Don’t bring home netsuke—traditional kimono ornaments often carved from ivory—from a trip to Japan.Follow these tips for ethical and humane shopping on your next trip.The thrill of discovery propels our journeys, but sometimes curiosity can kill the cat—literally. In the Akodessewa Fetish Market of Lomé, the capital city of Togo, travelers can find piles of […]
Mountain Journal Our beat is America's Wildest Ecosystem At the beginning there was a blue-grey wolf, born with his destiny ordained by Heaven Above. – Opening lines of theSecret History of the Mongols.Translation by I. de RachewitzTwo animals, dark against windblown snow, picked their way from the shelter of a band of trees and out […]
Tyler was born on October 23rd, 1993 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He is survived by his wife, Marie Bao; mother, Theresa DiNicola Petti; father, Miguel Bao; step-father, Christopher Petti; four siblings, Emily Bao, Caitlyn Bao, Scarlett Petti and Austin Petti; grandmothers, Holly Salvietti and Engracia Bao; grandfather, Jaime Bao; mother-in-law, Angela Langeway; father-in-law, Lawrence Langeway; sister-in-law, […]
Gray wolf (photo from Pixabay)A member of the committee responsible for establishing how wolves will be managed in Wisconsin has twice been cited for violations of state trapping laws, court records show. Patrick Quaintance, a former warden with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is a member of the Wolf Management Plan Committee (WMPC) — […]
Published 5:00 pm Saturday, September 19, 2026 By Troy Landreville A B.C. wildlife protection group is calling on municipalities to reactivate Bear Smart.The Fur-Bearers identified earlier this year through freedom of information (FOI) requests that the province’s Bear Smart program was understated, not communicating its status, and, it said in a media release, “generally in […]
School is drawing to a close, but there’ll be little rest for Justin Clark who teaches wood shop and construction technology at West Fork High School.Teaching fills his days nine months of the year. Evenings during the school year find Clark busy in his taxidermy shop creating lifelike mounts of deer and an array of […]
A gray wolf walks through the woods in Glacier National Park up the North Fork in this file photo. A new pack of wolves has been discovered on Apgar Mountain and may be the culprit in pet deaths across the river. There are hundreds fewer wolves in Montana than previously thought, according to the 2025 […]
Saks Fifth Avenue will close its fur salons and stop selling products made with animal fur by early 2023, part of a broader trend by U.S. department stores to stop selling such goods.The Saks fur salons will close by the end of this fiscal year, which concludes Jan. 29. They sell items like mink coats, […]
Brandon Carr, Digital Content ProducerPublished: January 16, 2026 at 10:42 PMUpdated: January 16, 2026 at 11:29 PMBrandon Carr, Digital Content ProducerDETROIT – The owners of Dittrich Furs are still retiring, but they will continue restocking as they run a liquidation sale in Detroit.The response to their retirement announcement this week brought so many customers to the store […]
