Category: wildlife protection

City of St. John’s Charges 70-Year-Old Woman for Feeding Pigeons in Her Backyard

A Newfoundland woman says her 70–year–old mother is facing a $5,000 fine for feeding pigeons in her backyard in downtown St. John’s. Jessica Rendell said the City of St. John’s charged her mother, Susan Rendell, for violating a municipal bylaw forbidding people from feeding wildlife on residential property. She said her mother has been feeding…


Irish Wildlife Conservationist Killed in Burkina Faso Attack

DAKAR—Ireland’s government confirmed on Wednesday that an Irish citizen, wildlife NGO founder Rory Young, was killed by unidentified gunmen along with two Spanish journalists in an ambush in Burkina Faso this week. The three foreigners and a member of the Burkinabe armed forces went missing on Monday after an attack on a convoy of security…