10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The Great Elephant Census found that populations of Savanna Elephants Loxodonta africana have fallen by 30% between 2007 and 2014 (around 144,000 animals poached or population shrunk at a rate of 8% a year, a level higher than their reproduction rate; source https://peerj.com/articles/2354.pdf One may say so.

Elephants 184

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 184

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For endangered species, red and gray tabs at the top of the page indicate level of threatened status from the IUCN and the Libro Rogo de los Vertebrados Cubanos (Red Data Book for Cuban Vertebrates). This New York Times article summarizes the current status of travel to Cuba. We still can’t just buy a plane ticket and go.

Cuba 229

Cuba Birds United States 2000 229

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . I returned home with very mixed feelings, which have spurred this article. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008.

Ghana 191

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 191