Yesterday, WBUR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook has a superb discussion on the genocide of African elephants. The introduction notes: The kill-off of elephants is getting worse. Humans are wiping them off the face of the earth, and scientists say … Continue reading
Last night I returned home from The Outdoor Cat conference in Los Angeles, something I mentioned in a previous post. By now I must have attended and spoken at hundreds of academic and advocacy oriented conferences. The Outdoor Cat was … Continue reading
Last week WBURs On Point broadcast a show entitled Ethical Hunting. The host, Tom Ashbrook, spent the majority of his time interviewing Lily Raff McCaulo and Steven Rinella. McCaulo recently published a book, Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt … Continue reading
I watched Green Fire for the second time last week. It is a documentary film about the life and work of Aldo Leopold. The film was produced by the Aldo Leopold Foundation, an educational non-profit that promotes Leopold’s land ethic … Continue reading
Wildlife Services has a long and bloody history of exterminating predators like coyotes and wolves, as well as killing other wildlife for economic or public health reasons. The agency has always been a source of controversy, the most recent of … Continue reading
In a series of outstanding articles, investigative reporter Tom Knudson of the Sacramento Bee has pulled back the veil on an ironically named government agency, Wildlife Services. Using interviews, documentary research, the Freedom of Information Act, and whistle-blowers, Knudson reveals … Continue reading