Loss of mammals throughout the world a crisis of our own making

Source: A Humane Nation, Wayne Pacelle's Blog When a trophy hunter or rancher kills a wolf, it can have a cascading, splintering effect, leading to the deaths of other members of the pack, particularly yearling wolves and pups. Featured image: Photo by Alamy Approximately 59 percent of the world’s biggest mammalian carnivore species—from wolves to tigers …

A piece By Todd Wilkinson in National Geographic Magazine on Yellowstone National Park…

Source: THE POWER OF PARKS Threatened Species Are Thriving in Yellowstone. Now What? The park's protected ecosystem has reinvigorated what remains of the Wild West. The question is whether this is as wild as it gets. By Todd Wilkinson At its birth in 1872, Yellowstone National Park was viewed in great part as an oversize zoo, …

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