Critter News
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed. From the BBC.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2022
A study found that for Plain Prinia , egg characteristics in a mainland China location with many cuckoos make it much easier to spot cuckoo eggs than in a Taiwan location with few cuckoos ( source ). Thus, the disparaging term “Hottentot” became a standard identifier of the inhabitants of southwest Africa” ( source ).
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