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Wired reports that the government is considering a ban on the import of Burmese pythons and eight other “injurious species” of snake, because loser pet owners in Florida keep releasing them into the...
View ArticleBP Is Working Very Hard To Keep Reporters Away From Dead Marine Animals
According to a BP contractor who took a few reporters on a secret tour of the oil-soaked dead wildlife of the Gulf Coast, the company’s post-oil-spill logic makes perfect sense. Keep reporters and...
View ArticleGovernment Wipes Out Geese Population In Brooklyn To Ensure Airplane Safety
In what has come to be known as “Sully’s Revenge” (by me, just now), wildlife biologists herded about 400 geese from Brooklyn’s ginormous Prospect Park into cages last week, then “took them to a nearby...
View ArticleRestaurant Drives Away Dumpster-Diving Bear With Spike Strips
(CBS Denver)Vandals kept moving the dumpsters behind a Colorado Springs restaurant and rifling through the trash, so the owners set up surveillance cameras to catch the culprits. The vandals turned out...
View ArticleDeer Wanders Into Frozen Yogurt Shop, Does $5,000 In Damage
Frozen yogurt is currently quite trendy, but we didn’t know that word had spread to wildlife. Yet a deer psuhed through the swinging door of a Peachwave shop in New Jersey last month and had an...
View ArticleDumpster Diving Bear Cub Rescued After Getting Cookie Jar Stuck On Its Head
(New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection)While the relationship between Mother Nature and the Human World might be getting a bit too cozy, turning wild animals into bargoers and birthday...
View ArticleDEA Agent Says Legalizing Medical Marijuana In Utah Will Lead To Stoned Rabbits
(frankieleon.)There are many arguments for and against using marijuana legally in this country, whether for medical use or for fun, but one drug enforcement official’s reason for his stance against...
View Article“Stressed Out” Badger Prevents Staff And Guests From Entering, Leaving Luxury...
(Expressen TV)Guests and staff at a luxury hotel in Stockholm found themselves at the whim of one erratic badger, whose aggressive stance kept anyone from either entering or leaving the place for some...
View ArticleTSA Busts Passenger Allegedly Trying To Fly With Bear Paws In His Luggage
(zieak)We’ve heard many a tale of travelers accused of trying to move things they shouldn’t through the air in their luggage, attempts that are often thwarted by the Transportation Security...
View ArticleBeaver Wanders Into A Lowe’s Store, Finds Nothing Useful
(Mike Mozart)If you find a trip to your local home-improvement superstore daunting and stressful, imagine being a young adult beaver preparing to build your first home. One of the rodents wandered into...
View ArticlePark Service: To Avoid Risk Of Animal Attack, Stop Trying To Get Up Close &...
It’s that time of year again: the weather is nice, and our nation’s parks are full of visitors who want to check out all that nature has to offer. But yet again the National Park Service finds itself...
View ArticleWoman Killed After Trying To Save Daughter From Tiger Attack At Chinese...
While there are many opportunities for us humans to brush up against wildlife, there’s always the risk of getting too close to nature. A recent tragic incident at a drive-through wildlife park in China...
View ArticleMonkey Gets Loose In Walmart Parking Lot, Throws Down With Employee
What happens when a monkey gets loose in a Walmart parking lot and jumps a store employee? Someone catches the whole thing on video, that’s what happens, and the Internet goes crazy. The rumble far...
View ArticleNYC Giving 50K Oysters A New Home On Underwater Beds Made From Old Toilets
In an effort to improve the water quality in the New York City area and protect wetlands, 50,000 oysters are getting a new home in Jamaica Bay near the city: on porcelain beds made out of recycled...
View ArticleTripAdvisor No Longer Selling Tickets To Hundreds Of Animal Attractions
While experiencing wildlife up close may be a huge draw for some travelers, one of the world’s largest travel websites won’t be selling tickets to hundreds of attractions where humans come into contact...
View ArticleBargain-Hunting Beavers: 17 Times Animals Went Shopping In Human Stores
Does it make you giggle to think about a beaver going Christmas shopping at a dollar store? If so, you’ll be even more tickled to know this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about an animal waltzing...
View ArticleUnited Airlines Investigating After Giant Rabbit Dies During Flight
If you have a soft spot in your heart for animals, you might want to pass on this one: United Airlines is investigating the death of a giant rabbit that had been stowed in the cargo hold of a flight...
View ArticleBear Who Ripped Bumper Off Doughnut Delivery Car Is All Of Us
If you’ve ever felt so hungry and angry at the same time — otherwise known as “hangry” — that you will do just about anything to get your hands on something to eat, perhaps you can commiserate with a...
View ArticleHere’s What To Do With Gators Displaced By Hurricane Flooding
With Hurricane Harvey barreling toward the coast of Texas, the state’s residents have no doubt been busy preparing for any havoc the storm may wreak, including extreme flooding. But beyond the...
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