L.A. Lawmakers Vote to Ban Use of Exotic, Wild Animals for Entertainment — KTLA

A young Bengal tiger cub smuggled into the U.S. and seized at the Mexico border is displayed for the media in Torrance on Oct. 20, 2017. (Credit: Mark Ralston / AFP / Getty Images) Concerned that elephants and other animals have been used as props at Hollywood parties, the Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday… via …

A Visit to Aigas Field Centre: Part 1 — www.wildlifekate.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JlBa6Wr9vZs?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent This week, I am back up in the highlands of Scotland, this time working with the Aigas Field Centre. Aigas is pretty unique. It is both the family home of Sir John & Lady Lister-Kaye and Scotland’s premier field studies centre dedicated to environmental education and nature conservation. A dedicated team of staff and …

EDITORIAL: Chaos comes to Canada — Winnipeg Sun

Chaos has come to Canada. And if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not make the right moves in the next month, the chaos will become more intense and have a different flavour. It won’t only be wild-eyed activists blockading roads, railways and legislature buildings; it will be the people of Alberta rising up against Ottawa.… via …

Trigger the horse recovers after being dragged behind a pick-up truck — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

by Jennifer Meckles as published on 9News.com He’s been working through his physical and emotional recovery at the Dumb Friend’s League Harmony Equine Center in Franktown, CO. It’s a place for second chances. It’s a place where one horse is learning to trust again. “Trigger came to Harmony as part of a cruelty case,” explained […] …

Possum Who Trashed Woman’s Office Has Become an Unapologetic Hero — TIME

Among one of the more important developments in dramatic animal incidents bringing a devilish attitude to the internet this week, there’s this possum who pulled off a next-level break-in. It got in, like many criminal masterminds, through the roof. From there, this possum messed up the office of an unsuspecting woman by the name of… via …