Maine officers who beat 11 porcupines to death are sentenced to jail after losing their jobs.
The Wife of the Head of the NRA Killed an Elephant for Two Stools and a Trashcan
Wayne LaPierre and wife hid their names on a shipment of elephant hunting trophies sent back to the U.S. and paid for by NRA funds The couple had their names removed from the shipment, and placed an order for the animals’ feet to be turned into “stools,” an “umbrella stand,” and a “trash can.” New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has regulatory authority over the N.R.A., is currently seeking to dissolve the nonprofit for a range of alleged abuses, including a disregard for internal controls designed to prevent self-dealing and corruption by its executives. In a complaint filed last August, James’s office asserted that trophy fees and taxidermy work “constituted private benefits and gifts in excess of authorized amounts pursuant to NRA policy to LaPierre and his wife.”
Killing the Mountain Top to Wipe Out Wolves
Mount Monadnock near Jaffrey, New Hampshire is a bald that is one of the most climbed mountains in the world, but this now barren peak was not always bald. The virgin red spruce forest that once graced this dome was burned off in an series of early 19th Century fires designed to exterminate all the wolves in the area.Come at Them Through Their Religion, Not Your Own
If you want to convince cat owners to keep their cats inside, talking about their cat's safety and wellbeing is a stronger predictor of whether they allow their cat to roam than concern about their cat's impacts on wildlife.
Isaac Newton's Apple Tree Is Still Alive
A 400-year old apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor is the very tree that dropped an apple on Newton's head 240 years ago. For two terrier tales about Newton, see here.
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