Indigenous American People Have Long Called For Bison Restoration

Animals Are Forcibly Taken To Slaughterhouses Against Their Will And Killed.
A slaughterhouse is where farmed animals are taken to be killed, usually for food.
The method of slaughter varies widely depending on the species, location of the slaughterhouse, and local laws and regulations.
Slaughterhouses are often very far away from the farms on which the soon-to-be-slaughtered animals were raised, so the animals frequently spend many hours in transit before they’re slaughtered.
The purpose of a slaughterhouse is to kill animals as quickly and efficiently as possible for the purposes of food production.
Animals are forcibly taken to slaughterhouses against their will and killed, often in excruciatingly painful ways, and one could argue that this itself constitutes cruelty.

According to the USDA, there are 2,850 slaughterhouses in the U.S. as of January 2024.
This tally doesn’t include facilities that slaughter poultry.
As of 2022, the most recent year for which data is available, there were 347 federally-inspected poultry slaughterhouses as well.
Within federally-inspected facilities, slaughter is highly concentrated.
For instance, just 50 slaughterhouses are responsible for producing 98% of beef in the U.S., according to Cassandra Fish, a beef analyst.
Different states specialise in killing different species.
According to 2022 data from the USDA, Nebraska kills more cows than any other state, Iowa kills the most pigs, Georgia kills the most chickens, and Colorado kills the most sheep and lambs.
( Seth Millstein, 11.06.2024 )  ..  sentientmedia.org

Sharp declines in wildlife populations are a clear and urgent warning.
These steep drops signal that nature is unraveling and becoming less resilient.
When nature is compromised, it is more vulnerable to climate change and edges closer to dangerous and irreversible regional tipping points.
When this happens in too many places around the globe, it threatens the very air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat.
( WWF Chief Scientist Rebecca Shaw )

Indigenous Leaders Have Long Called For Bison Restoration.
Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America, shaping landscapes and nourishing ecosystems from the Great Plains to the Atlantic.
Today, they are nearly gone, with only small, isolated herds surviving.
A new study from Yellowstone National Park proves what Indigenous peoples have always known: when bison are allowed to migrate and graze freely, the entire ecosystem flourishes.
Researchers found that as bison move across the landscape, they enrich soil, increase plant diversity, and even boost nutrients for other herbivores by up to 150%.
Their presence creates healthier habitats for countless species.
This is living proof that restoring bison isn’t just about the past, it’s about securing a thriving future for our environment.
Indigenous leaders have long called for bison restoration, emphasising that buffalo are central to both culture and ecology.
( Supertrooper, 14.10.2025 )  ..  focusingonwildlife.com

Thousands Of Lemurs Are Being Hunted And Killed For Food Every Year.
Ninety-five percent of lemur species are threatened by habitat loss, hunting and climate change.
The direct threat is often understood to result from the actions of poor rural communities, but a forthcoming study has found that thousands of threatened lemurs are being hunted and killed every year to feed a lucrative urban market for their meat in cities across Madagascar.
Study author Cortni Borgerson, an anthropologist at Montclair State University in the United States, has uncovered a highly organised luxury trade carried out by specialist hunters armed with shotguns.
Lemur meat is by far the most expensive meat in Madagascar’s cities, a market fueled by wealthy urban consumers seeking both a connection to the wild and a self-care practice believed to preserve youth and health.
( Mino Rakotovao, 01.10.2025 )  ..  news.mongabay.com

Bird flu has wiped out nearly half of South Georgia’s breeding elephant seals, according to a study that warns of “serious implications” for the future of the species.
The remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean is home to the world’s largest southern elephant seal population.
Researchers estimate 53,000 females died after bird flu hit in 2023.
The population has now plummeted by 47%, researchers found.
Research suggests bird flu is continuing to spread across bird and mammal species in the Antarctic.
The current, highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu was initially detected in Europe, before spreading across the Americas.
It reached South Georgia in 2023, but its impact took time to calculate because the islands are so remote.
( Supertrooper, 23.11.2025 )  ..  focusingonwildlife.com

More Than 300 Ostriches Have Been Killed In British Columbia.
Their fate was the subject of a months-long legal battle in Canada.
The ostriches were ordered to be culled late last year after two had tested positive for the avian flu, or H5N1, following an outbreak that killed 69.
Owners of the farm, which had raised the ostriches for slaughter but used them for medical research in recent years, had exhausted all legal options to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) order, with the battle reaching all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
( Nadine Yousif, 07.11.2025 )  ..  bbc.co.uk

The illegal wildlife trade is deeply connected to other forms of organised crime, including arms dealing, drug trafficking and human smuggling, a new study has found.
Michelle Anagnostou led the research as part of her PhD at the University of Waterloo (UW).
Wildlife trafficking is an illicit business involving the unlawful harvest or trade of animals and plants.
According to the study, the illegal wildlife trade has wide-reaching implications for society globally.
( Supertrooper, 30.11.2025 )  ..  focusingonwildlife.com

The Trafficking Of Tigers Is Increasing.
Authorities have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the past five years, highlighting a worsening trafficking crisis.
A report by TRAFFIC warns that criminal networks are evolving faster than conservation efforts can respond.
The global wild tiger population has plummeted to an estimated 3,700-5,500.
Despite international protection, tiger trafficking is accelerating and increasingly targeting whole animals.
Experts link this to captive-breeding operations and rising demand for exotic pets and taxidermy.
Most seizures occur in countries with wild tiger populations, but incidents are also reported in places like Mexico and the U.S.
The report emphasises the need for strong international cooperation to combat this crisis.
( Eileen Ng, Associated Press, 25.11.2025 )  .. apnews.com

Dominion, Thou Shalt Not Kill, and the Lost Gospel.
The dominion directive and THOU SHALT NOT KILL commandment hold the dubious distinction of being the most important, yet most misunderstood mandates.
Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17 unambiguously state, “You shall not murder.”
So, contrary to religious dogma, being merciful and compassionate to ALL of God’s creatures by NOT killing them is the only way to honour the THOU SHALT NOT KILL commandment.
When meat, dairy and egg-eaters support, disobey or ignore this all-encompassing mandate, they are guilty of committing the ultimate sin.
Displaying the utmost arrogance, meat, dairy and egg-eaters also assume dominion gives them the right to enslave and torture animals with impunity.
Dominion’s true calling, however, is for humans to protect and care for God’s most innocent creatures.
The dominion humans have over animals is the same dominion parents have over their children.

The Gospel of the Nazarenes 47:3 states, “It has been written, ‘Thou shalt not kill’, but I say to you, if any hate and desire to slay, they have broken the Law. If they cause hurt or torment to any creature, they are guilty. But if they kill to put an end to suffering which cannot be healed, they are not guilty, if they do it quickly and with much mercy.”
The Gospel of the Nazarenes is only labeled as apocryphal because it forbids the killing of animals for sacrifice or sustenance.
Shamefully, most Christians are more concerned with meaningless customs and the death of Jesus, while most Jews are selfishly obsessed about being God’s chosen people, instead of extending compassion to the most violated and abused group on this planet: the animals.
Without question, God wants His followers to love, protect and defend His animals by living the vegan lifestyle of Eden.
Today’s bible is the Roman, not Judeo-Christian, version of biblical events.
From the years 325-403, Emperor Constantine’s Council of Nicea re-wrote and re-edited most of the compassionate teachings of Jesus and other prophets to promote an agenda of hatred, from heterosexism and misogyny to slavery and speciesism.
( ADAPTT )