Critter News
AUGUST 30, 2009
Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species inhabit the Bahamas, and previously it was legal to kill any sea turtle species found there except one, the hawksbill. Now, they are all protected. Tags: turtles Bahamas endangered species. About time.
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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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
In addition to these changes in classification and distribution, there are larger issues that may play a role in the overall future of the Galápagos as a protected area; conservationists are facing increasing pressure from the tourism industry and the international fishing industry. Some finches, like Mangrove Finch, have become elusive.
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 9, 2010
See OCEANS, Save Oceans ” is an initiative developed with The Nature Conservancy where a portion of each ticket sold for the film’s opening week April 22-28 will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas. “We The Nature Conservancy and its more than 1 million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
The program has been successful enough that some of the birds have been released back into protected areas in California, Arizona, and across the border in Baja, but the species is still far from out of the woods. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds. Old Wold Vultures.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Up until recently, the only environmental issue that has been found news worthy has been the protection of the large number of sea turtles that come to these beaches to nest. Little has been said about the small yellow bird which lives in the marsh grass and reeds of the Todos Santos Lagoon.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2013
Discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1513, the islands were named after the numerous sea turtles that were collected for food by the first European explorers (tortugas) and the fact that there is no freshwater on the island (dry).
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