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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months. Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008.
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
The reasons that these ten have been selected is to illustrate some of the myriad reasons that Africa’s birds are being driven to extinction; from commercial overfishing, powerline collisions, illegal trade, poisoning, traditional medicine usage, overgrazing and conversion of specialized habitats into agricultural land.
Critter News
APRIL 18, 2009
The imprisonment of the Rangers comes after a lengthy trial in the North Kivu province courts initiated after the July 2007 massacre of 5 mountain gorillas that was met with outrage around the globe. The charges included the massacre of the gorillas and involvement in the illegal charcoal trade.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2017
The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C.
Animal Ethics
JULY 19, 2007
After witnessing hours if not days of senseless killing, someone finally musters the courage to take on the killer and delivers what has to be a devastating blow. Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S.,
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