PHOENIX — The Arizona Humane Society is in hot water after euthanizing an area man’s 9-month-old kitten. According to ABC15.com, Daniel Dockery’s cat was not fatally wounded and would have lived, but the Arizona Humane Society euthanized it after Dockery relinquished his ownership in an attempt to save the kitten. Below are more details about…
Presidential vacations are typically a working retreat and often draw a lot of attention from the press. The location, length and cost of traveling American presidents commonly garner even more headlines during an election year. This week, President Barack Obama spent the afternoon with his family on the beach in Hawaii released green sea turtles…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewelry and ornaments, a monitoring group said Thursday. TRAFFIC, a conservation group which tracks trends in wildlife trading, said there…
SYDNEY – A conservationist group’s boat that was chasing a Japanese whaling vessel off Antarctica was seriously damaged by a giant wave Thursday — a major setback in the group’s ongoing and sometimes violent battle with Japan’s whaling fleet, the activists said. The wave cracked the hull and severely damaged one of the pontoons on…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Anti-whaling organization Sea Shepherd said one of its boats chasing the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean had issued a distress call after its hull was cracked by a rogue wave. Sea Shepherd flagship the Steve Irwin was fighting heavy seas to help rescue the damaged Brigitte Bardot chase boat and…