Critter News

MARCH 29, 2010

It's not just tiger parts and elephant tusks that are being used for so called "traditional" medicinal uses. Tags: traditional medicine poaching primates endangered species. I didn't know primates were in demand too. I knew about bush meat, but not about this. Will it ever end?

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Cameroon, with one of Africa’s highest rates of deforestation, has set up a new national park to protect gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants and a rare type of antelope called bongo. Tags: conservation africa park gorillas endangered species cameroon. Let's keep our fingers crossed that it provides effective protection.

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Critter News

MARCH 13, 2010

We hear about the problem with charismatic land species. It's those species that either have a powerful personality or a cute face that endear people to them and garner news attention. Examples include panda bears, wolves, elephants, tigers, etc. Tags: marine life marine animals endangered species.

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Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2009

I've been reading a lot about threatened elephants and primate populations in Africa and wondered about lions. Tags: africa Kenya lion endangered species. One rarely hears about how they are doing. But, unfortunately, they are in trouble too. This article talks about the specific situation in Kenya.

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Critter News

MARCH 22, 2010

Over the last two years, authorities have discovered 57 cases of trafficking in wild animals involving more than 7,612 individuals including monkeys and Tibetan bears and elephant tusks. Tags: vietnam exotic meats wildlife trafficking bush meat endangered species.

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Critter News

MARCH 13, 2010

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or Cites that opened in the Qatari capital on Saturday will be discussing 42 proposals during the next two weeks. Oh look, more meetings. From Al Jazeera.

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Critter News

MARCH 29, 2009

Locals have told Hicks that up to a few years ago there was very little poaching (except for elephants) in the area, and that it is the mining of diamonds and gold that has lead to the current slaughter of wildlife. Tags: chimpanzees poaching congo endangered species.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Criterion (x): The reserve has a higher density and diversity of species than any other Miombo woodland area: more than 2,100 plants have been recorded and more are thought to exist in the remote forests in the south. Shoot a few lions in the Selous and you protect a viable population of African Wild Dogs, a much more endangered species.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

In some parts of Africa, rangers receive military training and equipment to defend animals (and themselves) from poachers in pursuit of elephants, rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered species. In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs. But now there is increasing talk of more far-reaching action.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

African elephants being poached in unprecedented numbers. They are disappearing from the continent as the poachers become increasingly militarized. Full story here at the New York Times.

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Critter News

AUGUST 16, 2008

I don't know how to call this one.will it help or hurt the elephant population in the long run? The UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Geneva voted in favour of China becoming a licensed importer. Tags: ivory africa CITES poaching china elephants.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 23, 2008

employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades. According to the complaint, the defendants routinely beat elephants, violating the 1973 Endangered Species Act by hitting them with bull hooks. Tags: animal cruelty circus elephants.

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MARCH 13, 2012

In KwaZulu-Natal he collected the type specimens of Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird , White-eared Barbet , Blue Swallow , Brown Scrub-Robin , Short-tailed Pipit and others species. James Wakelin is prime example of modern ornithologist and conservator. Hugh Chittenden is a master photographer and birder who has done many studies of local birds.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

He's a staunch defender of Calgary's record, despite some well-publicized misfortune, such as the death of 41 stingrays and a baby elephant last year. Tags: zoos canada seals polar bear endangered species. One thing for sure -- all of the animals in the zoo will die eventually," said Lanthier. "We

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Critter News

JUNE 26, 2009

Four chimpanzees were killed last week in the central zone and 11 elephants since the start of the year," park director Emmanuel de Merode told AFP. Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species. He added "a large number of game animals", including antelopes, had also been slaughtered. Here's sobering statistic.

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JUNE 28, 2018

advisory board, the “ Wildlife Protection Board ,” has been created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family 2. A newly created U.S.

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