RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota wildlife officials are deciding whether a Harding County ranch hand can keep a mountain lion he killed while working on another rancher’s land, in a complicated case that has the president of the state Wildlife Federation wondering if the shooter should actually get a ticket. Shannon Secrest of Buffalo told wildlife officers he discovered the…
Hunters bag 14 lions to date Lion hunters have killed 14 lions so far despite the lack of freshly-fallen snow. Pioneer file photo Posted: Monday, January 9, 2012 9:31 am By Mark Watson Black Hills Pioneer | 0 comments BLACK HILLS — The lack of freshly fallen snow doesn’t seem to hamper mountain lion hunters’ success in the early…
A NIGHT AT THE CIRCUS This past weekend, Tampa General Hospital hosted its 21st annual “Night at the Circus,” a fundraising event held in conjunction with Ringling Brother’s Barnum & Bailey Circus. This went on though major newspapers around the country are speaking out against the inherent abuse in circuses. 29 countries around the…
Chonburi, Thailand — A Thai zoo dressed up little cubs in Santa Claus outfits to attract hundreds of tourists in Chonburi province onChristmas eve. Zoo staff dressed up the three little tiger cubs and placed them in a pen with piglets and a mother pig. Visitors and children were very excited to see them, and many tookpictures….
BLENCOE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have shot and killed a mountain lion in western Iowa. The police chief in Blencoe and a Monona County Sheriff’s deputy found the adult male mountain lion in a tree in the northwestern corner of town early Friday. Blencoe is located 60 miles north of Omaha. Iowa Department of Natural…