The question in the title is asking whether individual elephants or elephants acting together deliberately target an individual person or persons with the intention of killing them. In the human world this is murder so the question could be rephrased as to whether elephants deliberately …
NEWS AND COMMENT-SOUTH SUDAN: The online news media say that this is a strange incident. I would describe it in far stronger terms: it’s completely mad and it indicates a dramatic ignorance by the South Sudanese police and therefore the authorities in general in Sudan. …
Australians are famous for blaming the approximate 2 million feral cats on their continent for the loss of millions of animals of native species primarily marsupials and mammals. A lot of effort has gone into eradicating the ‘pest’ of feral cats from the continent in …
PICO RIVERA, NEAR LOS ANGELES, California, USA: This is the first time that I have heard of a mother stabbing a pit bull to death in order to save their child. The Californian woman, Margaret Morales, acquired two pit bull dogs about four months ago. …
NEWS AND COMMENT-UKRAINE: The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues as the war grinds on into a war of attrition although recently Putin has realised that he can’t win it and therefore is scaling back. But for the last two weeks at least, the Russian army …
This is raw nature at work. It is a reminder of how terrible nature can seem through human eyes. Psychopathic nature. No conscience. Just survival. The three cheetah cubs enjoy playing with the fawn. It is not a pleasant type of play but hunting play. …
NEWS AND COMMENT-NEW YORK CITY, USA: Ekomille traps have won praise from the new mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, who declared them “amazing”. He was recently sworn in as the 110th mayor of New York City. New York City needs these sophisticated rat …
NEWS AND COMMENT-MAHARASHTRA, INDIA: In Majalgaon and Lavul village in the state of Maharashtra, India, enraged monkeys are taking revenge on the street dogs by carrying them to the top of trees and buildings and throwing them off to their deaths. And if people try …
NEWS AND COMMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: The Times has a shocking report today. It seems that the citizens of Asia want to slaughter all the rhinos in South Africa to feed their ridiculous traditional medicine market. They believe the rhino horn has medicinal qualities when actually it …
