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How to watch the 2025 Kitten Bowl live: Time, channel, streaming info for the Great American Rescue Bowl
Here’s when the 2025 Kitten Bowl is.
That’s right: Before the 2025 Super Bowl, we’ve got adorable kittens to watch as they frolic around.
It’s time for the 2025 Kitten Bowl — it’s actually called the Great American Rescue Bowl, and it takes place on the Great American Family channel. Plus, there are puppies involved, and who doesn’t love both cats and dogs playing together?
So how do you watch?
The 2025 Kitten Bowl will be on at 12 p.m. ET, with a broadcast on the Great American Family channel. If you have Fubo, you can use that to stream the event.
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There you have it! Enjoy the event that’ll be hosted by Beth Stern.
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How to watch the 2025 Puppy Bowl live on Sunday: Time, channel, streaming info and more
Here’s how to watch the 2025 Puppy Bowl on Sunday.
The big day is finally here. It’s time to once again see the best in their field compete for the highest honor. That’s right, it’s Puppy Bowl Sunday, which means you get to watch adorable puppies compete for the Lombarky Trophy before the Eagles and Chiefs battle it out in New Orleans. Now in it’s 21st season, the 2025 Puppy Bowl will feature over 130 puppies from 80 different shelters and coming from across 40 different states.
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So how do you watch?
The 2025 Puppy Bowl will be on at 2 p.m. ET, with a simulcast on Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, TBS, truTV, Max and discovery+.
There you have it! Enjoy the 2025 Puppy Bowl!
Poachers take ‘gross over-limits’ of surf perch using an illegal method
California game wardens in a patrol boat during the opener of the spiny lobster season witnessed the illegal activity occurring on shore.
Wildlife officers in a patrol boat during California’s spiny lobster season opener witnessed illegal fishing activities occurring near a jetty at the entrance to the Channel Islands Harbor.
During the investigation, officers discovered that three of the fishermen had been illegally using a Hawaiian-style throw net to take a variety of fish, and they were in possession of “gross over-limits” of surf perch.
The three throw nets and 78 fish that were taken illegally were confiscated, and the three anglers deemed responsible for the illegal activities were cited and released.
“Poaching doesn’t pay! Poachers are subject to steep fines for fish and wildlife violations,” the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Facebook post stated.
“One such poacher caught illegally using a throw net to take more than their limit of fish recently appeared in court and was found guilty on numerous counts with a fine totaling $5,725.”
The fate of the other two poachers remains unclear.
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Some commenters on the CDFW Facebook post were critical of the punishment. Some of the comments:
“The punishment for the violators is a joke, absolutely useless. Especially with those ridiculous fines and then they are released.”
“Lock them up [and] revoke all hunting and fishing rights for life and $10,000 fine, plus 1 year in jail.”
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“Should have seized their vehicles.”
“They need to lose their license for life.”
“Though the fines are too low—thank you for doing what you can to protect our resources with the constraints of the law. It’s because of short-sighted, selfish bad apples like these that we’re regulated so heavily.”
Photos courtesy of the CDFW.
Bison ‘thunder’ through crowd of panicked Yellowstone tourists
Tourists were observing a wolf kill down the slope when the spooked bison emerged and began to stampede.
Last week we featured footage showing bison stampeding toward a snow coach in Yellowstone National Park, as tourists watched with heightened concern.
To their relief, the bison navigated around the vehicle without incident.
On Monday, photographer Jeff Vanuga shared an image showing the aftermath of a bison stampede that caused panic among tourists who had been away from their vehicles observing a wolf kill.
Vanuga described the scene via Instagram:
“After wolves took down a bison cow 100′ below the road the herd came up to where the everyone was observing the kill. Seconds later a stampede ensued with bison running directly at the crowd.
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“Everyone ran and scattered about as the bison thundered through people, snow coaches and snowmobiles. Luckily no one was injured and after getting out of harm’s way I managed a couple shots of the last bison weaving through the crowd. An adrenaline-filled morning!”
