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…
POTTSVILLE, Pa. – An eastern Pennsylvania man who used a crossbow to shoot a cat and was sentenced to community service won’t be volunteering at an animal welfare agency as originally ordered. A Schuylkill (SKOO’-kul) County judge earlier this week sentenced New Philadelphia resident Patrick Canfield to six months of probation and 150 hours of…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A jumping mouse with a tail longer than its body has returned to the threatened species list in Wyoming after a court ruling. A federal judge in Denver last month ruled against a two-state classification for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the mouse as threatened…
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A federal judge refused on Wednesday to overturn an unprecedented act of Congress that removed some 1,500 wolves in Montana and Idaho from the endangered species list. District Judge Donald Molloy sided against environmentalists who argued Congress exceeded its authority when it passed legislation in April to lift federal wolf protections,…
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – For the first time in decades, wolves in Wyoming would be stripped of Endangered Species Act protections and could be hunted under a deal struck on Wednesday between the state and the federal government. The deal comes after years of legal battles among the state, the federal government and conservation groups…
JUNO BEACH, Fla. – A badly injured sea turtle that underwent a year of rehabilitation and innovative surgeries was released Wednesday by caretakers hoping he finds a mate and helps his endangered species prosper. Andre, as the 177-pound green sea turtle is known, crawled into the water and swam out of sight before a crowd…
The suspension of a wildlife biologist known for his research on drowned polar bears is causing confusion and alarm in scientific circles. Charles Monnett, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, (BOEMRE) was placed on administrative leave on July 18 pending the conclusion of an Inspector General investigation…
JUNEAU, Alaska – The recent suspension of Alaska wildlife biologist Charles Monnett is unrelated both to an article that he wrote about presumably drowned Arctic polar bears and to his scientific work, a federal official said Friday. The director of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement and Regulation, told agency staff in Alaska…
A cougar hit and killed by a car in Connecticut set a record this week when it was found to hail from the Black Hills of South Dakota. While the 140-pound cat is unprecedented in its wanderings, wildlife biologists say that many wild animals have started recolonizing old habitats — or establishing new ones. From…
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Idaho will open its wolf population, now estimated at about 1,000 animals, to extensive hunting and trapping to reduce their numbers to no fewer than 150 under a plan approved on Thursday by the state Fish and Game Commission. The move came after a heated public hearing Wednesday night in Salmon,…