Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2009

Kenya's lion population has dropped from an estimated 2,749 in 2002 to 2,280 in 2004 and probably just 2000 individuals in 2009. Tags: africa Kenya lion endangered species.

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Kenya Lions Endangered Species 2002 100

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Navarro’s exceptional drawings illustrate the species accounts. Forty-eight species. Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution. Compare, for example, the species account illustration of the Cuban Trogon with the photo that opens up the introductory chapter.

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Cuba Birds 2000 United States 233

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JANUARY 22, 2015

By the year 2000, the number of tigers in the wild went down to 8,500 and by 2012, it plummeted to a mere 3,200 individuals. Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger' In the 1980-s, another race, the Javan Tiger become extinct and the total numbers halved to somewhat over 20,000.

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Tigers India Killing 2006 248

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AUGUST 1, 2011

There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. Yes, they have been an endangered species for as long as most of us can recall, but remember, they were traditionally a hunted species. We need to give hunters new opportunities and new species to hunt.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 258

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MAY 19, 2012

It has recently been reclassified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List; this category is reserved for only the most threatened species in the world. It has not been seen in its small home range in central Vietnam since around 2000. Conservationists searched intensively in 2011 but found none.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Block pleaded guilty in February to felony conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts by conspiring to smuggle orangutans. of Defense since 2000. This is the case in which six infant orangs were discovered on February 20, 1990, at the Bangkok airport in two small containers marked "Live Birds." from the Dept.

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Primates 2002 2004 Miami 100

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I was hoping to seek out during the one day I had available between business commitments. The climatic changes set in motion by the Industrial Revolution are now proceeding at a pace far greater than many species and ecosystems can adapt to naturally. Black Rosy-Finch.

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Species Los Angeles Science 2000 176

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JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act. v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 144

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MARCH 30, 2011

In addition to this tight clustering of related parakeets, the genus also had two species in the far-flung Society Islands (now in French Polynesia). These species, recorded by early European explorers, are now sadly extinct, but the disjunct distribution is something of a mystery. of the Yellow-crowned Parakeet.

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New Zealand Fiji Parrots Tonga 147

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APRIL 15, 2015

Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. We also knew we had discovered Africa’s next hot birding destination.

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Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 194

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

Four lions, rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI) from a Bolivian circus when the country banned the use of animals in circuses have a new home, and a life of luxury at the ARK 2000 sanctuary in Calaveras County. ADI also rescues animals in distress worldwide.

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ADI Animal Defenders International Bolivia Lions 100