Tag: Wildlife

Sustainable Tourism: 9 Essential Methods To Preserve Our Wildlife

Reputed travel companies such as Wildfoot Travel work towards minimizing the effect of human activity on the animal population. This can involve taking steps to lessen chaos, cut down on pollution, and steer clear of actions that upset the balance of ecosystems.

Moroccan desert spider flees predators in 6.6 ft back flips

Ever seen a spider do back flips? If you have arachnophobia, you might not want to, but for everyone else,...

Wildlife Thrive at Flooded ‘Arabian Canal’ in Dubai Desert

In my last post I described how I had discovered the remains of a defunct development known as the...

37 Lions and Tigers Confiscated in Saudi Arabia

Officials have confiscated 37 lions and tigers in Saudi Arabia, according to Arab News. The paper said that the National...

Lebanon Joins CITES: Can we Stop Killing Everything Now?

Only 177 countries behind the times, Lebanon has finally joined the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild...

Snake Bites Man on Plane, Forces Emergency Landing

A poisonous snake bit a man on a flight from Cairo to Kuwait, forcing the pilot to make an...

Animal Paparazzi for Jordan’s Endangered Animals

Researchers turn to high tech cameras to track sensitive animal populations in Jordan’s Dana Biosphere Nature Reserve.

Emirati Royalty Threaten 48,000 Maasai in Lucrative Hunting Deal

The Middle East's love affair with wild animals has hit the headlines again. No, there haven't been sightings of cheetahs on the streets of Dubai or dead wolves and owls on parade, rather Middle Eastern royals are being accused of aiding a massive sell-off of the Serengeti. And in a new twist to the land-grab meme, this land sell-off is not to secure access to precious food supplies but, rather, to indulge in the hunting whims of the Middle East's elite.

Iranian Warden Fined After Shooting Poacher in Foot

An Iranian warden is being asked to pay 'blood money' to a poacher he shot in the foot whilst...

Banded Israeli Bird Suspected of Espionage in Turkey

A bird-brained theory: Turkish farmers suspect a European bee-eater found in their fields of spying for Israel.  When a farmer...

Owl Love Knows no Borders

We're fond of saying that nature knows no borders but we could never have illustrated the point as well...

The lions at the Gaza Zoo

A lion even more sickly than this one was stuffed and put on display in a Gaza zoo.