The Alaska Board of Game has delayed a proposal that would have expanded the use of snares to kill grizzly and black bears. Former Gov. Tony Knowles, Alaska wildlife scientists and conservation groups ...

Snaring—a non-selective method of poaching using wire traps—is widespread in tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Snaring decimates wildlife populations and has pushed many larger mammals to local or ...

The highly controversial program entails luring black bears to the snares using bait in a bucket and then catching their foot when they reach into the bucket. The bears will then be shot. Much like ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Montana Stockgrowers Association wants to intervene in a lawsuit that aims to reduce the ...

Across Southeast Asia, wild animals are being hunted out of existence to feed growing demand for bushmeat, according to conservationists. Thomas Gray, science director with conservation group Wildlife ...

GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — Dave Tobey does not particularly care for coyotes, but he may have a stronger distaste for the wily predators’ would-be protectors. Standing over the bones of a deer, Tobey ...

On Global Tiger Day today, WWF is urging tiger-range governments to strengthen anti-poaching efforts and crack down on a severe wildlife snaring crisis that is threatening wildlife across Asia, ...

The thunder of a rifle echoes across the savannah. Antelope scatter as birds of all feathers take to the air. A dull thud signals that the marksman’s shot was true. The horn from the felled rhino will ...

Fishing fleets from more than 30 countries on the high seas of the Atlantic and Pacific will now use new ways to avoid accidentally snaring seabirds going after bait on long lines. The new protections ...

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