hunted

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Last week, Germany's Upper House, the Bundesrat, approved measures by Parliament to allow wolves to be hunted.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Naturalist Stephen Boyes believes massive elephants live undetected on a remote plateau in Angola; they’d be descendants of a giant pachyderm hunted and killed 70 years ago that now resides in the Smithsonian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

That pattern led some researchers to suggest these fish eating theropods may have been fully aquatic predators that hunted underwater.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Once hunted to extinction in France, wolves began crossing over from Italy after gaining protected status under the 1979 Bern Convention.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Rondon not only helped brand the cattle but also deftly hunted the jaguars that preyed on them, and the wild pigs that destroyed the crops.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple