Local News | Grazing on public land: helpful to ranchers, but harmful to habitat? | Seattle Times Newspaper:
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Sunday 30 September 2012
Killer whales put on rare and amazing show for boaters off Mexico
Killer whales put on rare and amazing show for boaters off Mexico: "Boaters off the Baja California city of Loreto on Friday were treated to a very rare and magical sight: large killer whales playfully riding in the wakes created by a 70-foot yacht they were riding aboard"
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The Fate of the Famed Denali National Park Wolves May Depend on an Emergency Hunting Ban
The Fate of the Famed Denali National Park Wolves May Depend on an Emergency Hunting Ban: "Because of the deaths of the pack's two main breeding females, no offspring were produced this year"
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Saturday 29 September 2012
Friday 28 September 2012
Utah conservationists ask Interior Secretary not to de-list wolves. | The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah conservationists ask Interior Secretary not to de-list wolves. | The Salt Lake Tribune: "In a letter to Salazar, the conservationists say they are concerned with a planned de-listing of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list across the lower 48 states. In addition, they fear for the health of the Mexican gray wolf population that straddles the line between northern Arizona and New Mexico."
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The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Energy & Environment : CBI probe ordered into attacks on rhinos
The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Energy & Environment : CBI probe ordered into attacks on rhinos: "Two more rhinoceroses were shot at by poachers in the Kaziranga National Park on Thursday in two separate incidents. These took place in Karbi Anglong district, one near Kuthori around 4.15 a.m. and the other around 12.30 p.m. in the Jagadamba tea estate. The poachers took away the horns of the rhinos."
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Thursday 27 September 2012
washington wolf attacks mount 092012
washington wolf attacks mount 092012: "The wolves in the Wedge Wolf Pack are now dining almost exclusively on beef, according to a northeastern Washington cattle rancher"
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Wedge Pack Wolves Caught On Camera, January 2012. Continue To Oppose Their Slaughter!! « Howling For Justice
Wedge Pack Wolves Caught On Camera, January 2012. Continue To Oppose Their Slaughter!! « Howling For Justice: "Wedge Pack Wolves Caught On Camera, January 2012. Continue To Oppose Their Slaughter!!"
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Wednesday 26 September 2012
Japan eyes at least 10 years whaling with ship refit
Japan eyes at least 10 years whaling with ship refit: "The ageing 8,000-ton Nisshin Maru needs a major overhaul, the agency said, but stressed the refit will be finished in time for this season's hunt."
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Nueces Bay island gets boost for nesting birds » Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Nueces Bay island gets boost for nesting birds » Corpus Christi Caller-Times: "The birds that nest on Causeway Island in Nueces Bay soon will get a rise in their roost.
The highly visible expanding island west of the elevated U.S. Highway 181 causeway is being enhanced as part of a partnership involving the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Cheniere Energy, the Port of Corpus Christi and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
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The highly visible expanding island west of the elevated U.S. Highway 181 causeway is being enhanced as part of a partnership involving the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Cheniere Energy, the Port of Corpus Christi and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
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Urban coyotes never stray: New study finds 100 percent monogamy
Urban coyotes never stray: New study finds 100 percent monogamy: "Coyotes living in cities don't ever stray from their mates, and stay with each other till death do them part, according to a new study."
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Monitoring marine mammals
Monitoring marine mammals: "PAMBuoy, a new instrument to detect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, and provide immediate alerts during the development of offshore wind, wave and tidal installations."
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A Friend of Wolves for Decades | Earthjustice
A Friend of Wolves for Decades | Earthjustice: "Since our founding more than four decades ago, Earthjustice has fought to protect hundreds of special places and wildlife species. And while every victory that preserves a national park or saves an endangered species is a significant accomplishment, some animals we defend are iconic symbols of the wild. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the case of the Northern Rockies gray wolves."
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Tuesday 25 September 2012
Monday 24 September 2012
$3.2M hospital on Big Island will break ground, cater to seriously ill monk seals - Mauinews.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Visitor's Information - The Maui News
"HONOLULU - Hawaiian monk seals can't get a break.
The animals often become entangled in abandoned fishing nets or accidentally caught on fishing hooks. As pups, they sometimes have a hard time competing with sharks and large jacks, or ulua, for food.
