(ANIMAL NEWS) LONDON — The Badger Trust received official permission to review the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’s (Defra) inhumane pilot cull program earlier this year. The proposed badger cull — which was announced last year as a solution to the spread of tuberculosis in cattle — is losing steam after Wales decided against against the cruel act. Read more for details on the new judicial review, and what this means for the wild badger population. — Global Animal
(CELEBRITY NEWS) Ted Nugent joined GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons and the Trump sons in the category of dimwit animal hunters. The rocker pled guilty last week to transporting an illegally killed black bear in Alaska. The gun rights advocate agreed to pay a fine and serve two years of probation, and is not allowed to hunt on U.S. Forest Service lands for one year. This new development comes after the Secret Service questioned Nugent about comments made at a NRA convention, saying he would either be “dead or in jail” if Barack Obama were reelected in November. Read more on Nugent’s latest folly. — Global Animal
(CELEBRITY) Outspoken comedian Bill Maher recently tweeted against the ”Sportsman’s Heritage Act of 2012.” Calling the legislation “bullish-t,” Maher spoke out to his followers against the proposal. Already passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, if the Senate approves the law, the lives of wild animals like polar bears could be up for commercial hunt. Read on to learn about Bill Maher’s passion for polar bears, and what you can do to reach your Senators. — Global Animal
(ILLEGAL HUNTING) NEW YORK — Director Ben Dickson is in legal trouble for actually hunting and killing two deer during the filming of his new movie, First Winter. New York State requires every hunter to have a permit and to attend an extensive hunting class, or pay fines up to $2,000 and face possible imprisonment. The actor who shot the deer did not have a hunting license and ended up fatally wounding another deer in the process. The film also shows one deer being skinned and cooked. Read more on these atrocities. — Global Animal
(RHINOS) SOUTH AFRICA — South Africa is finally making hunting rules more strict in an effort to fight illegal rhino horn trading. 448 rhinos were poached last year, and this year 171 have already been killed. The new rules would make it harder to get a hunting license, especially for people from countries with lax laws on importing rhino horn. Read on for more of South Africa’s new plan to prevent poaching. — Global Animal
(ANIMAL NEWS) MADRID— King Juan Carlos of Spain has issued an apology following his elephant hunting trip in Botswana. The King’s expensive hunting expedition was exposed after the monarch broke his hip and had to be transported back to Spain for an emergency surgery. It’s not unusual for royals to be involved in cruel hunting “sports,” but Juan Carlos is also the president of the Spanish branch of the World Wildlife Fund. The branch is now seeking his immediate removal. Read on to find out the other reason why the King’s subjects are infuriated with his cruel trip.—Global Animal
(TAKE ACTION) The U.S. House of Representatives is considering H.R. 4098, or the “Sportsman Heritage Act of 2012,” a new bill that combines several outrageous hunting plans. If it passes, H.R. 4098 will eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate ammunition, open up protected wilderness areas and national parks to hunting, and allow polar bear trophies killed in Canada to be brought into the U.S. Wrong on many levels, read on for more details and how to help kill the Sportsman Heritage Act of 2012. — Global Animal
(ANIMAL RIGHTS) LOUISIANA — Dogs will no longer be used for hunting deer in Louisiana’s largest forest. With the help of ASPCA and Louisiana’s animal supporters, the hunting dogs, who were often were abandoned during the hunt and left to starve, are now prohibited in Kisatchie National Forrest. Now to only prohibit the hunting of deer! — Global Animal
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