Critter News

MARCH 29, 2009

Together with colleagues, Hicks was able to take in five orphaned chimpanzees who will soon be sent to a sanctuary in eastern Congo. Sadly, there is evidence that the bushmeat trade is spreading rapidly into the Bili and Rubi-Tele protected areas, both of which have been recently invaded by illegal miners.

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Congo Endangered Species Apes 2008 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. However, these islands that were predator-free sanctuaries eventually turned into ecological sinks.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. It brings to question the purpose of wildlife management. Street, N.W.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243