Hunting
If your idea of duck hunting is wading in water while surrounded by haphazardly placed brush, you might not be ready to see the blinds featured below. Duck hunters are taking to social media to show off their luxury blinds. These posh accommodations are more than just a bench and a shelf to put your snacks. Some of the video tours show multi-level blinds complete with TVs, bathrooms and kitchen areas. Three-Story Duck BlindIs this one technically even a duck blind? You can hunt out of a three-story blind in Arkansas that has enough room for more than 20 hunters. “Is this a duck blind or an Air...
The Boot
For the second time this year, Botswana has threatened to send thousands of elephants to Europe. In March, the southern African nation warned it would fill one of London’s parks with the animals. Now, the president has said his country will send 20,000 elephants to Germany. The warnings have been sparked by a diplomatic row as the UK and Germany mull the idea of stricter limits on the import of hunting trophies amid concerns over poaching. Why is Botswana threatening to send elephants to Europe?In March, Botswana’s wildlife minister threatened to send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park in London so...
Euronews (English)
Botswana's Minister of Environment and Tourism, Dumizweni Mthimkhulu, is appealing to the German government not to impose stricter regulations on the import of hunting trophies from African countries. Mthimkhulu told a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday that he had spoken to German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke on Tuesday and invited her to travel to Botswana to take a look at the situation on the ground. Lemke, he said, had told him that she unfortunately did not have time to travel to Africa. "But it is extremely important that she does," he said. In January, the Belgian parliament ...
DPA Breaking News
Frost shimmers in the crown of a birch tree as dozens of men crawl out of cars, vans and jeeps. They hang guns on their backs and trudge through the snow, their breath whirling in the freezing air. In scattered formation, the hunters surround a forest near Suursoo, 25 kilometres from Estonia’s capital Tallinn. It’s January, 20 degrees below zero - perfect weather for a wolf hunt. A tracker stalks paw prints deep into the forest and the others follow his movements through an app. Suddenly, the radio crackles. “Get ready!” But amidst a flurry of shots, the wolves escape. They will live to see an...
Euronews (English)
New York (AFP) - Walmart reversed course Friday and said it would keep guns in shopping areas, quickly shifting away from a plan to keep firearms away from customers.The retail giant had announced Thursday it would still sell guns and ammunition, but would not display them in retail spaces, citing unrest in Philadelphia this week. Some observers had also seen the move as an indicator of worry ahead of next week's US presidential election.The world's largest store chain performed a 180-degree turn on Friday."After civil unrest earlier this week resulted in damage to several of our stores, consi...
AFP
New York (AFP) - Walmart plans to remove guns and ammunition from its sales floors in the US following unrest in Philadelphia this week, a spokeswoman said Thursday.The retail giant will continue to sell the items to consumers who request them, but will pull them from displays. Guns and ammunition are sold at about half of US stores, primarily in locations where hunting is popular, a company spokeswoman said."We have seen some isolated civil unrest and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our firearms and ammunition off the sales floor as a precaution for...
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