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More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangeredspecies, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.
A prime example is a report newly released by the Center for Biological Diversity which suggests that, by and large, in the United States, the EndangeredSpecies Act is indeed helping to save the birds it protects. Continental U.S. So, how about we add most of the rest of North America’s birds to the list?
I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "EndangeredSpecies Hour." It's in response to the pathetic CITES conference which basically screwed marine animal protection. But jobs that depend on harvesting endangeredspecies will quickly disappear if those species are not protected.
Of course, the California Condor is listed as “endangered” under the EndangeredSpecies Act (ESA) and it has been famously subject to some of the most ambitious conservation efforts (including litigation ) ever undertaken for a bird. But that does not necessarily mean there are no protections.
The move, which seems limited to just California, is meant to protectendangered shorebirds which have become favorite meals of the raptors. News California Conservation endangeredspecies Peregrine Falcon' But it also means that some baby falcons are likely to plunge into a watery grave. What do you think?
BLM land is particularly important for conservation of the Greater Sage-Grouse and other sageland species. NPS also manages a diverse set of lands ( i.e., from the Arctic to the Everglades to the Mojave Desert to the Rocky Mountains ) that are used by many species of birds. Additionally, many federal lands have further protections.
I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the EndangeredSpecies Act (ESA). However, birds in the U.S.
In 2021, the American Ornithological Society announced that it has now classified the Bahama Nuthatch as a distinct species, Sitta insularis. A 1931 daily newspaper article (likely from The Philadelphia Bulletin) reported that Bond “brought back thirty species of birds never before represented in the Academy’s collections.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list six species of penguin as threatened species and one _ the African penguin _ as an endangeredspecies. Tags: bush penguins endangeredspecies. Not perfect, but still, wow.
The opening line in this USA Today article says it all, "Every proposal to protect marine species at the Convention on International Trade in EndangeredSpecies meeting in Doha, Qatar was voted down." Tags: CITES marine animals Japan china endangeredspecies.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the EndangeredSpecies Act. The judge promptly dismissed the first and third arguments because they did not relate to whether the warbler should or should not be listed under the EndangeredSpecies Act.
With 18 species of native Psittacids to choose from, birding in Costa Rica is always a thrill, especially for someone who grew up in parrotless Niagara Falls, New York! At least one of these species has adapted to nesting on buildings and a few others can nest in large parks. The other regular parrot around here is this species.
Nearly wiped out by human heedlessness, development, and pesticide use, under the protection of the EndangeredSpecies Act this handsome fish eagle has made a stunning comeback, rebounding in numbers and recolonizing areas where many thought they were gone forever.
Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species inhabit the Bahamas, and previously it was legal to kill any sea turtle species found there except one, the hawksbill. Now, they are all protected. Tags: turtles Bahamas endangeredspecies. About time.
They receive no protection, and are often destroyed by salvage logging as quickly as possible. There is currently a push to place the Black-backed Woodpecker, in its Oregon/California and South Dakota populations, under the protection of the Federal EndangeredSpecies Act. On the whole, people do not value them.
India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. Environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said that speeding up justice as well as hefty fines are needed to strengthen the Wildlife Protection Act. Tags: India tigers wildlife endangeredspecies.
The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. EndangeredSpecies Act and it was famously the subject of extensive and protracted litigation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, mostly relating to forestry management plans in the Pacific Northwest. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S.
Even so, in the short term, it can be hard to accept that hundreds of species are close to being extinguished from this irreplaceble tapestry of life, that hundreds more are headed for the same eventual abysmal stop. We would see how species that used to be common, even abundant, became remnants of their former, robust populations.
As a result, the bird has a long history with the EndangeredSpecies Act. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril. FWS released a 5-year review of the species in 2010.
Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. With the exception of species that number in the hundreds, conservation biologists are not as concerned with the fates of individual animals, it is only when such fates of many individuals are added up do they begin to worry.
The birdlife in the Cape is nothing short of spectacular, with a healthy dose of charismatic endemic species. Over 40 species of South African endemics can be found in the Cape – Cape Sugarbirds, Cape Rockjumpers, Orange-breasted Sunbirds to name but a few. An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick.
