aversion to an exhibition about hunting inside Gozitan schools, now saying it does not approve of theKaċċaturi San Ubertu exhibition being sponsored by the Gozo ministry.
“The MUT is hereby issuing a clarification following the misinterpretations of its position regarding the hunting exhibition. The MUT does not approve or back the hunting exhibition in schools. It has always condemned any killing of living species and its promotion in schools. The union has always supported the work carried out to conserve nature and living species and urges educators to pursue…
In 2019, former Montana Sen. Mike Phillips, also a renowned wildlife biologist who led the wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park, introduced bills to outlaw running over coyotes with snowmobiles. It failed. Photo by Chris Smith/Creative Commons
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Among the proudest moments in my young, coming-of-age years were two events: passing the hunter’s safety test as a newly minted teenager in the Upper Midwestern state where I grew up, and earning the state-issued permit to drive a snowmobile, which I got prior to securing an auto driver’s license, so I could get to hockey practice on outdoor ice in winter.
Regarding hunter’s safety, our instructors were people of esteem in my small town. Along with weekly sessions…
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — One Kalamazoo man appeared in court on Wednesday for showing what one officer called “no respect for the resource or ethics of fair chase.” ‘
Scott Kevin Meisterheim, 55, is facing a long list of charges for hunting violations, mostly related to his deer hunting practices.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources launched an investigation into Meisterheim’s hunting behavior back in Febrary 2022, thanks to severalpoaching tips.
James Nason, a conservation officer in Kalamazoo County, immediately looked into the tips, talking to witness about Meisterheim’s hunting activity in 2021.
Nason collected evidence indicating Meisterheim snatched at least 11 deer from October to December of that year, including three deer on the first of October, and that Meisterheim believed he was “tagged out” the first weekend…
Hinman Glacier was once the largest between Mount Rainier, shown here, and Glacier Peak.National Park Service
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The largest glacier between the high peaks of Mount Rainier and Glacier Peak has melted away after a long battle with global warming.
For thousands of years, the Hinman Glacier graced the crest of the Washington Cascades in what is now King County.
Fifty miles due east of downtown Seattle, Mount Hinman sits deep in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, midway between Snoqualmie Pass and Stevens Pass.
Nichols College glaciologist Mauri Pelto led a team to Mount Hinman in August 2022, as he has most summers since 1984. This time, they found its namesake glacier was no more.
In its place were just a few stranded patches of snow and ice.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Miami County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the help of the public to obtain footage of the area where ahunting accidentoccurred Saturday.
Around 2:30 p.m., authorities were called to 239th Street and Lookout Road on a call of a victim with a gunshot wound.
The injured party, who was hunting at the time, was located in a wooded area on state park property.
They were transported by air ambulance to a local hospital and are reportedly in stable condition, per the sheriff’s office.
After speaking with nearby hunters, authorities determined there was no threat to the public.
It is not known exactly where the shot came from, only that it was on state park property.
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CUMBERLAND ISLAND, Ga. – A 15-year-old right whale named Nimbus is now free from being entangled in a fishing rope. Nimbus was spotted by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission whale survey aircraft entangled 13 miles east of Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Trained responders working from boats used special tools to remove 375 feet of 11/16 inch diameter synthetic rope that was passing through the whale’s mouth, dragging hundreds of feet behind its flukes. Responders were unable to remove a short segment of rope that was passing through the whale’s mouth, but the whale should be able to shed the remaining rope on his own in time.
Nimbus was last seen swimming south, 9 miles east of Cumberland Island, Georgia. Fishing rope entanglements are the leading cause of North Atlantic right whale deaths and injury. It’s one of the biggest challenges facing the species’ survival.
Nimbus disentanglement (NOAA permit #24359)
Investigators with NOAA will work to determine the fishery rope’s origin. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources along with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, NOAA Fisheries and Song of the Whale all worked to respond to the disentanglement.
Nimbus is a male Atlantic right whale, named for the cloud-like scars on his lips that predate this entanglement.
Crew members signal to a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet preparing to take off for a routine flight on board the U.S. USS Nimitz aircraft carrier during a routine deployment to the South China Sea, Mid-Sea, January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell/File Photo
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – A four-star U.S. Air Force general said in a memo that his gut told him the United States would fight China in the next two years, comments that Pentagon officials said were not consistent with American military assessments.
“I hope I am wrong,” General Mike Minihan, who heads the Air Mobility Command, wrote to the leadership of its roughly 110,000 members. “My gut tells me will fight in 2025.”
The letter was dated Feb. 1 but had been sent out on Friday.
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OKANOGAN COUNTY — A woman was arrested for animal cruelty after five horses were reportedly found dead on her remote property in north Okanogan County, according to law enforcement.
Okanogan County deputies received a complaint on Jan. 18 of possible animal abuse. Deputies gained access to the property using an ATV on Jan. 20 and observed three dead horses on the property, the sheriff’s office stated.
Deputies say the property owner was not home at the time and a card was left to contact the sheriff’s office. The property owner, identified as Jennyfer Taylor, initially contacted the sheriff’s office but then communication stopped.
Investigators were granted a search warrant on Jan. 22. Fish and Wildlife officers and Border Patrol, along with an equine veterinarian, assisted the sheriff’s office in executing the warrant.
The sheriff’s office says four dead horses were found in a makeshift stable and a fifth was found dead in deep snow. There was reportedly no food or water found at the scene. The veterinarian determined the horses likely died due to starvation or dehydration.
A sixth horse was found alive but underweight. The horse was taken to No Paws Left Behind to be cared for.
Taylor was arrested and booked into jail for five counts if first-degree animal cruelty, according to the sheriff’s office.
After tragically losing their son in a drowning accident, a family was reunited with his body when a crocodile pulled him back to the surface, gently carrying the boy to an awaiting rescue crew in the water.
In the shocking footage, the mammoth reptile carries the body of the 4-year-old boy toward a rescue boat. It then leaves him within reach of the rescuers, who retrieve him from the water and bring him back to his family.
The small boy was later identified as Muhammad Ziyad Wijaya, the child who went missing two days prior near the Jawa Estuary on the island of Borneo in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan, according to Newsweek. Members of the East Kalimantan Basarnas Search and Rescue Agency had been searching for the boy for days when the crocodile unexpectedly delivered him to them.
“Around seven in the morning the team received information from the family that they saw a crocodile carrying a human body,” Melkianus Kotta, head of the East Kalimantan Basarnas Search and Relief Office, told a local news outlet. “It turned out that the body was the child we were looking for.”
Crocodile Delivers Small Boy’s Body Completely Unharmed
To the rescuers’ surprise, the crocodile carried the toddler’s body a full mile from where officials suspect he drowned. After placing him within reach of the rescue boat, the croc simply disappeared below the surface.
The bizarre rescue became even more shocking after a preliminary examination of the body. Through the exam, officials learned that the crocodile hadn’t left so much as a single wound on the boy. There were no bite marks, no missing limbs, no injuries at all. “Nothing is missing; everything is intact,” Kotta explained.
As far as rescuers can tell, the crocodile’s only intention was to help return the boy to his fellow humans. “We think the crocodile actually aided in the search for the victim,” Kotta said.
A Similar Incident Occurred in 2017
Every year, crocodiles devour at least 1,000 people worldwide. That said, though they’re more than capable of eating humans, the ancient reptiles have also been known to assist humans now and then.
In 2017, for example, a similar situation to Muhammad Ziyad Wijaya’s occurred. A crocodile pulled a 41-year-old man named Syarifuddin into the water not far from where the toddler drowned. To get him back, villagers called in the help of a “crocodile charmer,” asking that he make the croc return Syarifuddin.
After the charmer performed the necessary ritual, a crocodile suddenly appeared in the water, a dead body clutched in its massive jaws. The reptile left the body on the riverbank, which officials later identified as the missing man. Whether it was the same croc who took the man in the first place remains unclear.
Many, however, praised the crocodile for its efforts all the same. “If the crocodile intended to eat a human, there would be no flesh left,” one user said. “Some animals have good intentions.”
