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The Rhino Hunter: Radiolab

September 8, 2015 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

We live in a world where compassion often quickly turns to outrage, which in turn can express itself as vitriol and disturbing calls for retribution, as evidenced in the recent reaction to Cecil the lion’s death. This is more than just a trip report, and I wouldn’t call it a defence piece—it’s a surprisingly gentle treatment of an extremely…

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Filed Under: Conservation, Front Page, News, Trip Reports Tagged With: Black Rhino, Conservation, Corey Knowlton, hunting, Namibia, NPR, Radiolab, Simon Adler, trophy hunting

Ontario takes a good step to preserve boreal forests

August 16, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

There’s a good writeup CPAWs site about how our Boreal forests are going to be given a bit more protection when industrial development decisions get made. With any new policy or announcement that involves big business and the environment, I’m always a bit skeptical, but this seems like a great start. Continued conservation of Boreal…

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Filed Under: Conservation Tagged With: boreal forest, Conservation, CPAWS, environment, government, ontario, politics, species at risk, woodland caribou

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