The Majestic Wetlands: Within Shanghai’s boundaries lie several pristine wetland habitats that serve as vital sanctuaries for a plethora of bird species. This expansive marshland is home to rare and endangeredspecies such as the charismatic Black-faced Spoonbill, Saunders’s Gull, and the elegant Oriental Stork.
Thought-provoking article in the Boston Globe.some green thinkers are now coming to a surprising conclusion: In exceptional circumstances, they say, the only effective way to protect the environment may be at the barrel of a gun. In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs.
A week ago today, the federal government proposed a “threatened” listing for the Greater Sage Grouse in Nevada and California , as part of a larger study considering whether the species as a whole should be listed. As such, I am delighted to see them receive protection. Naturally, not everyone is equally delighted.
These breeding colonies included other species of flamingos, but it was only the Andean Flamingo that appeared to have been the most affected, if indeed the egg extraction was one of the causes that led to the Andean Flamingo’s population decline. The Andean Flamingo is now protected under the EndangeredSpecies Act of 1973.
The bird we see in the northeastern United States, the rufa subspecies, is declining rapidly , “from a high count of 95,000 in the 80s and 90s to fewer than 10,000 earlier this year.&# Fortunately for both the birds and birders, the Red Knot is getting fast-tracked to EndangeredSpeciesprotection.
I didn’t know what species of woodpecker it was, but I knew it was just in the clearing on the other side of the road. Black-backed Woodpeckers are non-migratory, although there have been documented intermittent irruptions of the species outside their normal range. Click on photos for full sized images.
What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangeredspecies for death. In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. The big white one.
million years old, over one and a half times older than the earliest remains of most living species of birds. The Cuban Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis nesiotes and the Mississippi Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis pulla are listed as endangeredspecies. “You don’t want them to go extinct, so we want to protect them.
The rights view is not opposed to efforts to save endangeredspecies. If people are encouraged to believe that the harm done to animals matters morally only when these animals belong to endangeredspecies, then these same people will be encouraged to regard the harm done to other animals as morally acceptable.
Private property holders with prairie/agricultural land can potentially make a big difference in maintaining and recovering populations of many of these charismatic species. If birders are willing to spend so much money in the pursuit of birds, it seems some would be willing to spend some on protecting them as well…right?
Birds included common species such as Black Drongos , Jungle Babblers and a Hoopoe. These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc. If they can survive next to such neigbours, how come they are endangered? Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low.
Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species.
Delegates to the CITES (Convention on International Trade in EndangeredSpecies) conference in Qatar voted down three of four proposals to protect sharks. Tags: CITES united nations marine animals Japan china endangeredspecies. This really sucks. According to the New York Times.
A federal judge on Thursday upheld a 2008 decision to protect polar bears throughout their range as a “threatened” species under the U.S. EndangeredSpecies Act. The polar bear was the first species added to the EndangeredSpecies List due solely to the threat from global warming.
The raid took place on the day an amendment to the law controlling illegal trade in endangeredspecies came into effect. The regulations closed a legal loophole which enabled traders to pretend animal products came from countries with lower levels of protection.
A coordinated international law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of tigers, one of the world's most endangeredspecies. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangeredspecies.
Michigan's removal of the bald eagle and gray wolf from the list will be the most significant change in speciesprotection the state has seen in years. Tags: bald eagle Gray Wolf us endangeredspecies. The delisting would not open the door for hunters to kill wolves, the state's DNR notes.
One way developers are navigating the warbler’s endangered status is by utilizing conservation banks. First, some background regarding the EndangeredSpecies Act (ESA) and the listing of the Golden-cheeked Warbler is required. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.”
Let's keep our fingers crossed that it provides effective protection. 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 endangeredspecies cameroon.
New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of bird species lost. The initial solution was translocation, but there were a limited amount of islands on which you could place species without mammals being a problem, and they were only very small islands.
One of the major challenges in combating the bushmeat trade is identifying the source species for the meat and products. How is anyone to know if it came from a species that is protected under national or international law? Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking endangeredspecies.
The intention is to focus on saving the tiger species which is being decimated. China is the single biggest threat to the tiger and it won't participate seriously in its protection. Tags: Traditional Chinese Medicine poaching tigers china endangeredspecies. I say so what? It's just lip service.
Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them. Cross-breeding two protectedspecies is completely against nature. Tags: zoos taiwan tigers lion endangeredspecies. One died and the other two were seized for sheltering at a research institution. From Focus Taiwan.
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