Reposted from the blog of the Center for Urban Resilience. In late September 2014, the California city of Seal Beach ignited a controversy by adopting a proposal to trap and kill coyotes. To date several coyotes have been killed with … Continue reading
Yesterday, National Geographic published a video and article on the ethics of managing barred owls, Shooting Owls to Save Other Owls. Written and produced by acclaimed environmental journalist Isabelle Groc,the story does the best job to date of explaining the … Continue reading
Last week I was in Washington DC at the annual conference of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2013). This year’s theme was the social contract, and I was a discussant for a panel looking at how conceptions of the … Continue reading
Friday, 31 May 2013 @ 11:30 – 13:00 Humane Society of the United States 700 Professional Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20879 The management of outdoor cats is one of the hottest issues in animal welfare and wildlife conservation today. Arguments rage … Continue reading
Wednesday, 24 April 2013 @ 07:00 – 09:30 Visitor Center Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge 680 Hudson Road Sudbury, MA 01776 United States Sponsored by Friends of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, www.farnwr.org The management of outdoor cats is … Continue reading
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