Tag: culling

Faroe Islands to re-evaluate dolphin-hunting after outcry

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) – The Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory of Denmark, said Thursday it would take another look at the practice of dolphin-hunting after the slaughter of more than 1,400 of the mammals earlier this week sparked an outcry. “The government has decided to start an evaluation of the regulations on the catching of Atlantic white-sided dolphins,” the northern archipelago’s prime minister, Bardur a Steig Nielsen, said in a statement. “Although these hunts are considered […]

Plan to cull nearly 2,000 kangaroos in Australia pushes through amid COVID pandemic, says ACT gov’t

By Rohnczel Castro EBC Canberra Bureau (Eagle News) — This year, the government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) aims to remove a total of 1,958 Eastern Gray Kangaroo from nine priority reserves in Canberra amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This was earlier announced by the ACT Open Government which said that the culling, which it does yearly to control the kangaroo population in Canberra, had started in June. Canberra, the bush capital of Australia, is […]

feral camel roaming the Australian wild

5,000 feral camels culled in drought-hit Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were threatening indigenous communities in drought-stricken areas of southern Australia, officials said Tuesday. Aboriginal leaders in South Australia state said extremely large herds of the non-native camels had been driven towards rural communities by drought and extreme heat, threatening scarce food and drinking water, damaging infrastructure, and creating a dangerous hazard for drivers. The cull in […]

Snipers to cull up to 10,000 camels in drought-stricken Australia

  by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to begin a mass cull of up to 10,000 camels as drought drives big herds of the feral animals to search for water closer to remote towns, endangering indigenous communities. Local officials in South Australia state said “extremely large” herds have been encroaching on rural communities — threatening scarce food and drinking water, damaging infrastructure, and […]

400 sundalo, ipapadala sa Pampanga para tumulong sa pagpatay ng mga manok na apektado ng bird flu

(Eagle News) — Nakatakdang magpadala ng apat-na-raang (400) sundalo ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa lalawigan ng Pampanga upang tumulong sa depopulation ng mga manok na apektado ng bird flu. Kasunod na rin ito ng request na ipinadala ng Department of Agriculture (DA) sa AFP kaugnay ng paghingi ng karagdagang tauhan para tumulong sa pag-execute sa mga manok. Ayon kay AFP Public Information Chief Col.Edgard Arevalo, magmumula sa Northern Luzon Command ang mga […]

Japan culls 280,000 more birds for avian flu

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan deployed hundreds of soldiers to help cull more than 280,000 chickens on Friday, officials said as they try to contain further outbreaks of a highly contagious strain of avian flu. The latest slaughter means more than 1.67 million birds will have been killed in a dozen mass culls at several farms across the country since November when the virus was detected in the northern Aomori prefecture. Troops have been sent […]