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The ethics of hunting: What???s in a trophy?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (548+ words) Trophy has become a dirty word. Wall-mounted antlers are seen as vulgar and disrespectful, despite a seared free-range backstrap being regarded as nourishing, sustainable and natural. The idea of hunting a large trophy has been separated from the rest of…...
Deer damage sparks calls for extermination in the 1930s
2+ week, 1+ day ago (868+ words) Kem Ormond takes a look at the world of farming back in the day. In this week’s Pastures Past, she’s found newspaper articles about efforts to control deer and wild goats in New Zealand’s native forests. For well over a…...
In 1932, Australia sent soldiers with Lewis machine guns against 20,000 emus destroying wheat farms in the west, and pulled them out within weeks after nearly 10,000 rounds achieved almost nothing, because the birds simply split into small groups that trucks couldn't follow??? the press declared the emus the winners
2+ week, 5+ day ago (209+ words) A military campaign to stop emus destroying crops became a national embarrassment when the birds outsmarted bullets, terrain, and government resolve in just weeks. In October 1932, the Australian government dispatched a military detachment to the wheat country east of Perth....
Race to protect rare Aussie animal vanishing from desert
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (546+ words) A population of Big Desert dingoes, known as Wilkerr, will be "prioritised for assessment" as critically endangered after numbers fell to just 77 individuals. But there are fears the population could be further depleted before a decision is reached in three…...
Wildlife officers spend 2 years taking down massive Ohio poaching ring
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1593+ words) Ohio wildlife officers spent nearly two years unraveling what investigators described as a sprawling poaching operation tied to a shared hunting lease, eventually connecting multiple hunters to allegations involving night hunting, hunting from vehicles, false deer check-ins, tag swapping and…...