Critter News

MARCH 1, 2010

I know people will whine about why she didn't leave the money to human causes, but I'm proud that she did it. I get so tired of people calling for money to human charities. Humans control the frigging WORLD. That's a problem with humans as a species, not with specific people like this woman. Grrrrrr!!!!

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

We all know that it's not the sea lions' fault that the salmon runs are either threatened or endangered. It's the humans' fault through overharvesting, the use of fish hatcheries, hydropower dams (like Bonneville) and the decimation of habitat. But we don't euthanize humans for that, do we?

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Critter News

JULY 24, 2009

To me, eating apes of any kind is akin to human cannibalism. Tags: africa bush meat congo gorillas endangered species cameroon. At least there are activists in African countries themselves that are working to stop this practice.

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Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2009

The national lion population has been falling by an average of 100 per year for the last seven years due to a combination of factors, particularly human-wildlife conflict, destruction of habitats, climate change, disease and increase in human population. Tags: africa Kenya lion endangered species.

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Critter News

JULY 26, 2009

Sometimes I'm just embarrassed to be human. Tags: wildlife crime vietnam wildlife trafficking Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers endangered species. From EcoWorldly.the frozen carcass of a baby tiger was found in the trunk of a taxi cab on its way to a buyer in Hanoi. The baby tiger was between four and five months old.

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Critter News

AUGUST 21, 2008

Michigan's removal of the bald eagle and gray wolf from the list will be the most significant change in species protection the state has seen in years. Killing would be permitted only if a wolf posed a direct threat to humans. Tags: bald eagle Gray Wolf us endangered species.

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species. Any animal threatened with a gun or arrow is endangered. Hunters kill members of endangered species. Tags: Books Ethics Language.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

It's a TLC show about humans that adopt monkeys and treat them as their children. There are hundreds of videos on the Internet of proud parents enjoying their monkeys, and an estimated 15,000 monkeys live with humans as pets or surrogate children in the United States. Thanks to Chimpanzee Information for pointing this travesty out.

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Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

Tags: malawi africa animal rescue elephants endangered species. To bring this desperate situation into sharp focus, our team on the ground reports that one of the elephants darted this morning is missing the bottom portion of her trunk - probably as a result of a snare.".

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

TRAVERSE CITY - State officials say they're not pleased with a federal court's ruling overturning the government's decision to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list for the Great Lakes region. It's in response to a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups, including The Humane Society of the United States.

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Critter News

MAY 29, 2009

The tourism revenue creates an incentive for Uganda to protect the endangered species at the same time that it contributes to human welfare. Tags: developing countries africa economic development ecotourism uganda gorillas. This is a kind of symbiotic relationship that only benefits both members of the relationship.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

However, persecution by humans and loss of prey virtually eliminated the wolf from its natural habitat. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act and a successful reintroduction program in which NWF played a major role, the wolf is thriving again in the Yellowstone and Great Lakes areas. Tags: random stuff.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada. Consumptive & Non-consumptive Users.

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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. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The fish owl is an endangered species, and before Slaght’s work, very little was known about it, especially in Russia. (It There is a survival lesson here to, for both owls and humans, and I’ll leave that vague, so you won’t be ‘spoiled.’ So, Blakiston’s Fish Owl it was. 01, 2021.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 25, 2010

An Animal Person reader wrote me with the following question: There are many species of cichlids in Lake Victoria that are on the verge of extinction, and most are hardy and small enough to be kept in an aquarium. The answer to that question could, for some, be dependent upon whether the endangering is our doing.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

About Animal Defenders International (ADI): With offices in Los Angeles, London and Bogota, Animal Defenders International (ADI) campaigns to protect animals in entertainment; replacement of animals in experiments; worldwide traffic in endangered species; vegetarianism; factory farming; pollution and conservation.

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