Alberta grizzlies down to just 580 bears

ill they become a Canadian threatened species?
by Ralph Maughan, wolves.wordpress.com

To many Americans, Canada is still the “great white north” where multitudes of wildlife live in wilderness and “tree huggers” silly enough to want to see a bear or a wolf can go a see one behind almost every tree.
The reality is massive development, and especially [...]

Livestock Interests Chase Bison out of Montana

-Buffalo Field Campaign
WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA: The Montana Department of Livestock initiated full-scale hazing operations today to force wild bison off of cattle-free Horse Butte and surrounding public lands on the Gallatin National Forest.
The Department of Livestock also violated the private property rights of the Galanis family, who owns the 700+ acre Yellowstone Ranch Preserve [...]

MPs urge seal skin for Canadian Olympic uniforms

(As if we didn’t already know that our so-called ‘leaders’ are absolutely insane, we were treated to this front page headline. Further articles reveal that the Canadian Olympic team is oppossed to this idea, as anyone in their right mind should be.
I seriously don’t understand why the Canadian government is so worked up about the [...]

Outlaw Whaling Vessel Scuttled in Norway

-Sea Shepherd
During the evening of April 23rd, conservation commandos from Agenda 21 slipped onboard the Norwegian whaling ship Skarbakk in Henningsvaer in the Norwegian Lofoten Islands. With a monkey wrench they disassembled the salt-water intake valve (used for cooling the main engine). They then opened the valve and flooded the engine room.
As the ship settled [...]

The Seal Hunt is Dead! Long Live the Seals!

-Sea Shepherd
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has lost a ship but we are winning the war to save the seals.
On Friday, the European ambassadors approved a European Union proposal to ban imports of furs and all seal products. This moves the 27-nation bloc much closer to the final decision to impose the ban and final [...]

Hayduke Lives!!

Democracy Now was recorded in Bozeman, Montana yesterday. Bozeman is just outside Yellowstone National Park. Bozeman was where we’d drive for groceries and other supplies when I was volunteering with the Buffalo Field Campaign, so I consider it one of my many home towns. It’s also where I saw Micheal Franti and Spearhead. That was [...]

3 Definitions of Eco-terrorism

(So as I mentioned last week, I no longer have internet access at home, and have a thousand projects on the go, so have not been on top of events too far outside my neighbourhood. One thing that has happened in the past couple months that I would have pointed out right away is that [...]

Sea Shepherd activists injured by whalers

Andrew Darby, WAtoday.com.au
Sea Shepherd has been repelled from the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic as the whalers employ beefed up defences.
The hardline group’s leader, Paul Watson, said two activists were slightly injured as the whalers repulsed them.
Nearly a day into the renewed pursuit of the fleet far south-east of Tasmania, polar weather moderated [...]

Whalergate!!!

Japan to Sign Secret Whaling Deal
Environmental groups are appalled at the decision
(This is a bizzare piece. At the end it predicts Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd ‘undoubtedly’coming together to save the whales. No comment from either group.)
-Softpedia
Recent information indicates the fact that Japan is currently engaged in obtaining a new deal of whaling, and that it’s [...]

Wild Bison Update

It pains me greatly to read of a January in West Yellowstone where BFC volunteers don’t get to see the last wild bison up close every day. Not for the sake of those of us who have been lucky enough to experience that, but for the horrible, horrible implication of their absence.
In terms of issues [...]