Critter News

AUGUST 14, 2009

Detectives seized 200 products believed to be made from endangered animals including musk deer, leopards and tigers. The raid took place on the day an amendment to the law controlling illegal trade in endangered species came into effect.

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illegal Wildlife Endangered Species Trafficking 100

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JULY 9, 2015

These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc. If they can survive next to such neigbours, how come they are endangered? Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. Only in protected areas in southern and central India (e.g.

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Tigers India Dogs Snow Leopard 238

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JULY 16, 2013

An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. Their numbers have declined so rapidly that a paltry 10 percent of the pre-20th century population remains (read Adam Riley’s post on Africa’s endangered species ). And I recently returned to my home-town to get reacquainted with these little beauties.

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Penguins South Africa Africa Sharks 215

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JUNE 28, 2018

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. Even with today’s environmental laws, we are losing species at an alarming rate, and with Ryan Zinke as Interior Secretary it’s no wonder. A newly created U.S. A newly created U.S.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 111