Critter News
AUGUST 18, 2008
Tania Julie Siyam, a 32-year-old Canadian art dealer, has been sentenced to serve 60 months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for illegally smuggling ivory from Cameroon to the United States. Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife officials from Environment Canada and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Cleveland, Ohio.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
The name Peregrine means “wanderer,” and northern-nesting Peregrines are among North America’s long-distance migratory species, some moving 25,000 kilometers every year. With the help of a captive breeding program, the Peregrine bounced back, and in 1999, they were removed from the Endangered Species List.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
The adults of most species will still care for the chicks no matter how much you touch them. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Above are Canada Goose goslings. If the nest was in a bird house, open the house and check the damage.
Animal Ethics
MARCH 29, 2008
Earlier this month, NASA released new satellite photographs showing continued illegal cutting of the Mexican fir forests where virtually all of eastern North America’s monarch butterflies spend the winter. Migratory birds protect forests and crops from insect pests; butterflies, bats and other migratory species are important pollinators.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2024
The black geese – Brent/Brant, Canada, Barnacle – show a little more variety, but there’s only one goose that really stands out for its striking plumage, and that’s the appropriately named Red-breasted. As the BTO notes, wild vagrants are usually found mixed in with Brent and Barnacle – both typical carrier species.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
The simple answer is monetary gain, there is a global black market for these items, regardless of the species’ vulnerability for extinction. Waller, who gave one interview to Hammer, adamantly denies any illegal connection to Lendrum, despite allegations made by Mullins. ” [loc.3014, 3014, Kindle ed.]
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