The Alaska Board of Game has delayed a proposal that would have expanded the use of snares to kill grizzly and black bears. Former Gov. Tony Knowles, Alaska wildlife scientists and conservation groups ...

Snaring—a non-selective method of poaching using wire traps—is widespread in tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Snaring decimates wildlife populations and has pushed many larger mammals to local or ...

The highly controversial program entails luring black bears to the snares using bait in a bucket and then catching their foot when they reach into the bucket. The bears will then be shot. Much like ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Montana Stockgrowers Association wants to intervene in a lawsuit that aims to reduce the ...

The thunder of a rifle echoes across the savannah. Antelope scatter as birds of all feathers take to the air. A dull thud signals that the marksman’s shot was true. The horn from the felled rhino will ...

The snaring of Formosan black bears is a much worse situation than many realize, a new op-ed says. This species is endemic to Taiwan and considered endangered, with about 200 to 600 of them left. “Do ...

GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — Dave Tobey does not particularly care for coyotes, but he may have a stronger distaste for the wily predators’ would-be protectors. Standing over the bones of a deer, Tobey ...

On Global Tiger Day today, WWF is urging tiger-range governments to strengthen anti-poaching efforts and crack down on a severe wildlife snaring crisis that is threatening wildlife across Asia, ...

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