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Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Fish and Wildlife Service, I was involved in various aspects of the species habitat protection largely on the regulatory arena. On June 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S.

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The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1.

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Fish & Wildlife Service). (Translation: If these birds, as well as the Puaiohi thrush or the Kaua’i ’elepaio monarch flycatcher, are on your bucket list, start planning your Hawaiian vacation now, before they’re gone for good.).

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APRIL 24, 2009

The good news is that a new population of about 2,000 individuals was discovered in Borneo. The bad news is that the pet trade is decimating the population on Sumatra. Tags: wildlife crime exotic pets wildlife trafficking animal cruelty orangutans pet trade endangered species.

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AVMA News

JUNE 17, 2024

Most recently, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced May 7 that it had been detected in the state’s deer and elk.

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JULY 2, 2024

She lacks the c**k’s distinctive red eye wattle It would be nice to report that Britain’s Red Grouse (all 230,000 pairs of them) had celebrated the news with a big party, but they are apparently unaware of their new-found status. A hen Red Grouse. million every year. Red grouse: The Morning Call (1911).

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MARCH 3, 2012

Platalea ajaja is a marvelous bird and I was delighted to make its acquaintance - for only the second time in my life – at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge’s Black Point Drive when I was attending the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in January.

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JUNE 11, 2014

They are filling up comment sections on blogs , rallying on Facebook , and doing everything they can to stop the removal of cats and allow the continued slaughter of wildlife by said cats. (If As is only to be expected, the cat crazies are out in force trying to stop this wholly rational and logical action.

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AVMA News

AUGUST 21, 2023

Pilny presented sessions on July 15 at AVMA Convention 2023 in Denver about the consequences of wildlife trafficking on wild bird populations and the difficulties with rehoming unwanted birds. Patricia J. Latas and Anthony A.

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MAY 22, 2023

Two recent drug approvals mean a novel treatment for the control of canine osteoarthritis (OA) pain and an oral vaccine against the wildlife spread of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, will soon hit the market.

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MARCH 2, 2011

After several minutes of this deep water foraging behavior, this White-faced Ibis made its way toward me into more shallow water Posed for a little while, and then began to preen I’m glad I took the time to visit Colusa National Wildlife Refuge on this day. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Get yours today!

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MARCH 17, 2011

5 Responses to “If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News…&# Jochen Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:17 am What is it with North American birders and squirrels?! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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MARCH 2, 2011

This offering is actually hard to part with: a copy of Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil signed by both John Gwynne, who managed the project, and Guy Tudor, eminent neotropical bird artist and art director of the project. Time to give away a wonderful book on 10,000 Birds!

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JUNE 26, 2013

Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. Fish and Wildlife Service). **And A few years ago, the world’s entire supply of Millerbirds numbered between 400 and 600 individuals exclusively on the island of Nihoa.

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MARCH 12, 2011

Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S.

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Critter News

MARCH 9, 2010

Lots of jerks in the news lately. One of Scotland’s top sheriffs is under pressure to quit his leading role in combating wildlife crime after allegedly telling a former police officer concerned about the soft sentences given to those convicted to “get a life”. Tags: wildlife crime UK scotland jerk.

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AUGUST 18, 2018

The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! When news later reached our little town (likely through a newspaper) that the bird-killing chemical was to be banned, my environmental activism was born. Images of wildlife coated in toxic goo haunted me; particularly the birds.

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Critter News

APRIL 20, 2012

From the Wildlife Extra News. April 2012. King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

The Port Authority’s “wildlife specialists” started exterminating the owls Saturday, killing three at JFK Airport with a shotgun, a Port Authority source said. Because, you know, trapping and releasing them elsewhere would just be too much work… News Queens Snowy Owl'

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Although Fox News suggests an alternate way to “visit” them which does birders no good.) As part of the shutdown, most park employees–the ones who monitor and care for wildlife, including birds–are furloughed. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, are laid off.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Do you consider yourself a wildlife conservationist? Do you contribute to wildlife conservation organizations? Maybe a worldwide organization like the Wildlife Conservation Network , BirdLife International or the Peregrine Fund ? It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the death of two Whooping Cranes in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Making bad news worse, officials speculate that the Whooping Cranes likely weren’t killed by hunters, but instead by thrill-seekers. News endangered species Shooting Whooping Cranes' It’s deja vu all over again , sadly.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

This week in birding news has it all covered. To wit: As if beach-nesting birds don’t have enough problems , along comes a new scourge: nudists. Brings a new meaning to the term “shake your tail feathers” ! Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Maine, will use “nano-tags” to track migrating birds. Er, sort of.