The wolves that killed the bison cow belonged to the Wapiti Pack, which utilizes a wide swath of territory, including the northern range in the winter.
Yellowstone is home to nearly 5,000 bison, which must contend with wolves in the winter, and wolves and grizzly bears during spring and summer.
Bison, which can weigh 2,000 pounds, often utilize roads for easier commuting. This puts them in close contact with tourists.
According to the park, bison can attain speeds of 30 mph, so stampedes are awesome and, at times, harrowing spectacles.
Rarely seen Yellowstone wildcats appear boldly on ridge
Footage shows the normally elusive mountain lions traversing a snow-covered ridge as if out for a Sunday stroll.
A guide in Yellowstone National Park last week captured footage of rarely seen cougars traversing a snow-covered ridge as if out for a Sunday stroll.
MacNeil Lyons of Yellowstone Insight told FTW Outdoors that he was leading a photography tour with a guest from the U.K., who was “extremely excited” to observe cougars for the first time.
Understandable, considering that most visitors to Yellowstone do not see cougars, or mountain lions. Although the park is home to perhaps a few dozen of the large wildcats, they’re famously stealthy and elusive.
Lyons shared the accompanying footage via Instagram, writing:
“High in elevation, between craggy peaks these two sauntered on the ridge line with a backlit ‘bluebird’ sky! As the lions went out of view from one vantage point, I read the landscape and moved a few miles down the road to try a different vantage point.
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“Our luck continued as we picked them up as one sat and peered over the edge of large snow cornices. We had our time with them for at least 20 minutes.”
Lyons told FTW Outdoors that he captured the footage in the northern range from more than a mile away, with an iPhone attached to a Swarovski spotting scope.
He said the cougars might be the same pair – perhaps a courting pair, or a mom with a subadult offspring – that was spotted recently on a ridge hunting mountain goats.
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According to the park, cougars are native to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem but were nearly eradicated throughout the Lower 48 states during predator-removal campaigns in the early 1900s.
They survived in the West largely because of their preference for remote, rugged habitat, and their elusive nature.
Lyons, who has documented an astonishing 37 cougar sightings in 25 years of living in Montana, expressed concern for the future of the park and surrounding region in light of new or proposed laws that could jeopardize wildlife.
He concluded his Instagram post:
“We need these Wild Places. But more importantly the entire 4-legged, feathered and scaled community needs this wild space. Pay attention to new state & federal laws that lessen the protection of our Public Lands.
“Times are changing and seemingly not to the benefit of those without a voice… the animal community. Be their voice for protection and ethical stewardship of these wild spaces.
“Thank you to all that are keeping up the Good Fight.”
Two men convicted of wildlife killing spree after long investigation
Hatchery fish, bull elk and bear were the targets in this case of reckless killing by two men, who paid a steep price for their crimes.
An investigation that began with the brutal attack of several large hatchery fish in 2021 ended with the conviction of the two Montana men responsible for the fish deaths and the killing of four big-game animals.
“This case took a few years, but thanks to the hard work of our game wardens, we are glad to finally wrap this case up,” FWP Region 4 Warden Captain Dave Holland said in a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks press release. “The sentences imposed by the court reflect the value of the resources taken by these two individuals, and especially the importance that the community places on the Giant Springs Hatchery.”
In the 8th Judicial Court of Cascade County, Richard Van Meter, 22, and Ty Robert Lewis, 21, were convicted of unlawful possession of a game animal, unlawful possession of a game fish, waste of a game animal, waste of a game fish, and hunting without a valid license.
Lewis paid $16,000 in fines and restitution; Van Meter paid $8,000. Both lost their hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for 20 years.
On Aug. 23, 2021, Montana game wardens discovered that several large fish in a display pond at the Giant Springs Fish Hatchery had been speared. Some were left at the scene. Those that survived had to be euthanized later.
