wild animals

Animals the way nature intended it; explore the world of wild animals and the controversies surrounding domestication and hunting of feral beasts.

The US Navy and Southern Resident Orcas
The United States Navy recently applied for an incidental take of marine mammals, for some of their recent naval training for the 2020 season and beyond.
By Dimitri S5 years ago in Petlife
Cetacean Breeding Bans
Back in June of 2019, the Federal government voted to go ahead on a bill, Bill S203. This bill, basically “bans” the import, export, and breeding of cetaceans.
By Dimitri S5 years ago in Petlife
PAWS FOR THOUGHT
From Cat-Flappers to Purrfect Partners To say our initial interaction had been tense would have been an understatement. It was a little over a month ago perhaps that we both got our whiskers in a twist, with early promotional work for the ‘Britain’s Big Cat Mystery’ documentary spilling out across social media and the unavoidable onslaught of interest triggering the keyboard armies of the internet to begin posting comments, both positive and negative. It was amidst this frenzy of comments that I first came to interact personally with Carl Marshall.
By Tim Whittard5 years ago in Petlife
Dolphin Research Center Celebrates “Harry Potter”
It has been over two decades since the Harry Potter series was first introduced to the world through the first of seven books. From there, this internationally renowned book series would give way to a franchise that saw eight films, several spin-offs, live stage productions, creative cosplays, and an endless series of fanfictions across the internet. It has even given wave to several theme park attractions at Universal Studios parks in both Japan and North America.
By Jenna Deedy5 years ago in Petlife
A Beastly Omission
In my role behind the camera on the production of the soon-to-be released new documentary ‘Britain’s Big Cat Mystery’ by ‘Dragonfly Films Video Production’, I was given the task of making sure no stone was left unturned as we attempted to cast a spotlight on the shadows of the enveloping mystery and conspiracy surrounding the British big cat phenomenon, so as to be as certain as possible that nothing had been missed. Matt Everett (the creator and director) asked me to revisit historic cases, old news reports, ‘Freedom of Information’ requests, and to do as much as possible to substantiate rumour and myth with fact.
By Tim Whittard5 years ago in Petlife
Alaska SeaLife Center On the Brink of Closing Down
On July 13th, 2020, Tara Riemer, CEO of The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) in Seward, Alaska, announced that the facility was facing the possibility of closing its doors for good, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was all based on the facility’s projections following a loss of revenue that is needed to provide animal care for both the animal residents and the marine mammals that are currently being rehabilitated.
By Jenna Deedy5 years ago in Petlife
Interesting facts about Shark Biology
Sharks in some form or another have been in our oceans for up to 450 million years. They are natural predators, with a great diversity amongst them. There are over 500 Species of sharks, and each of them has carved their specialist way of surviving in their native habitat. From extended tails that whip and stun prey, to bodies designed to blend in resulting in the ultimate ambush predators. Sharks are the best at what they do. So why is that? From a biological perspective evolved traits have allowed them to carve their way to the top. So what's so interesting about their biology? Read on and you might learn something new.
By Bradley Knight 5 years ago in Petlife
How Snakes Work
10 Best Portable Fish Finder 2020 – Reviews & Buyer’s Guide From a lead job as Eve's seducer in the Holy book to normal appearances in the Harry Potter books and motion pictures, snakes have crawled their way into world folklore and mainstream society with stories conceived of dread just as regard.
By snake bite5 years ago in Petlife
What Happens When You Pet a Lion [Videos]
The king of the jungle is known to us humans as a type of animal that we must so desperately keep at a long distance from us, or keep in a cage. Lion trainers, tamers and owners may have an upper hand when it comes to petting a lion, but they too must be extremely careful.
