Welcome to Hancock Wildlife Foundation

Established by DAVID HANCOCK in 2006 to broaden his at that time almost 50 years of lecturing and teaching about wildlife and conservation, to include the web, the Foundation's mandate is to use the internet in general and live streaming wildlife video in particular to promote the conservation of wildlife and its habitats through science, education, and stewardship. In David's words,  "Our first live cameras reached and taught more people in a 4 month period than I had in all my years of lectures combined. This is the way of the future." 

David Hancock

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Mutilated eagles found on Gabriola Island beach

Wildlife News
 
One bird was shot, stuffed into plastic bag and discovered with talons cut off and feathers missing
 
Tamara Cunningham
Daily News

A mutilated eagle was found shot and stuffed in a plastic bag on Gabriola Island's Spring Beach in March. A second eagle was found nearby this May with its talons missing.
CREDIT: Gabriola Rescue of Wildlife Society photo
A mutilated eagle was found shot and stuffed in a plastic bag on Gabriola Island's Spring Beach in March. A second eagle was found nearby this May with its talons missing.

Two mutilated eagle carcasses have been found on Gabriola Island shores this spring, raising concern of illegal eagle-parts trafficking.

Pedestrians found an eagle on Spring Beach in March that had been shot and stuffed into a plastic bag. Its talons had been cut off and its feathers gone, according to a volunteer with the Gabriola Rescue of Wildlife Society.

A second eagle carcass was found a week ago near Drumbeg Beach, with its talons severed. Both carcasses appeared to have washed up on the beach.

Donna Thorvaldson, a volunteer with the wildlife society, says the discoveries are disconcerting, although wildlife workers are still unsure of what the finds mean. Questions remain about where the carcasses came from and whether they are a result of eagle poaching and black market sales, an issue highlighted in 2006, when 11 men from Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley were charged during a high-profile eagle-parts trafficking case.

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http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews ... 25c2197f77

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Hancock to Appear on Delta TV

 

Attention:  Delta Cable TV Viewers

Starting on Sunday, May 20, David Hancock will appear on Ingrid Abbott's show, Delta Magazine, which will run eight times daily all week long.  The show times are 9:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 12:00 Noon, 12:30 PM, 5:00 PM, 5:30 PM, 8:00 PM and 8:30 PM.  Only one appearance by David was shot but it will have many repeats throughout next week so hope you Delta locals can view it.  David talked about the history of the Delta eagle nests and other interesting eagle facts.

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Baby Eagles Have Captured The Eyes Of Waterville Students

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Waterville - Faculty and students at Waterville high school are keeping an eagle-eye on some new friends. A pair of baby bald eagles that have captured the imagination of the entire school.

The nest was discovered about two years ago when Suzanne Goulet, a visual arts teacher at Waterville High School, first noticed a bald eagle flying overhead while she was outside with some students. "Not 10 seconds later another eagle, this one with a frozen fish in its talons, flying in the same direction," Goulet said Wednesday, "and then it was after that we noticed the eagles' nest had started to form."

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Bald Eagles Back On The Attack

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By Alexandra Gutierrez, KUCB - Unalaska | May 16, 2012 - 5:03 pm

Photo by Alexandra Gutierrez, KUCB - Unalaska

Like clockwork, the ominous signs show up every May: “Danger Nesting Eagles.” They’re placed near Unalaska’s clinic and post offices, and they feature a silhouette of a bird extending its talons toward a terrified human being.

The city’s Department of Public Safety put them up last Wednesday, after getting the first report of a bald eagle attack this year. According to Deputy Chief Mike Holman, the incident took place outside the Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic. Holman says that while bald eagles have wounded people in the past, this attack wasn’t anything serious – just a swooping.

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Getting Crowded at Lafarge

Both adults and all three chicks at the Lafarge nest - May 16 2012May 16, 2012 - It's getting crowded at the Lafarge nest!

The youngest chick was three weeks old yesterday - and the oldest one will be four weeks old tomorrow - and all are growing very fast!

You can watch the Lafarge bald eagle nest cam by clicking on Live Cameras at the top of the page.