It's all putting the species numbering less than 1,100 animals on course to disappear within 100 years."
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The animals often become entangled in abandoned fishing nets or accidentally caught on fishing hooks. As pups, they sometimes have a hard time competing with sharks and large jacks, or ulua, for food.
It's all putting the species numbering less than 1,100 animals on course to disappear within 100 years."
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Shrinking snow depth on Arctic sea ice threatens ringed seal habitat
Shrinking snow depth on Arctic sea ice threatens ringed seal habitat: "As sea ice in the Arctic continues to shrink during this century, more than two thirds of the area with sufficient snow cover for ringed seals to reproduce also will disappear, challenging their survival, scientists report in a new study. The ringed seal,"
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Wolf populations in the Lower Peninsula sparse, but up from decades ago - petoskeynews.com
Wolf populations in the Lower Peninsula sparse, but up from decades ago - petoskeynews.com: "While wolf sightings in Northern Lower Michigan are rare, there have been scattered reports and trail camera videos over the last decade. The gray wolf, the species that once flourished here, was effectively eliminated for almost 80 years because of over-hunting and habitat destruction."
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Humans may be loving one type of shark too much - The Washington Post
Humans may be loving one type of shark too much - The Washington Post: "Whale sharks, a threatened species that can grow as big as a bus, have become so wildly popular with tourists that scientists, environmentalists and even eco-tourism operators are calling for new limits on human contact."
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Helping Hands for Wolves
Helping Hands for Wolves: "Stephen Capra, executive director of the Alliance, says the wolf suffers due to longstanding myths, subsidized grazing on public lands, and politicians. The cattle growers pressure Republicans about the wolves and the Democrats have remained silent on the issue, Capra says."
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Remarkable new monkey discovered in remote Congo rainforest
Remarkable new monkey discovered in remote Congo rainforest: "In a massive, wildlife-rich, and largely unexplored rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), researchers have made an astounding discovery: a new monkey species, known to locals as the 'lesula'."
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Sunday 23 September 2012
White Wolf: Cry endangered wolf? Not in Wyoming. Gray wolf back from near extinction
White Wolf: Cry endangered wolf? Not in Wyoming. Gray wolf back from near extinction: "The gray wolf population in Wyoming has grown enough to be removed from the endangered species list and will stop receiving federal protection next month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday."
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Saturday 22 September 2012
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Sunday 16 September 2012
Wolf hunters flock to trapping certification class in Billings
Wolf hunters flock to trapping certification class in Billings: "BILLINGS - Marshall Tate said that a few years ago he’d be deep in the backcountry elk hunting on a day like Saturday.
“But here I am — an elk-hunting guide in a wolf-trapping class. Wolves have basically put the outfitter out of business.”"
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“But here I am — an elk-hunting guide in a wolf-trapping class. Wolves have basically put the outfitter out of business.”"
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Friday 14 September 2012
Friday 7 September 2012
Wisconsin Wolf Hunt to Continue Despite Dog Ban, State Says - ICTMN.com
Wisconsin Wolf Hunt to Continue Despite Dog Ban, State Says - ICTMN.com: "Tribes fighting to save Wisconsin wolves from hunters scored a victory when a judge temporarily banned the use of dogs for the purpose, the Associated Press reports. However, the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said the hunt will proceed, without the dogs."
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Monday 3 September 2012
Killing Wolves: A Product of Alberta’s Big Oil and Gas Boom by Ed Struzik: Yale Environment 360
Killing Wolves: A Product of Alberta’s Big Oil and Gas Boom by Ed Struzik: Yale Environment 360: "The development of the tar sands and other oil and gas fields in Alberta has carved up the Canadian province's boreal forest, threatening herds of woodland caribou. But rather than protect caribou habitat, officials have taken a controversial step: the large-scale killing of the wolves that prey on the caribou."
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Nevada wildlife refuge to remove all wild horses « Tuesday's Horse
Nevada wildlife refuge to remove all wild horses « Tuesday's Horse: "RENO – (Sept. 2, 2012) — Federal officials have approved a management plan for the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Nevada that calls for the removal of all wild horses and burros from it within five years."
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