Highways have always been among the top threats for wild animals. But the latest story involves a 600-pounds black bear who was killed by a semitrailer in Missouri. An 18-wheeler heading towards Thayer, Missouri, hit the bear on Highway 63. The semitrailer driver was not injured in the accident. The accident took place near the border with Arkansas. The driver believed that a cow had accessed … [Read more...]
Missouri Carries Out the Death Penalty for this Seventh Time This Year
Missouri has just carried out the death penalty by lethal injection for the seventh time this year, almost two weeks after the botched execution in Arizona raised some serious concern about the lethal injection, its efficiency and capital punishment in the United States. It was declared by the Missouri Department of Corrections that Michael Worthington, age 43, was pronounced dead on Wednesday at … [Read more...]