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JUNE 27, 2018

But today’s click is yesterday’s news ten minutes later. Good news though! See, news agencies love Wikipedia’s images since they don’t have to pay stock-photo companies for them. It’s been the main image for the species for over a decade, and seen by millions in the news.

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APRIL 27, 2016

With the bird’s total population hovering roughly 600, every new addition counts—and counts big. In 2011, a collaborative effort among state and federal wildlife agencies teamed up with Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to begin releasing captive-bred birds into the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area.

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JUNE 15, 2016

First, wildlife officials in Louisiana announced the first successful wild Whooping Crane nest in that state since 1939. While it’s still a bit early to say how many of the eggs will develop into healthy chicks, this is wonderful news for the Spoonies and their fans worldwide. It’s a bang-up breeding year for super-endangered birds!

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The wildlife official in question is the President of the California Fish and Game Commission. He is a proponent of trophy hunting and was photographed with a dead mountain lion in Idaho. Full story here.

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JANUARY 18, 2015

Fish & Wildlife Service. News display Greater Sage Grouse mating' All of which brings to mind, to me at least, another male courtship display that grows more frenetic and fervent when females are near. Not that it ever really works for those guys). Photo above by the U.S.

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MARCH 28, 2014

As the guys on SportsCenter say, it’s not good , according to conservationists and wildlife officials, since spring migration is just heating up. News environment galveston oiled birds' Is last week’s oil spill near Galveston, Texas bad for birds?

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APRIL 17, 2013

Fish and Wildlife Service caps at five the number of Golden Eagles that members of the Hopi tribe can collect from neighboring Navajo lands. On a somewhat brighter note, ABC News shares the story of a Bald Eagle that lived to see another day, thanks to modern technology. News eagles' … to perils associated with mankind.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

National wildlife enforcement authorities, police, customs and specialised units from 18 countries across all five continents worked together as part of Operation Tram which ran from 1 to 28 February," Interpol said. Tags: organized crime wildlife smuggling wildlife crime wildlife trafficking.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

HUGE article in the Smithsonian Magazine about wildlife trafficking out of Ecuador. Tags: wildlife trafficking ecuador latin america.

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APRIL 23, 2014

To add insult to injury, the hunting party appears to have targeted their prey at nature preserves and wildlife sanctuaries, ignoring the bag limits and other restrictions of their permits. News bustard Houbara Bustard hunters hunting Pakistan' Image above by Tarique Sani/Flickr ).

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Outcry is growing against one of California’s top wildlife officials after a photo of him holding a dead mountain lion surfaced online last week. What was this idiot thinking? The full story is below and it comes from kcra.com.

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Critter News

JANUARY 28, 2010

Wildlife crime such as poaching and live animal smuggling is becoming increasingly sophisticated. The worst areas of wildlife crime appear to be in rhino and elephant poaching. Tags: organized crime wildlife crime ivory africa zambia rhino elephants. It's not just some guy with a gun and snare.

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Critter News

MAY 16, 2009

Three corrupt police officers in Trinidad and Tobago robbed a couple of Venezuelan wildlife smugglers and were subsequently arrested themselves. Over 1,000 animals were rescued, including 500 bull finches and 300 picoplats, The rescued wildlife also included monkeys, parrots, macaws and other species from Venezuela.

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Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2010

He says inflated wildlife smuggling numbers are hurting the fight against the crime. In other words, puffing wildlife smuggling to sell stories hurts efforts to fight crime. Recall any wildlife smuggling story you've ever read or watched in the past 20 years. Weak reporting kills wildlife. He makes a lot of sense.

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