Predator
May 17 2009, Alok Gurtu

Angler Col O’Donnell and his fishing mate Alex Augheros were fishing close to Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia, when they came across an unexpected companion – A group of a five-metre predator identified by experts as a whaler.

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Wade Willis, spokesman for Defenders of Wildlife’s Alaska chapter, talks about the state’s predator control program at his office in Anchorage, Alaska Friday Feb. 13, 2009. Willis accuses the state of failing to conduct the necessary scientific...