Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

He was caught at an airport with about 70 live animals, including at least three different endangered species and eight inch-long Caiman crocodiles. The article says most are okay , but in varying stages of health. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime reptiles crocodile south africa endangered species.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Read the rest of the article in the Courthouse News Service. They sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for excluding captive killer whales from listing under the Endangered Species Act. Animal-rights activists claim an orca is being held in an "inadequate tank" in the Miami Seaquarium.

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Critter News

JULY 20, 2009

Organized crime is also heavily involved in trafficking of rhino products and other endangered species'. This statement in the USA Today article says it all. Tags: organized crime wildlife crime Traditional Chinese Medicine poaching rhino endangered species.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

This article says India is losing more than one a day. Tags: India leopard endangered species. You don't hear much about leopards. Tigers are the ones getting most of the attention. But they are seriously threatened by extinction too.

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Critter News

MAY 18, 2010

Very upsetting article. Tags: ivory wildlife trafficking extinction poaching elephants endangered species.

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Critter News

AUGUST 8, 2009

Now that the species is listed in the US as "threatened," hunters can't import the dead body parts (aka hunting "trophies") in from Canada. Here's the article from the Globe and Mail. Here's the article from the Globe and Mail. Tags: canada blood sport polar bear hunting trophy hunting endangered species.

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Critter News

JANUARY 6, 2009

Good long article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the mountain gorillas in Virunga. Tags: virunga congo gorillas endangered species.

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Critter News

APRIL 8, 2010

I came across this British article from 2008. The psychological impact of over-hunting on the highly intelligent and sociable animals has been identified as the latest threat to the survival of the species. Tags: norway iceland whales Japan whaling endangered species. From the Daily Mail.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

For the rest of the article, go to this TRAFFIC link. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china endangered species. I wish I could say something inspiring or hopeful, but it's hard to feel that way when you read these kinds of stories.

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Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2009

This article talks about the specific situation in Kenya. Tags: africa Kenya lion endangered species. I've been reading a lot about threatened elephants and primate populations in Africa and wondered about lions. One rarely hears about how they are doing. But, unfortunately, they are in trouble too.

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Critter News

MAY 4, 2009

Here is an article about it. Tags: wildlife crime smuggling trafficking congo gorillas endangered species. She is thought to be about two years old, was hidden at the bottom of a bag and covered with clothes when Congolese Wildlife Authority officers arrested the suspected trafficker at Goma airport.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders? One may say so.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

Marlborough Sounds has a pretty special endemic, the King Shag , a species that isn’t just endemic to New Zealand but endemic to just the Sounds. The reason Alan had come was to film another endemic, a critically endangered species, the Orange-fronted Parakeet. A colour-banded South Island Robin.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

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.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Navarro’s exceptional drawings illustrate the species accounts. Forty-eight species. Compare, for example, the species account illustration of the Cuban Trogon with the photo that opens up the introductory chapter. The luxury of space means that each species can be shown from various angles and in distinctive poses.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

The following section on Habitats serves to provide the larger picture, frameworks in which to root the hundreds of individual species to follow. Text is necessarily brief, focusing in on what you need to know in order to separate out one species from another. A different colored tab and page edge denotes each chapter.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 23, 2008

To the Editor: In his past comments about protecting animals and nature, Pope Benedict XVI is building upon the Roman Catholic Church’s tradition of promoting faithful stewardship of all creatures (“ A Cat Lover in the Vatican Strikes a Chord With Cat Lovers Around the World ,” news article, April 20).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2022

The content of Birding was daunting, with detailed articles distinguishing seemingly identical birds. Virtually all of the identification articles are geared towards world-class ID experts. Such articles are fine, of course, but not at the expense of all content for beginning and intermediate birders.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2019

These hurricanes prompted a personal interest in the impact of hurricanes on birds, so I did some research, which ultimately led to an article in the April 2018 issue of Birding magazine. Species with small ranges ( e.g. , single island endemics) or tiny populations ( e.g. , endangered species) are especially vulnerable.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In addition to my monthly posts here, I have also written short pieces and feature articles that rely on bird-related scientific literature. Other papers are locked behind paywalls.) That research ultimately led to an article about the conservation efforts regarding the Laysan Duck in the June 2017 issue of Birding.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. An out-of-range Kölsch from the Pacific Northwest.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

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 endangered species for death. She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Birds and Booze News: Night Lizard Brewery in Santa Barbara, California is making news with its commitment to environmental activism, as related in this article in the Antioch University Odyssey.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2011

In addition to this tight clustering of related parakeets, the genus also had two species in the far-flung Society Islands (now in French Polynesia). These species, recorded by early European explorers, are now sadly extinct, but the disjunct distribution is something of a mystery. of the Yellow-crowned Parakeet.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

My best bird of the year is based on the sighting rather than the species. The deadline for this article is the day I start a three week trip in Borneo. Only trouble is, which of the seven species I saw this year do I pick? It’s still a Red List species which makes for a pretty exciting find once you put glass on them.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. I returned home with very mixed feelings, which have spurred this article.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

I have done a couple of Q&A posts with authors of articles I have found interesting: “ eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds? ” And I dipped a toe into academic ornithology, reading a journal article and (virtually) attending a conference. and “ eBird and Urban Planning: City Green Spaces.”

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

I have done a couple of Q&A posts with authors of articles I have found interesting: “ eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds? ” And I dipped a toe into academic ornithology, reading a journal article and (virtually) attending a conference. and “ eBird and Urban Planning: City Green Spaces.”

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2017

One might assume that construction of a border wall through a sensitive national wildlife refuge would be prevented, or at least slowed, by a thicket of lawsuits under statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The cases are listed below.) Two appeals to the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It would also consider cost, design, location, and other variables, such as the impact on the environment, including endangered species. This article by the Border Patrol identifies some of the technologies used in Arizona and this New York Times article looks at technology used in Texas.).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2024

It is about as yellow-rumped as the Narcissus Flycatcher – the Chinese name which translates as “white-browed flycatcher” is a bit better at highlighting the difference between the two species. Other species in the same esthetic vein (smallish, cute, colorful) included the Siberian Rubythroat.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2017

According to the article , “As one of the top birding destinations in the United States, the refuge attracts more than 165,000 visitors each year and generates an estimated $462 million to the local economy. Home to over 400 species of birds, 450 types of native plants, half of the U.S. The list goes on and on.

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