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[VIDEO] CITIZEN TAKES ACTION TO SHUT DOWN HORSE BUTTE BISON TRAP
Our grasslands are in dire need of restoration and wild bison are the anwer. A bison's hoof shape tills the soil in a natural fashion; they are adapted to this ecosystem. Cattle are not and their hoof shape was fashioned over millenia of wetlands...
Posted 02 March 2008 07:11 AM by smileycoyote | 1 comment(s)
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Yellowstone Bison Slaughter a Sham
Once again the state of Montana, along with Yellowstone National Park, are killing bison migrating out of Yellowstone National Park. The slaughter of Yellowstone’s bison is represented as a disease contamination program, but it is really a sham. If disease...
Posted 15 February 2008 11:58 AM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Wolf in the Rockies: Carnivore recovery or token effort?
By TONY POVILITIS My wife and I met a wolf in Montana that woofed then howled at us with an intensity suggesting something more than our mere presence on its territory. As biologists, we had been talking about Idaho's plan to kill wolves to produce...
Posted 30 November 2007 09:01 AM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Found: the giant lion-eating chimps of the magic forest
by James Randerson, science correspondent Saturday July 14, 2007 The Guardian Deep in the Congolese jungle is a band of apes that, according to local legend, kill lions, catch fish and even howl at the moon. Local hunters speak of massive creatures that...
Posted 23 July 2007 06:23 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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The Ancient Chimp Stone Age
Chimps have never been known to flake rocks intentionally to fashion tools, but Mercader believes that way back during a “chimpanzee Stone Age,” they did crack nuts with the stones found close to the Noulo site. The cavity-pocked, cantaloupe-size rocks...
Posted 10 June 2007 02:09 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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World's Great Apes Face Disaster, says Leakey
Richard Leakey, former head of the Kenya wildlife service and now chair of Wildlife Direct, said apes across the world faced unprecedented threats from the combined effects of hunting, disease and logging. And he said efforts to tackle global warming...
Posted 10 June 2007 09:22 AM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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No ORGANIC Bee Losses
"...no one in the organic beekeeping world, including commercial beekeepers, is reporting colony collapse on this list. The problem with the big commercial guys is that they put pesticides in their hives to fumigate for varroa mites, and they feed...
Posted 05 June 2007 02:29 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Millions of Bees Die - Are Electromagnetic Signals To Blame?
".... what would make them disoriented? Perhaps it is the 250 HZ signals being pumped out of GWEN stations all over America.... signal will induce a misdirection of up to 10 degrees in the navigation ability of the honeybee. They go away from the...
Posted 08 April 2007 02:05 PM by smileycoyote | 1 comment(s)
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Dems Call for End to Bison "Murder"
The statements by Rehberg and Schweitzer are so full of holes that I could spend several pages rebutting their ludicrous statements but, hopefully, it will suffice to say that brucellosis has never been transmitted from bison to cattle or human in the...
Posted 24 March 2007 04:27 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Strange New Creatures Found in Antarctica
Andrea Thompson LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Several strange creatures including a psychedelic octopus have been found in frigid waters off Antarctica in one of the world’s most pristine marine environments . Others resembled corals...
Posted 05 March 2007 05:58 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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