The title is no understatement. For conservationists it is sickening. How much cocaine is being snorted by humans across the planet daily? We don’t know but we do know that the number of people dying from cocaine poisoning in the United States has been steadily …
Why don’t the Australian authorities use immuno-contraception (IC) by vaccination to control the population feral cats in Australia which prey on native species and which annoy the Australian authorities so much? The vaccination could be given orally. And it seems to me that theoretically it …
Well, what do you make of these photos? They are shocking and they are no doubt meant to shock. They are excellent quality and very clever because I believe that they are excellent examples of photo-editing. Their validity is helped by the fact that it …
NEW AND VIEWS – UNITED STATES: What is a cyanide bomb? It sounds obnoxious and it is. It’s spring-loaded device filled with sodium cyanide used to kill predatory animals and ‘pest species’. The Center for Biological Diversity tells me that cyanide bombs are used under …
Some king cobra stuff for aficionados starting with a video of an impressive king cobra doing his defensive threat display in a video standing around 6 feet tall. The king cobra is one of the most venomous snakes on the planet. As you can …
NEWS AND COMMENT-CAPE TOWN: As I understand this, this is a disturbing example of humankind’s effect on wild animal behaviour through their behaviour. That is not how the story is presented but it is how I read the story. Along the coast off Cape Town, …
The elderly and pregnant should not eat smoked salmon to avoid the risk of listeria poisoning. There is a tiny report in The Times newspaper today about a raw fish health alert and it concerns specifically pregnant women and elderly people who should not eat …
On my experience of walking through Richmond Park, near London, dogs are positively enthralled about jumping into ponds and then coming out and shaking themselves dry and covering everybody in the vicinity with water. But there is a hidden hazard in British ponds and I …
NEWS AND COMMENT: It has been reported that chocolates and sweets are being dumped in Curtis Feels, Dorset, UK to harm dogs. Chocolate is toxic to dogs. The way that the chocolate and sweets have been dumped clearly indicates that it has been done deliberately. …
