Dog’s are enthusiastic walkers. Anytime you call on them for a walk, they bound up to you as if it’s a treat on offer. Usually, early morning or afternoon is the ideal time to walk dogs. But, dog owners with a busy schedule prefer night time because of the calm and quiet and no traffic
Month: January 2021
A consortium of conservationists that hopes to release wild lynx into the Scottish Highlands has launched a year-long study to see whether the public supports their reintroduction. The study, part-funded by two billionaire Danish estate owners in the Highlands, Anders Povlsen and Lisbet Rausing, will test whether farmers, landowners and rural communities will agree to
A cat with three paws took to a kitten who walks on his front legs. They instantly bonded. Ahsen @zikrettinn A tuxedo kitten was brought to a clinic in Istanbul, Turkey a couple of months ago. He was paralyzed in his hind quarters and surrendered to the vet. Ahsen, an animal rescuer, was contacted and
New footage uncovered by PETA found that monkeys are still being used for labor in coconut farms in Thailand. The government has repeated that monkeys aren’t being used, despite evidence to the contrary. A new video shows industry employees sharing how farms hide monkeys during audits or buy monkeys illegally. Half of the coconut farms
A kitten who was found as an orphan, got a visit from a kind couple and had her life turned around. @titakthesiberian A little kitten was discovered outside a resident’s home as an orphan. She was just a few weeks old when she lost her mom, and was in need of rescue. The homeowner took
A man has been seriously injured after being bitten on the leg by a two to three-metre bull shark while swimming in Perth’s Swan River. The man in his 50s was attacked at around 8am on Thursday morning at Blackwall Reach, a popular swimming area south of Perth known for its limestone cliffs. He was
Illustration: Joe Ciardiello Who’s Kenn? Simply put, Kenn is a national treasure. A renowned birder, author, and conservationist, Kenn Kaufman has spent his life dedicated to observing birds, reading about birds, writing about birds, and sharing the world of birds with others. With all that birdy knowledge in his brain, he also acts as the field editor for Audubon magazine.
President Joe Biden speaks during the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, January 20th, 2021. Photo: Patrick Semansky/AP/Alamy On January 20, after his swearing in, President Joe Biden gave an inaugural address that outlined the country’s many challenges he must face as the leader of its executive branch. The bulk of the speech carried a demand for unity
Great Egrets. Photo: Lorraine Minns/Audubon Photography Awards NEW YORK – The National Audubon Society (“Audubon”) today announced the appointment of two key senior hires to join the organization’s leadership team following broad national searches. Dr. Elizabeth Gray will join Audubon as President and Chief Conservation Officer, reporting to CEO David Yarnold. Dr. Gray will be
Those fur-trimmed parkas so common on city sidewalks have become a boon to backwoods trappers. Coyote fur pelts are in big demand to provide the lush, silvery or tawny-tinged arcs of fur on the hoods on Canada Goose coats and their many global imitators. A good western coyote, prized for its silky, light-colored fur, can fetch
A tiny kitten who was found on the side of the road, had his life turned around through act of kindness. Amber Stanley the kitten was found on the side of the road, still trying to nurse on his mom, who sadly didn’t survive the busy traffic. He was malnourished and extremely tiny for his
Magnificent Frigatebird. Photo: Peter Brannon/Audubon Photography Awards This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA for short, announced it will expand the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to nearly triple its current size. Situated on salt domes rising up from the seafloor, Flower Garden Banks is one of only two marine sanctuaries
Greetings, pawsome human minions! Forrest Wisewhiskers coming your way again with answers to your most burning cat questions. For our chat today, I want to address the questions my parents ask me all the time. I’m sure they know the answers to their regular queries, but they still think me a strange creature anyhow. Fair
Animal welfare campaigners have condemned the killing of a trapped minke whale off the coast of Taiji, a town in Japan best known for its annual dolphin cull. The young whale, which had been trapped inside nets since 24 December, was killed early on Monday morning before being taken ashore wrapped in blue tarpaulin, according
A kitten who was found alone outside, began to thrive when an orange cat took her under his wing. Chatons Orphelins Montréal A tortoiseshell kitten was spotted wandering the streets without a mom or siblings. She was brought to a shelter in Montreal, Canada and in need of rescue. The tortie was just skin and
