Critter News

JUNE 19, 2010

The tortoise- and drug-filled bags had come in on 1 June on an Air Mauritius flight and were discovered by Customs officers at the airport. The tortoises, all still alive, have been handed over to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) which is making arrangements for their return to Madagascar, news reports said.

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Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2009

Around 10,000 are bred and exported from Mauritius to the US, UK and Japan. If they think about what's going on and their role in it, then they might actually have to care. Here's a post on the Red, Green and Blue blog about the unspeakable trade in macaque monkeys as research subjects.

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Primates Animal Research Mauritius 100

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Mauritius Night-Heron. Mauritius Owl. They are all as dead as a Dodo but they don’t even have the dignity of being remembered. Olson’s Petrel. Viti Levu Scrubfowl. Maupiti Monarch. Kona Grosbeak. Ryukyu Woodpigeon. North Island Snipe. Guam Flycatcher. Eight more birds. Eight that I had never heard of. Pagan Reed Warbler.

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MARCH 18, 2021

However, this does not apply to the Mauritius Bulbul , which is classified as vulnerable. .” In South Africa`s cape area, the usual approach to handing out bird names is just to add the word cape to the name of a bird family. Thus the Cape Bulbul. Fortunately, most of the bulbuls I have seen so far are not particularly threatened.

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South Africa Birds Species Africa 111

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MAY 10, 2013

The beauty of the Pink Pigeon of Mauritius is matched only by its rarity. So, one could call it rose, rosy, roseate, salmon (see the Salmon-breasted Cockatoo ,) or even coral , if describing the bills of specific scimitar-babblers, ground-cuckoos, or nuthatches but pink serves just as well.

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Birds Lovebirds Pelicans Mauritius 84

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The Dodo lived on Mauritius, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. For much more, see The history of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and the penguin of Mauritius (PDF). These are the lost raphines: Dodo ( Raphus cucullatus ). It gave up flight long, long ago. I also find this model compelling.

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Solomon Islands Species Birds Guinea 111

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JUNE 27, 2014

With their strong flight and capability to disperse, parrots have managed to colonize almost every major island group from Tahiti to Mauritius to Dominica. There are nectar feeders, dedicated frugivores, specialized seed predators and more. There seems to be a parrot for almost any ecological situation.

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MAY 30, 2019

Feature photo of Tom Cade with Mauritius Kestrel by Carl Jones used by permission of The Peregrine Fund. And for that alone, we can be sure our world is richer in the high coursing flight of Peregrines and the man who was determined to bring them into our future.

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Falcons Birds California Condor Alaska 85

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MARCH 18, 2011

Mauritius: birding some less well-known spots Pinch Me… I’m Going to Ecuador! • Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Spring is Coming! Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Prepping For Spring Spring in East Harbour Regional Park.Or These Blasts From The Past Sometimes you just have to smile!

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JULY 11, 2012

Gerald Durrell relates one story in trying to save the endemic herpetofauna of Round Island in Mauritius. But time and again around the world efforts to protect endangered species are opposed by animal rights groups if the problem requires some control of introduced species.

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APRIL 13, 2011

People sometimes question the value of saving critically endangered species , the ones for who all hope seems lost.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The story of the flightless Dodo, discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1598 and killed off by 1700, is sad and familiar. Number 10, Stuffed Dodo at the Horniman Museum, London, c. 1700, is a fake, formed from a plaster cast of a real Dodo head and real Dodo feet combined with chicken wings and Ostrich feathers.

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