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Introducing Leon in his first outdoor video Making Fire with a Fire Steel

We are proud to present our friend Leon’ s first outdoor video, on how to make a fire using a fire steel. We suspect you will be seeing more of Leon in the future.  Read More →

Tasmanian devil colony shows immunity to cancer

Nope they don’t smoke  ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Australian scientists said Wednesday that the discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the population. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Calif condor lays egg at Pinnacles park

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Biologists at Pinnacles National Monument are celebrating the first condor egg laid by a mating pair inside the park boundaries in more than a century. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Microchipped Dogs?

British dog owners may soon have to break out the muzzles, microchips and insurance policies as the country fights a growing problem: dangerous canines. In a proposal announced today, all dog owners would have to carry insurance against attacks, their pets would have to be fitted with microchips and authorities could order them to be muzzled or... [Read more of this review]

West Point cadets earn ski patrol certifications

LUDLOW – For more than 30 years, West Point Military Academy and Okemo resort have shared a tradition that most Vermonters – and more than a few of the ski area employees – may not know about. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Aspen, Colo. mandates bear-proof garbage cans

The Aspen City Council on Monday unanimously approved new regulations that require all trash cans in the Colorado city be wildlife resistant, and that each receptacle carry an identifying number so scofflaws can be easily identified. The law, which becomes effective June 1, also limits the time garbage containers may be left outside to between... [Read more of this review]

School supt. accidentally fires muzzle-loader in class

Dwain Haggard, re-enactor, black powder enthusiast and a Montana district school superintendent was showing students in a Reed Point High School American history class one of his replica Civil War-era muzzleloaders when the gun accidentally fired and lodged a roundball in the front wall of the classroom. Haggard said he usually finishes demonstrations... [Read more of this review]

NJ expected to reinstate bear hunt

In action today, the New Jersey Fish and Game Council is expected to introduce a policy calling for the state’s first bear hunt in five years due to a surge in the state’s black bear population and a corresponding increase in complaints. The move comes with the support of Gov. Chris Christie, who had vowed to end his predecessor’s ban... [Read more of this review]

Drug gangs taking over US public lands

SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. — Not far from Yosemite’s waterfalls and in the middle of California’s redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Panhandle roadkill dressed for success

It’s not unusual for motorists on Highway 331 in the Florida panhandle to see roadkill in the median. But last week many did a double-take when they spotted a dead beaver wearing a button-down shirt and holding an energy drink can. Our good friend Stan Kirkland, outdoor writer and PIO for Florida Fish and Wildlife, made an astute observation.... [Read more of this review]

Elderly Florida man mauled by rabid otter

A 96-year-old Venice, Fla. man survived a vicious attack by a rabid otter as he took his customary pre-dawn walk Friday. Two men who came to the aid of Morel Denton fought with the crazed animal for several minutes before finally subduing it. “After he grabbed me by the foot and I fell, he was all over me, on this hand and then on this... [Read more of this review]

Elusive Florida monkey dodges captors

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials. Authorities were called to a neighborhood in St. Petersburg on Wednesday when the rhesus macaque monkey was spotted. It was twice hit with tranquilizer darts, but still got away by... [Read more of this review]

Mating season may explain hawk attacks

STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Wildlife experts say love could be in the air for a red-tailed hawk with a penchant for dive-bombing people in a Connecticut town.The belligerent bird is probably trying to impress potential mates and protect its nest as it enters its mating season, they say – and woe to unsuspecting pedestrians in Stonington,... [Read more of this review]

Little league nixes gun dealer as team sponsor

In an 8-1 vote, the South Orange-Maplewood (NJ) Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken baseball league volunteer committee rejected an offer from a local licensed firearms retailer to become a $300 sponsor for his son’s team because of the “potential controversy” it could cause. Matt Carmel, owner of Constitution Arms, called the decision “arbitrary,... [Read more of this review]

Manitowoc zoo black bear bites off woman’s fingers

MANITOWOC — An Asiatic black bear at Lincoln Park Zoo bit off all or parts of four fingers from the hand of a 47-year-old woman Friday morning after she went past barriers and was trying to feed the animal, a Manitowoc police captain said. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

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