Recent content by Hoas

https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/amputated-one-eyed-and-unstoppable-how-a-lion-stunned-scientists-with-new-hunting-tricks_33798/ Amputated, one-eyed and unstoppable: the incredible story of a lion in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, who has beaten odds so impossible that even seasoned...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2026/05/26/a-very-moorish-idyll/ BY CALUM CAMPBELL There is a particular strain of environmentalist for whom the Scottish Highlands represent nothing less than a crime scene. They gaze upon the heather-clad hills and see a “devastated countryside” — a forest felled...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/24/millionaire-game-hunter-trampled-to-death-elephants-gabon/ A wealthy American big game hunter has been trampled to death by elephants while stalking antelope in Central Africa. Ernie Dosio, 75, was killed in Gabon’s Lopé-Okanda forest, the...

https://theconversation.com/should-wildlife-parks-be-fenced-we-studied-60-african-examples-for-an-answer-279026 Fences are among conservation’s most controversial interventions. To some, they are essential for conserving wildlife, minimising encroachment, and preventing the type of conflict...

https://dailynews.gov.bw/news-detail/90546 Government has introduced an experimental spatial lion hunting quota as part of efforts to address the growing human-lion conflict in Botswana. The experimental hunting quota, which allocates nine lions across the country, forms part of broader...

https://theconversation.com/crocodiles-can-have-extra-growth-cycles-in-a-year-why-this-matters-for-estimating-the-age-of-dinosaurs-276077 In biology and palaeontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal’s skeleton. One is the extent of fusion...

https://www.news24.com/business/climate-future/environment/pmsa-trophy-hunting-export-quotas-revived-after-four-year-freeze-20260206-0926 Environment Minister Willie Aucamp has finally published proposed export quotas for elephant, black rhino, and leopard hunting trophies, a move wildlife...

A ton of social media hacks to score airline business class upgrades can't be wrong? Or can they? It’s not just the lounge, the seat or the cushy service that comes with it. Travelling business class, particularly on an international flight, is something to behold. It is also the most awkward...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2026/01/21/a-letter-from-america/ A Letter from America BY JOHN NASH Last week, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum fired a polite paper dart at UK Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds (our Minister in charge of UK Rural Affairs, who unfortunately doesn’t understand...

https://theconversation.com/arrow-tips-found-in-south-africa-are-the-oldest-evidence-of-poison-use-in-hunting-271444 The oldest evidence for the use of arrow poison globally was long thought to come from Egypt, dating to 4,000 years ago. It was a black, toxic residue on bone arrowheads from a...

Hunts Will Switch From WMUs To Deer Herd Ranges For Better Deer Management https://www.gohunt.com/browse/news-and-updates/hunting-news/oregon-changes-structure-of-deer-hunts-beginning-in-2026 Last month, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new regulations when it comes to big game...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2025/07/04/eco-charlatans-festival-of-flatulence/ BY JOHN NASH A small queef of excitement has crept into the Westminster Asylum, that island reserve where the rare creatures of Homo politicus vulgaris live in splendid and well-appointed isolation. A sub-species...

https://centralnews.co.za/minister-george-announces-decision-not-to-set-2024-2025-cites-export-quotas-for-african-elephant-black-rhinoceros-and-leopard-hunting-trophies/ Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dr Dion George has announced his decision not to set the 2024-2025...

The Eagle Huntress: New Generations of Eagle Huntresses in Kazakhstan and Mongolia – Part II https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/eagle-huntress-new-generations-eagle-huntresses-kazakhstan-and-mongolia-020798 Nomad Women Have Hunted with Eagles since Antiquity The ancient...