Cheetah populations are declining in Africa, but is there a link to tourism? A recent study says yes. In areas of high tourist activity, a female cheetah only raised an average of one cub to adulthood, compared to more than two cubs in areas of low tourist traffic. That’s at least half as many cubs [...]
The mission of the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) is to help conserve the natural resources of the Chihuahuan Desert Borderlands through research, education, and outreach. One of BRI’s recent long-term mule deer studies is designed to help better understand antler growth, body characteristics, and tooth wear for mule deer of varying age classes (especially bucks). [...]
A male and female giant muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) were captured on camera in Quang Nam, Vietnam for the first time since 2000. This photo evidence is a rarity, with extremely limited documentations of this species by scientists to date. Since the two observed muntjacs are mature and of reproductive age, researchers are hopeful that there [...]
A new study indicates that highly active dogs, such as hunting or sled dogs, could benefit from an antioxidant-rich performance diet. While the direct performance of the dogs did not directly improve on the diet, certain biological markers of fatigue were found more frequently in the unassisted diets. The researchers concluded that dogs that remain [...]
This release was originally posted on the Wonders of Wildlife news page. Springfield, Mo. – Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium has been voted America’s Best Aquarium through a national public poll conducted by USA TODAY ranking the top 20 prominent institutions across North America. The nationwide recognition is the second significant [...]
As the result of a violation of the Endangered Species Act, Ross Jackson, of Colorado, resigned as a DSC Director, effective April 27, 2018. Jackson previously served as a vice-president on the board. DSC and the members of its board were unaware that these violations had taken place until they were made public by the [...]
BEST OF SHOW- Abraham de Villiers Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 DSC Photo Contest! From the Judges: The judges of the DSC Photo Contest are always impressed with the wonderful images produced by the amateur photographers in the club. And this year was no exception. The contest brought [...]
Without the irreplaceable financial benefit that legal sport hunting brings to the rural people who live among the wildlife, the game will ultimately disappear, as surely as the human population swells to devour it. The human population in Africa is set to double in the next 30 years. Who will save the wildlife that will [...]
In early March, anti-hunters protested immediately when Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced plans to open grizzly hunting after over 40 years. In 1975, the grizzly bear population of Greater Yellowstone’s Ecosystem was put on the endangered species list when numbers dwindled down to 136 bears. In June 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [...]
