A lot of people, perhaps most people, treat pigeons as pest and vermin. They don’t like the fact that they defecate. They don’t like the fact that there are lots of them. They don’t like the fact that they are successful. Humans don’t like other …
It is quite clear that zebras are potentially dangerous to humans. It depends how you interact with them. They don’t naturally attack people but if you approach them or attack, they will flee or retaliate. They are normally aggressive but there have been some violent …
This elephant waits by the side of the road where there is a sign saying “CAUTION ELEPHANT CROSSING”. I guess they realise that they have a right of way at this point. He/she is waiting for a truck carrying sugar cane, a favorite food. When …
Svalbard, Norway, is an Arctic Archipelago. It is said to be the polar bear capital of the world with a polar bear population of 3000 and the human population of 2700. Tom Cruise is filming the eighth instalment of Mission Impossible. It is called Mission: …
The title tells us of an interesting and I think startling statistic based upon a YouGov survey. YouGov is a polling company based in Britain and they surveyed Americans and Britons on their thoughts about unarmed combat with a range of wild animals becoming progressively …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Peter Eades, 77, has been named as the alpaca farmer who was killed by his pet kangaroo. It is, apparently, extremely rare for a kangaroo to kill a human but kangaroos do attack humans. There are unsuited as pets when adult. And …
This is a classic example of human-animal conflict in a wildlife park. The video went viral. I’m not sure where it was made. Clearly it is somewhere in Asia. I do not think that it is India. It might be Indonesia or one of those …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Cowboy Trail Rides in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area just outside Las Vegas, provide a riding experience to customers on well-trained gentle horses in the distinctive countryside of this area of America. But among the piece and charm of this landscape …
Melissa Alves captured this video for her TikTok account of a black bear walking through a busy shopping area in Whistler Village, British Columbia heading towards Cow’s Ice Cream looking for a snack. The pedestrians look on. They react in different ways but calmly. One …
