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  • July 2008

    • Battle Rages Over Culling Mustang Herd

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 20, 08 8:27 AM CDT

      Battle Rages Over Culling Mustang Herd

      In the debate over how to deal with America's wild mustang herds, both sides claim to have the animals' best interests at heart. Federal agency officials tasked with protecting the horses say the most humane—and economical—course is to euthanize some so the rest don't starve. But activists see more sinister motivations, reports the New York Times. More »

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      animal rights  • wildlife  • drought  • euthanasia  • Bureau of Land Management  • mustang

    • UN Approves China to Buy Ivory

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 16, 08 5:29 AM CDT

      UN Approves China to Buy Ivory

      China has been given a green light to begin importing African ivory by a UN body that banned the sale 10 years ago, a decision that has infuriated conservation groups, the Daily Telegraph reports. African states say they need to sell stockpiles of ivory from elephants that are culled or die of natural causes in order to fund conservation efforts. Critics believe the move will encourage poaching and put more pressure on endangered elephant populations. More »

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      China  • Africa  • endangered species  • conservation  • wildlife  • elephant  • cull  • ivory

    • Gov't Is Mucking Up Mustang's Fate

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jul 2, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      Gov't Is Mucking Up Mustang's Fate

      The cash-strapped Bureau of Land Management is considering culling the wild horse population in the West, and at least one equine advocate is not pleased, Newsweek reports. In an interview, expert and author Deanne Stillman calls the plan to reduce the population of 30,000 wild and 33,000 corralled mustangs by more than half “shocking.” More »

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      wildlife  • horse  • euthanasia  • western United States  • Bureau of Land Management  • mustang

  • May 2008

    • Wildlife Populations Plunging

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 16, 08 8:25 AM CDT

      Wildlife Populations Plunging

      Humanity is rapidly wiping out the planet's species, sending wildlife populations plunging, the BBC reports. Pollution, habitat loss, and overfishing have cut wildlife numbers as much as a third since 1970 and wipe out 1% of species each year. One of the "great extinction episodes" in Earth's history also spells serious trouble for humanity, warned the director of the World Wildlife Fund. More »

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      environment  • animal  • endangered species  • wildlife  • extinction  • biodiversity  • threatened species  • World Wildlife Fund

  • April 2008

    • Bison on Comeback Trail

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Apr 30, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      Bison on Comeback Trail

      Once facing extinction in North America, bison are well on their way to a stunning comeback, LiveScience reports. After commercial hunting and habitat loss reduced their population to less than 1,100, the estimated bison population is approaching 500,000—thanks in large part to conservation efforts started more than a century ago by the American Bison Society and the Bronx Zoo. More »

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      Canada  • Alaska  • conservation  • wildlife  • ranch  • bison

    • Resident Hawk Claws Fenway Park Visitor

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Apr 4, 08 10:50 AM CDT

      Resident Hawk Claws Fenway Park Visitor

      A red-tailed hawk swooped down and attacked a 13-year-old girl at Fenway Park yesterday, the Boston Globe reports. Though the hawk scratched her scalp and drew blood, the girl is okay. “She’s fine, a little shaken,” said her teacher. But what really drew attention to the unfortunate eighth-grader is her name: Alexa Rodriguez, only a letter away from the much-hated Yankee. More »

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      baseball  • