From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2012: WSPABear Sanctuary by Victor Watkins Bear Sanctuary Publications (P.O. Box 690, Redhill, Surrey, RH19DG, U.K.), 2011. 126 pages, paperback. $4.99/Kindle, <http://bearsanctuary.com>. Captive bears endured wretched lives in Romania for centuries. Bear-baiting was commonly practiced from Roman times, or earlier, until well into the 20th century. Gypsy “dancing bear” acts [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: CAP-AUX-MEULES, Quebec– Seal clubbing and shooting started on March 22, 2012 for Iles-de-la-Madeleine vessels, five days ahead of schedule, because ice floes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence were receding so rapidly that Quebec sealers were at risk of finding no seals to kill. Canadian Fisheries Department area director [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: WASHINGTON D.C.–U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg on March 22, 2012 denied an injunction sought by the Humane Society of the U.S. against a National Marine Fisheries Service decision to allow California sea lions to be culled at the Bonne-ville Dam on the Columbia River to protect endangered spring [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: Although elephant poaching is illegal in Thailand, the new taste for eating their meat includes everything from trunks to sex organs, posing a significant risk to the survival of the species. (Daily Mail, UK) BANGKOK–Making a show of belatedly cracking down on wildlife trafficking, especially commerce in elephants [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: GENEVA, JOHANNESBURG– Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species secretary-general John Scanlon on February 29, 2012 reportedly expressed “grave concern” that as many as 450 elephants were poached in Bouba Ndjida National Park, northern Cameroon, during the first 60 days of 2012. Earlier, the Washington D.C.-based Environmental Investigation Agency [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: On the Origins of New Forms of Life: A New Theory by Eugene McCarthy Free download from: http://www.macroevolution.net The March 2012 ANIMAL PEOPLE cover article “Why an ancient armored mammal needs better defenses” transiently mentioned the argument of evolutionary geneticist Gene McCarthy that pangolins and armadillos might be living descendants [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: Defoe as the mercenary tracking the last Tasmanian Tiger.The Hunter Starring Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, & Sam Neill Directed by Daniel Nettheim Adapted from novel The Hunter by Julia Leigh. Porchlight Films, 2011 (Australia). U.S. release on April 6, 2012. By Wolf Clifton The Tasmanian tiger, more properly called the [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: Of Moose & Men: A Veterinarian’s Pursuit of the World’s Largest Deer by Jerry Haigh ECW Press (2120 Queen Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, M4E 1E2, Canada), 2012. 272 pages, hardcover. $22.95. Wildlife veterinarian Jerry Haigh moved from Scotland to Kenya, where he authored Wrestling With Rhinos (2002) [...]