Critter News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Seal tourism brings in more revenue for the African country than the seal hunt. Each year, up to 85,000 seals are killed in Namibia to make just a few dollars from their furs, when they would be worth so much more to the Namibian economy alive," said Claire Bass, WSPA International Oceans Campaign Leader.

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MAY 9, 2012

For example on my trip to Australia earlier this year I borrowed the car one day to drive to Ku-Ring-Gai National Park, a location that proved fruitful for Clare later in the year. The objective wasn’t even birds, it was fur seals. The day was sunny and calm (a novelty), and the time of year is right for seals.

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APRIL 17, 2013

This Short-tailed Shearwater is a passage visitor from Australia, on its way up to see America! The rocks here are particularly good for New Zealand Fur-seals, but we also saw Variable Oystercatchers , Black-fronted Terns, Caspian Terns , White-fronted Terns, Red-billed Gulls and Kelp Gulls. A New Zealand Fur-seal.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This makes it a particularly exciting time in New Zealand as the Rugby World Cup begins in two days, and the competition is being held right here in New Zealand (I would imagine they might be more excited if they hadn’t just lost two matches to Australia and South Africa, their big rivals in the Tri-Nations).

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APRIL 12, 2020

If you live in Australia you can contribute to science with the Wild Pollinator Count , which runs from April 12th-19th and only requires ten minutes of your time watching a plant! Another activity that anybody anywhere in the world can contribute too is becoming a Seal Spotter. You can follow their migration daily now on this website.

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