hunted

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Researchers report that there is no scientific evidence showing Indigenous People hunted these species to extinction.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Many show marks consistent with cutting, breaking, and processing, similar to the way animals were hunted and prepared for food.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Soon the whole crew begins to realize that everything is subtly different and that they are in danger, now hunted down by this world’s John Ward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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

Nhamo hunted in her stores until she found the beads from Aunt Shuvai’s bracelet.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer