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 [...]
Come join DSC South Texas and the crew of Trailing the Hunter's Moon for the 2018 DSC SAAM™ Weekend, March 2nd through 4th! This will be a fun filled 3 nights and 2 full days of shooting training in the great outdoors in Southwest Texas at the FTW Ranch and the SAAM Program! This year’s [...]
This week, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the prototype statistics from the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account (ORSA). In other words, another report shows how the economy is supported by outdoor recreation. And the numbers are impressive. Here are some highlights: The outdoor recreation economy accounted for 2.0 percent ($373.7 [...]
Big game translocation and population restoration; apps for citizen science data collection; land management for invasive species; effects of airports on migratory bird populations.... Anyone? Bueller? This weekend, wildlife biologists, professors and students, state and federal agency employees, and reps from NGOs across Texas—the “boots on the grounds” conservationists—have gathered to learn, share and [...]
