An unusual, but necessary prosecution.
Odds and ends from the Editor.
Wild birds taking flight.
Concerns over livestock
Critters prefer untidy gardens
The UK and Ireland are amongst the most important breeding destinations for seabirds globally
What was the justification for exterminating a family of wild boar that was discovered in county Kerry? Well, the answer, as usual, is based on agriculture: The notion that if this “invasive species” was allowed to take hold in Ireland, it might pass diseases on to our poor domestic pigs, and, in the final analysis, […]
Irish badgers are being cruelly, and unnecessarily injured, traumatised, and killed by the use of snares by Irish Government employees, according to a wildlife rescuer based in the Midlands. Ruairi O’Leochain runs Athlone’s Wildlife Apiaries, and told Gript that the problem was widespread, and the cruelty involved is distressing and unnecessary, especially when cage traps […]
The waters off the coast of Kerry have been quieter in recent months, after the decision of Funghie the Dolphin to (ahem) retire after three decades of loyal service to the Kingdom. This hasn’t especially impacted the tourist business in Kerry, mainly because the Irish Government has made sure that there’s very little tourism business […]
Credit to Aoife Moore in the Examiner for this scoop: The government is examining the potential for an “insane” pilot scheme to shoot seals with high-powered rifles from boats. The scheme would see licenses granted potentially in Kerry and Cork to protect fishermen’s catches. The latest population estimates available to government indicate that there are […]
Instinctively, there are two things that come to mind with a story like this: First, lock them up and throw away the key. 23 #Buzzards #poisoned with banned neurotoxin #Carbofuran in Co. #Cork. The biggest #WildlifeCrime ever documented in the State. This required a strong and prompt response from the National Parks @josephamadigan @DeptAHG @gardainfo […]
For anyone interested, as softies like me are, in wildlife conservation and protection, the People’s Republic of China has long been the world’s greatest and most abominable villain. Nearly all of the poaching of endangered species in Africa, for example, is carried out to meet the demands of the Chinese market. Rhinoceros are regularly shot, […]