Colombia plans to allow commercial hunting of the ‘friendliest animal on the planet’ https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-01/colombia-plans-to-allow-commercial-hunting-of-the-friendliest-animal-on-the-planet.html

#AnimalRights #widlife #capybara #Colombia #environment

And since my last post was so compressed, have a still image of the red-winged blackbird attack from yesterday at North Pond. Wear your hats folks, this heron wishes they did.

https://www.copper.gay/wildlife

#birds #widlife #photography

"From London’s beavers to leopard frogs in Las Vegas, here’s why we need to rewild our cities"

#Animals #Nature #Widlife #ReWilding

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/05/27/from-londons-beavers-to-leopard-frogs-in-las-vegas-heres-why-we-need-to-rewild-our-cities

#Widlife #photography

https://www.boredpanda.com/captivating-photography-kat-zhou/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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The wetlands of West Bengal in eastern India are one of the country’s best habitats for the fishing cat, a species vulnerable to extinction. But a significant population of these fish-eating, mid-sized wildcats lives outside protected areas, putting them at high risk of road accidents and retaliatory killing, reports contributor Nabarun Guha for Mongabay India.

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/fishing-cats-in-india-struggle-to-survive-outside-protected-areas/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Widlife #India #EndangeredSpecies