Wildlife documentary makers do wonderful work. The quality of their filming is astonishing sometimes. It looks unbelievable and sometimes it actually is. I guess they have to produce glossy, perhaps even sanitised, versions of reality because this is what the customer wants to see. This …
Sharks have it in their stomachs. Whales can have a huge number of plastic bags inside them which can be fatal. Sixty percent of seabirds and a hundred percent of turtles have plastic inside them and they mistake it for food. It is in the …
In the UK, there are fears that robo-mowers are injuring and killing hedgehogs. Experts believe that certain types of robotic lawnmowers might be causing injuries especially to smaller, juvenile hedgehogs who they believe are more at risk. However, these lawnmowers do have sensors to detect …
It’s time to be open and transparent. We should stop shilly-shallying and beating around the bush. The Chinese moved into the African continent to exploit it. They need precious metals for their manufacturing and the Chinese culture has an insatiable appetite for wild animal parts …
Not long ago I wrote about the Queen of the UK being implicated in animal abuse. That time it was about racing pigeons participating in the race from South Africa. Today, in The Times newspaper there is a report that on one of the Queen’s …
The “anthropause” is a word which has been coined by scientists to mean a pause or slowing in human activity. The coronavirus pandemic’s lockdowns has paused routine human activity both in respect of work and play. This pause has given wild animals a breather. It …
Carrie Symonds is the UK Prime Minister’s fiancee as most of the world knows. Most of the world also knows that she and Boris Johnson have a child whose name is Wilf. During the coronavirus lockdown in the UK, like the rest of the world, …
Northern Botswana has been a good home for elephants. However, an aerial survey on May 25 of this year told wildlife researchers that a mysterious illness had stricken them. They counted 196 carcasses of elephants across the landscape. There was no clue as to their …
In British Columbia, Western Canada, grizzly bears have learned to improve their chances of survival by gradually, over their lifetime, becoming far more nocturnal in their activities. A study monitored the activities of 2,700 grizzlies over 40 years in British Columbia. The researchers concluded that …
