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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Central African Republic Protection Sea Turtles Rhinos 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

she shot a rhino (auctioned for conservation). Shot a rhino? People, they argue, are more important than bugs, and besides, the money will help pay to protect other conservation land. On the other hand, I’m pretty dubious about shooting rhinos for conservation. she’s Texan. Sustainable hunting doesn’t.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 168

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. With an estimated 200 to 300 individuals left in the wild, the Cross River Gorilla (CR) ( Gorilla gorilla diehli ) has been hunted to near extinction. A newly created U.S.

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