Swedish King Wants to Cull Country's Wolf Population

Unfortunately, he's also one of the presidents of the World Wildlife Fund whose Swedish chapter supports the maintenance of the wolf population. D'oh! From Wildlife Extra.....

Wolves kill elk - But King Gustaf wants to kill the elk so he wants to get rid of wolves And why does he want to do that? Because every year the good king runs an elk hunt in Sweden, along with his son Prince Carl Philip. Despite the fact that some 100,000 elk are shot every autumn in Sweden out of an estimated population of 3-400,000, King Gustaf believes that the presence of 200 wolves might spoil his annual hunt, so has been advocating the culling of as many wolves as possible. Yet to hunt the elk, he himself uses hunting dogs.

What's the Truth About Woodland Park Zoo's Elephants?

I live in Seattle where Woodland Park Zoo is located. I just don't know what to think.

On the one hand, Woodland Park is very proud of its elephant conservation program and its elephant residents.

On the other hand, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants says they are not well-treated and should be in a sanctuary.

I'm definitely open to feedback. Elephants need to roam and I don't particularly like having any animal gawked at in a zoo....but I don't really know if Woodland Park is worse than any other zoo. I used to think they were better than many....

Cameroon Sets Up Park for Gorillas

Let's keep our fingers crossed that it provides effective protection.

Cameroon, with one of Africa’s highest rates of deforestation, has set up a new national park to protect gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants and a rare type of antelope called bongo.

Deng Deng National Park extends 580 square kilometres (224 square miles), an area about the size of Chicago, and will help conserve some 600 western lowland gorillas, one of four sub- species of the great ape, said the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, which helped in the park’s creation.