World’s largest isolated tribe kills two loggers with arrows in Amazon forest
Members of a violent and isolated Amazonian tribe have reportedly shot dead two loggers with arrows in Peru, following several previous attacks and repeated warnings that logging projects were encroaching on their territory. Members of the Mashco Piro tribe, thought to be the largest indigenous group with no contact with the outside world, opened fire […]
Reclusive tribe attacks loggers suspected of encroaching on their land in Peru’s Amazon
Members of Peru’s isolated Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers they suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, local indigenous groups said. FENAMAD, which represents 39 indigenous communities in the Cusco and Madre de Dios regions, said on Monday it believes illegal logging is taking place in […]
Loggers cannot expand Oregon timber harvesting into national monument area, Supreme Court says
Penguin chick hatches at Oregon Zoo The Oregon Zoo welcomed a fluffy little penguin chick that hatched earlier this month. This is the 194th Humboldt chick hatched at the zoo since the 1980s. Look at this obscure wonder! Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, a remote wilderness along the California-Oregon border, will lose all square footage after the […]
3 Mexican forest rangers killed by suspected illegal loggers
Three forest rangers were shot dead and a fourth injured near the slopes of the Iztaxihuatl volcano in central Mexico. The incident occurred while the rangers were carrying out their mission, and the attackers appear to be illegal loggers. The area around the volcano has been targeted by loggers and there have been previous incidents […]