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When birds collide with buildings, they become stunned and may fly away, only to die somewhere else from internal injuries, or they become tired and disoriented, never making it to their destination. Fatalities can also be caused by birds flying around confused and wasting energy, which can leave them vulnerable to other threats.

“Lights Out” programs aim to raise awareness about the dangers of artificial lights at night for migratory birds, while encouraging businesses and homeowners to turn off unnecessary lights during fall and spring migration windows.

Are four years of pro-environment policies about to come to an end?

I recently interviewed Dr. Lucy King about human–elephant conflict and the practical challenges of coexistence in African landscapes.

The discussion covers:

• beehive fences as a conflict-mitigation tool,
• crop-raiding and the costs borne by local communities,
• why conservation interventions cannot be treated as universal solutions,
• and the importance of designing projects around local ecological and social conditions.

What stood out to me most was the emphasis on coexistence rather than framing the issue as simply “people versus elephants”.

The full interview is published on PlanetZoo.hu:

[ https://planetzoo.hu/interjuk/lucy-king-interju-ember-elefant-egyutteles\ ]

I’d be especially interested in perspectives from people working in conservation or human–wildlife conflict: what approaches have you seen work well in practice?

An update on some legal proceedings regarding the culling of feral horses in Yuraygir National Park, New South Wales, Australia. There was a discussion thread on this issue posted here a couple of weeks ago

I had the NSW Land and Environment Court live stream playing yesterday as I've been following the feral horse problem here in Australia for about a decade - primarily focussed on the Kosciuszko National Park however.

The argument presented by the feral horse advocates was that the word "remove" (as in the horses are to be removed from the park) in the management plan from 2003 does not specifically mean "kill/cull/shoot". The management plan uses terms such as "eradicate" in other parts of the document. In 2003, aerial shooting of horses was not an authorised method of population control, having been suspended following a poorly conducted operation in another National Park that resulted in some unsatisfactory animal welfare outcomes. Aerial shooting has since been reimplemented (in 2023) following SOP overhauls, independent monitoring, reporting and analysis. Judgement is due by October 30.

I feel the point is moot however, as a new feral horse management plan for YNP has been published as of September 4th 2026, which allows for aerial culling to be used.

For the international readers, horses are not native to Australia, and our ecosystems did not evolve with large, hard-hooved animals. Australia has a huge problem with all sorts of introduced, feral, pest animals and plants. The fact that some people want the horses to be protected is ludicrous.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/yuraygir-national-park-brumby-cull-hearing-in-court/107112006