The forest living güiña wildcat in Chile has a reputation for attacking livestock, and so it has been assumed that its declining population was due to human persecution. But new research suggests the real cause is habitat fragmentation. The ground breaking study will also help us support other wild carnivores, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE
The trophy hunting and culling of bears and wolves in Romania has been made legal again after a one year ban saved more than 1,600 animals facing crisis, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE
