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The Wild Truth about wildlife videos & our efforts to tell it, by Amy Dickens
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (1509+ words) “Amy Dickens,” the pseudonym used by the author of the following guest column, will be quickly recognized as such by anyone aware that British author Charles Dickens’ most memorable female character was arguably Amy Dorrit, heroine of his novel Little…...
"Thou Shalt Not Kill Animals" initiative petition drive fails in Oregon
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1530+ words) SALEM, Oregon––The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office on July 24, 2026 announced that Initiative Petition 28, described by Oregon Capital Chronicle editor Julia Shumway as “an effort led by Portland-based vegan advocates to dramatically expand the state’s animal cruelty laws,” has failed…...
Trump admin ESA rewrite brings spotted owls home to roost for enviros
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1718+ words) WASHINGTON D.C.––Northern spotted owls on July 10, 2026 came home to roost for the U.S. conservation movement. While hired guns employed by government agencies massacred barred owls in northern California, in the name of protecting northern spotted owls from habitat competition,…...
"Where's the beef?" California wolves ask. "It's what's for dinner."
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1351+ words) DAVIS, California––Are recently self-reintroduced wolves in California targeting cattle due to a scarcity of their natural wild prey, or just as easy prey? Wolves on their way into California, raising their first surviving litter in 2016, followed mule deer and…...
Biggest alleged rhino horn poachers yet: game farmers serving trophy trade
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1320+ words) Similar charges are pending against John Hume, 84, also a purported longtime rhino conservationist. Both Groenewald, an Afrikaner, and Hume, of British descent, posed as economic victims of rhino poaching and horn trafficking, while they themselves ran the biggest rhino poaching…...
Cats & dogs: how tigers, leopards, jaguars, & coyotes survive in suburbs
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1564+ words) MUMBAI, India; MAHAHUAL, Mexico; KATHAMANDU, Nepal; SAN FRANCISCO, California––Recent reports of tiger, jaguar, leopard, and coyote predation in human-dominated habitat come as reminders that the cat/dog relationship, even in the presence of humans, is fundamentally a predator/prey…...
Some Nordic people rally to save one whale; others rush to kill hundreds
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (1176+ words) May 5, 2026 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment A May 5, 2026 video clearly showing Timmy’s distinctive flukes appeared to confirm his survival for at least three days after his release. The failure of a tracking device supposedly attached to Timmy had left his survival…...
The Wild Truth about wildlife videos & lack of humane jurisdiction
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1726+ words) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––Substack browsers with an interest in animals may in recent weeks have discovered a site titled The Wild Truth: Exposing animal cruelty in the wildlife filmmaking industry. The Wild Truth has been many months in development. ANIMALS…...
All the news, good & bad, about vaquitas, jaguars, & hippos, oh my!
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1585+ words) SAN FELIPE, Mexico; TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras; BOGOTA, Colombia––Recently reported good news about vaquita porpoises and jaguars, among the most endangered species in Latin America, was offset by the April 1, 2026 announcement by Colombian environment minister Irene Vélez Torres that she intends…...
In memoriam: Mark Bittner, Edward Hoagland, Anthony McAllister
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1289+ words) March 31, 2026 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment Mark Bittner, 74, who died on March 1, 2026, and Edward Hoagland, 93, who died on February 17, 2026, were both known to millions and are remembered for their unique insights into animal and human relationships. Anthony McAllister, 36, killed in a…...