Outdoor Sports Blog

According to a recent report by the National Audubon Society as well as the American Bird Conservancy, 25% of all bird species in the United States are at risk of extinction. Main reasons for these alarming numbers are – how could it be different - human activity causing habitat loss and global warming. The introduction of alien mammals and plants also causes the number of many bird species to decline. If you like to dig deeper and find out which kind of birds are on the endangered species list, visit the web site of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Here’s the direct link to the page where you find lots of additional information. http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/wildlife.html

Members of the US science fiction program “Destination Truth” claimed to have found footprints of the legendary Yeti not far from Kathmandu in Nepal. The Yeti is a legendary creature that is supposed to live in the Himalayas. The legend says it’s half human, half ape – somehow a little bit like Bigfoot also known as Sasquatch. The footprints are 33 cm (that’s almost 13 inches) long and 23 cm wide (slightly more than 9 inches). Joshua Gates from “Destination Truth” said he’ll continue his investigations. However, Ang Tshering Sherpa President of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said it is unlikely that the footprints are really from the famous beast. Yetis, so the legend says, are supposed to have only had four toes, but the images showed five toes and he thinks it is the footprint from a Himalayan bear. Numerous expeditions, mountaineers, explorers and other individuals searched for the Yeti since generations but no one ever was able to provide evidence that the Yeti really