Less than a month later, game wardens received a report that a bull elk had been shot and abandoned on a ranch near Cascade. The head and antlers were taken, and the rest of the body was left behind to waste.
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The investigation revealed that three bull elk and one black bear had been taken illegally, and tips from the public led game wardens to Van Meter and Lewis, who eventually confessed to the crimes.
Montana Fish, Wildife and Parks stated that Van Meter then left the state. Holland thanked game wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for facilitating the return of Van Meter to Montana from California.
Generic feature image of a bull elk courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Florida panther sneaks up on opossum, but outcome is a surprise
Footage reveals that top predators such as endangered Florida panthers aren’t always savage beasts.
Florida panthers prey on an assortment of mammals, including opossums. But for one seemingly oblivious opossum recently, it must have been its lucky night.
The accompanying footage, credited to Dick Brewer and shared by Matt Devitt of WINK Weather, shows a panther walking up behind an opossum, seemingly out of pure curiosity.
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Although both animals bare their teeth, the encounter features a surprise ending, revealing that top predators aren’t always savage beasts.
Top comment on Facebook: “This is the Florida we need to be saving.”
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Endangered Florida panthers are protected by state and federal law, numbering slightly more than 200 individuals. Their top prey items are deer and wild hogs.
Watch: Lions in a quandary after cobra slithers onto road
Footage shows the lions pause in their tracks, unsure how to react, after encountering the cobra and smaller reptile.
An African safari company on Thursday shared rare footage showing two lions encountering a cobra as the venomous snake stalked a lizard.
The extraordinary scene plays out on a road and viewers can hear a guest express disbelief at being able to photograph “a cobra and a lion in one shot.” (Video posted below.)
But, as Daniel Wildlife Safari explains, and as viewers can see, the lizard also stars in this bizarre confrontation:
“What seemed to have happened was that the cobra was hunting the lizard. The hunt must have caught the lions’ attention. The lions cautiously stalked the snake which drew the attention of the snake away from the lizard. Once the tension between the lions and the cobra eased, the lizard stumbled in front of the lions.
“The lions were unsure of this whole situation and were shocked! After encountering the venomous cobra, the lions did not want to take the chance with the defenseless lizard. They left the lizard alone and all 3 animals went away seemingly unscathed.”
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Tourists ‘shocked’ as elephant appears ready to crush car
Safari tourists in small car learn the hard way that it’s not wise to play games with a bull elephant.
An Africa-based magazine this week shared an extraordinary image showing a large elephant draped over the hood and windshield of a Volkswagen Polo, seemingly poised to crush the car and its occupants.
“Two safari drivers were left shocked when a bull elephant stepped over the car and decided to scratch his belly itch,” Khakibush Magazine stated via Instagram, adding that the bizarre encounter was photographed by Armand Grobler in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park.
No other details were provided, but Grobler told FTW Outdoors that the dangerous encounter occurred in 2013 and was caused, in part, by the driver’s actions.
Grobler, now a guide, was asked to describe the turn of events that led to what became known as the “Elephant Itch” photograph.
“We were driving with a group studying animal behavior when we came across the Polo, which was reversing with the elephant walking in front of it,” Grobler recalled.
“One of the major things that you learn is never to reverse when an elephant is walking toward you. You either stop and let it walk past or you get out of the way completely. The elephant sort of finds it as a game if you keep on reversing, almost taunting it.”
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Grobler said the elephant disappeared into the bush but the driver kept reversing, trying to keep pace with the pachyderm.
“The car was trying to keep up with the elephant, and eventually the elephant came out and at first put its tusks the roof and then the trunk, and then it walked around it with the front legs on the left-hand side and the hind legs on the right-hand side, and then it just crushed the Polo,” Grobler said.
“But it wasn’t trying to do damage. It looked like it was scratching an itch. The car, ironically, was the correct height for the itch, and therefore we named it the ‘Elephant Itch’ photograph.”
Grobler said the encounter lasted about 15 minutes. He did not say how badly the Polo was damaged.