59 h. ago Trophy hunter's sick Instagram boasts as slaughter trips on sale in UK

Dozens of holidays to kill majestic creatures like zebras were being flogged from Staffordshire's County Showground

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61 h. ago Trophy hunting holidays to slaughter elephants, lions and leopards on sale at UK fair

Dozens of holidays to kill majestic creatures like zebras were being flogged from Staffordshire's County Showground while the number of animals being killed by British trophy hunters is going up

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2 w. ago What links hedgehog, deer, lion and elephant? The Saturday quiz

From billiard, calabash and churchwarden to Wide Sargasso Sea, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Who was the only English monarch to marry a Habsburg?2 What media company paid $10bn in music royalties in 2024?3 Which east African country is bottom of the world press freedom rankings?4 What metal melts at -38.8C?5 Which artist, according to HG Wells, “invented a whole cat world”?6 What is the tallest fence on the Aintree Grand National course?7 What was first won by the Crossworders in 2008?8 Which restaurant dynasty’s surname was a basic sauce?What links: 9 A Bend in the River; A Brief History of Seven Killings; To Sir, With Love; Wide Sargasso Sea?10 Billiard; calabash; churchwarden; cutty; vest pocket?11 Domenico di Bartolo; Duccio; Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti; Simone Martini?12 Electromagnetism; gravity; strong nuclear; weak nuclear?13 Arjan Veurink and Anthony Barry?14 Deer (wild animals); hedgehog (small animals); lion (safari park); elephant (zoo)?15 I Love Lucy; ...

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3 w. ago ‘Is it “woke” to care about the environment?’: how Trump’s cuts are dismantling global conservation work

Hundreds of projects supported by USAID have been thrown into doubt, as fears grow of an increase in crimes such as poaching and traffickingWhen the guns finally fell silent in 1992, little was left alive in Gorongosa national park. During the 15 years of Mozambique’s civil war – in which more than a million people died – the country’s wildlife also paid a terrible price. Poaching for meat and ivory was so intense that the small surviving elephant population rapidly evolved to lose their tusks. Leopards, wild dogs and spotted hyenas had all disappeared. Populations of zebra, buffalo and other herbivores had collapsed.In the following years, a huge effort to restore the park took shape. Led by the philanthropist Gregory Carr and Mozambique’s government, it was the start of the park’s journey to becoming one of Africa’s most celebrated wildlife conservation success stories. Today, elephants, lions, hippos, antelope, painted wolves, hyenas and leopards all thrive in the park once again...

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3 w. ago Scottish Highlands April Fools trophy hunting spoof satirises grim reality of global trade

An April Fools Day spoof by the Campaign to ban trophy hunting set its sights on the Scottish Highlands this April 1st.

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3 w. ago Love Island star running to be Reform UK councillor after sparking fury on show

The reality star, 29, sparked outrage on the show due to leaked photos of him allegedly trophy hunting

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