By Tom Cartney5 years ago in Petlife
Spare The Sharks
Many creatures consistently are slaughtered for food, chasing, and relaxation; due to this numerous creatures are headed to eradication. Individuals cry when they see a child seal being harmed or a whale being slaughtered, yet individuals applaud when sharks are mercilessly killed. Numerous types of sharks, for example, pounded heads and incredible whites, are jeopardized or near annihilation. Sharks have been around longer than people, and for many years have helped control the waterlife environment without them our reality would not be the equivalent. Sharks are being pursued for the blade exchange and simply relaxed fishing. Another piece of the motivation behind why there is an absence of battle to spare the sharks is a direct result of how sharks are depicted in media, in films like Nemo and Jaws. A way thatwill work to stop the chase is to instruct, stop the blade exchange, and boycott fishing.What is the Fin Trade? Angler are getting sharks of any kind, cutting the balances off, and tossing the bodies back in the water to suffocate. The balances make a soup called blade soup and a "solitary balance is worth about $108."("Support our Sharks") This soup is exceptionally famous in Asian nations, despite the fact that it is restricted in many nations. An explanation that it is so mainstream is on the grounds that it is seen as an extravagance dinner. It is a costly extravagance supper as a result of the fact that it is so difficult to chase sharks and the perils that shark angler put themselves in like going to prison on the off chance that it is limited in the waters they are fishing in. While researcher and lobbyist are attempting to demonstrate how sharks are required led "an examination found that sharks are worth definitely more alive than dead." ("Support our Sharks") Sharks really make "about $1.9 million during its lifetime" through plunges, swimming and other excursions.("Support our Sharks") While on head of that the way that sharks are worth more alive than dead is that Shark meat can be noxious. Researcher have had the option to demonstrate in shark meat, people are uncovered to"high levels of the methylmercury."("Support our Sharks) If people eat this meat it "increase(s) your danger of neurological issues, chemical imbalance, fruitlessness, coronary illness or even death."("Save the Sharks") Humans by decision are devouring meat that is possibly, perilous for us to have. On the off chance that more nations boycott the executing of sharks and coast monitors watch for individuals that are slaughtering sharks then the populace will gradually modify itself. Likewise if areas that are against blade exchange and utilize political strain to endeavor to utilize political force and money related approach to help stop the balance exchange. As fishing has gotten all the more a well known game and side interest as of late has helped decline the measure of sharks in the water. Another explanation that Sharks are being executed is for extravagance fishing, sports fishing and business fishing. I have gone games fishing despite the fact that it was not for sharks, it was for marlin. Most game fishing organizations have begun to do catch and discharge, while a few organizations are murdering the creatures to ensure that they get the fish in the vessel to make the individual that is paying for it cheerful. Postulations organizations are then stayed with the shark and are regularly selling the blades on the bootleg market to cafés in different nations. As sports fishing isn't the main fishingthat is exhausting our shark populace, business fishing has likewise been a major effect on the shark populace. "An expected 100 million sharks are murdered each year. A greater part of these executes are the result of business fishing. Sharks are looked for their meat, oils, and ligament, and utilized in a scope of products."("Rodgers") This proof from Michael Rodgers shows the utilizations that sharks bodies have had the option to give people. The proof likewise gives the motivation behind why business fishing of sharks is requirement for what sharks bodies are utilized for. As presented above indicating the man flaunting his amazing catch of the day is demonstrating truly what trophy fishing is all about.("Anonymous") As trophy fishing has gotten progressively well known and to a greater extent a game, as angler we have to combine to do catch and discharge so this game can become much more. In spite of the fact that, the killing of them can be useful, overfishing makes the populace become littler and closer to termination. As of now their is 64 shark species that are imperiled, and much more species are powerless against being jeopardized. As nets have gotten hard to shield undesirable creatures from getting inside these nets, fishman should attempt to not utilize these nets or utilize littler nets and put them out more regularly. Likewise nations could begin authorizing acatch and discharge strategy with trophy fish accordingly keeping more species alive and remaking trophy fish populaces like sharks and marlins. After a shark assault is accounted for, several guiltless sharks are sliced open to check whether it assaulted a human yet practically the entirety of the sharks here didn't assault a human.
By Kevon Tam6 years ago in Petlife
New Research Questions Animal Rights Claims
Last year, the Journal of Veterinary Behavior published a paper by well-known animal rights proponents led by Dr. Lori Marino. The 2019 paper made dubious claims about whale neuroscience, behavior, captive stress, and whale care/longevity. Furthermore, the paper passed into anthropomorphism calling whale calves “children”, a term not usually associated with objective, non-agenda driven science. Marino is one of the names behind the controversial Whale Sanctuary Project and used her article to claim that orcas living under human care suffer from chronic stress as a result of living in man-made animal habitats. Unfortunately, very little work has been done in this arena to make proper comparisons.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Llama and Alpaca
What is the deal with the Llama and Alpaca, am I living under a stone or have these become very popular of late. So, Ilona, this one is for you, my girl...
By Charmaine van der Merwe6 years ago in Petlife