According to the WWF a Russian hunter in the far-east of the country has shot and killed a rare Amur leopard, one of only around 30 left in the wild.
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April 24, 2007
A grandmother’s fight against insects in her home has had her rushed to hospital after the anti-cockroaches liquid she was spraying around too generously exploded.
The woman, a 66 years’ old resident of Lvov, Ukraine, had been waging war against roaches for years, neighbors said.
She purchased a new anti-insects spray and before going to bed sprayed it all around the apartment, the Kazanskiye Vedomosti newspaper reports.
She most likely overdid it, because the concentration of dichlorvos got so heavy that it caught fire on the candle the woman had burning in the room.
The powerful explosion broke the doors and windows as well as some of the walls in the apartment. Many of the woman’s possessions burned in the fire. She had to be rushed to hospital with 40 percent of skin burned.
The neighbors however said the roaches survived. The disinsectant exploded before the insects inhaked enough of it.
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October 24, 2006A spokeswoman for King Juan Carlos said Russian reports that he brought down a tame and inebriated bear during a visit in August were “ridiculousâ€, AP reports.
The palace confirmed that the king, who is known to enjoy hunting, was in Russia at the time, but it said he had not killed any bear, let alone one that was fed vodka-spiked honey.
In Russia, meanwhile, Vyacheslav Pozgalyov, the governor of the Vologda region, has begun an inquiry into how a bear named Mitrofan met its end.
The newspaper Kommersant reported that the region’s deputy hunting chief, Sergei Starostin, had contended that the “good natured†bear was taken from its home at a local vacation resort and “generously fed†honey mixed with vodka before being released near where the king was to be hunting.
“His highness, Juan Carlos, took Mitrofan out with one shot,†Mr. Starostin said, according to Kommersant.
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October 20, 2006
Authorities are probing a violation of hunting regulations in the Central Russian region of Vologda where Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, allegedly shot a harmless pet bear this August.
Hunting was a part of the entertainment program for Juan Carlos, who paid a visit to the region in summer, Interfax reports.
However local media, citing a hunting watchdog, claim that the bear the monarch killed at the hunt was by no means a wild beast, but a tame, timid creature made drunk.
Organizers of the royal hunt allegedly took the good-natured bear called Mitrofan to the hunting base in a cage.
The animal was given honey mixed with vodka and forced to go out into the field. The heavy clumsy bear was easy prey for Juan Carlos, who killed it with one shot.
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October 19, 2006
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