Winds and ice,Not very nice.But mom and dadMake it not so bad. There are several species of us.But some of us are endangered: https://www.antarcticreport.com/articles/know-your-penguins-there-are-18-species Karen Lyons Kalmenson Hello! I have managed to incorporate my eternal Woodstock nation spirit with the high tech 21st century world. I am an artist / writer / photographer, who dabbles
Provincial Summary A total of 61 Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) was submitted data during the 120th (2019-20) season in Alberta, including one new count at Viking. December 15 was the most popular count day (11), followed by December 14 (10), and December 22 (8). A total of 226,605 individual birds of 116 species were tallied
Airwolfhound, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The visual beauty of nature always seems to capture our imagination in unexpected ways. Whether that might be the stunning colors and natural attributes of a bird in your backyard (cardinals, jays, hummingbirds, and buntings to name a few), the displays of affection by creatures, or even the
A kitten picked the right house to visit in a neighborhood and befriended the family. His life was forever changed. With Grace @withgracerescue A few weeks ago, a young cat showed up in a Las Vegas neighborhood. He was about eight months old, and scrounging for food at night. He wandered to the backyard of
American Black Duck with downy young. Photo: JWiliszowski/iStock In the midst of a never-ending news cycle, Congress passed a $2.3 trillion spending bill that will not only provide economic support for Americans affected by the coronavirus pandemic and appropriations to fund the federal government but also crucial funding for environmental restoration and resiliency efforts across the country. The
Cats love playing around on beanbag chairs, as you can see in the video above! They seem to be having a great time figuring out if the chairs are toys, comfy seats, or both. Why do beanbag chairs drive some cats wild? We may never know. But at least we can share this video and
Two gorillas at San Diego Zoo in California have tested positive for COVID-19, in the first reported cases of great apes contracting the novel coronavirus. Three of the primates showed symptoms as of this week, and zoo authorities have not ruled out other troop members also being infected. Since the pandemic broke out last year,
A kitten who came to the shelter all alone, began to thrive with the help of other cats and a foster family. Laura Malone at Mini Cat Town A kitten was brought to a shelter in San Jose, California as a singleton. She was in need of a foster home and a lot of socialization.
JAKARTA — Onrizal Onrizal remembers hearing stories of human-like creatures living in the forest when he was growing up in Sungai Dareh, a town in western Sumatra, Indonesia. Legend had it that the creatures, called orang pendek, or “short people,” by the locals, disappeared from the forest in the 1970s. Today, Onrizal is a forestry
A kitten was determined to win over the heart of a family cat, after he was rescued from life on the street. Allie Malin @marleymalin A 5-month-old orange kitten was found roaming the streets of Los Angeles, along with a few other cats. Friends for Life Rescue Network sprang into action and brought them to
Three men in India have been arrested after they were filmed brutally beating an endangered river dolphin to death in a video that went viral. The attack, which happened on 31 December, involved a gang of young men violently hitting a Gangetic dolphin with wooden rods and an axe until it bled, and then suffocating
A woman has died after a suspected shark attack off New Zealand’s north island. She was pulled from the waters at Waihi Beach, a two-hour drive south-east of Auckland, late on Thursday afternoon with leg wounds, local media reported. Emergency services were called but the woman died at the scene, police officials said. New Zealand
A little orphan kitten snuck into a nest of small kittens and decided he would be part of their family. Bella @bellanmeow Bella, an animal rescuer and fosterer based in Indonesia, came across a motherless kitten who was in desperate need of rescue. The kitten was just skin and bones and very dirty and hungry.
Frank D. Lospalluto/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) ” class=”js-colorbox-custom” data-colorbox-gallery=”gallery-file-205404-Ch6_5OgoSA8″ data-cbox-img-attrs=”{"title": "", "alt": ""}” data-href=”https://nas-national-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/48775839588_1d3e217467.jpg”> Spotted Owl. Photo: Frank D. Lospalluto/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) A month ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that the Northern Spotted Owl, a reclusive, inky-eyed inhabitant of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest, meets the definition of an endangered
She’s a grande dame who over the years has made headlines for surviving more horrors than anyone should in a lifetime. And now, in the twilight of her life, she is again in the spotlight but unaware of the controversy surrounding her future. Anne, Britain’s last circus elephant, captured hearts in 2011 when video footage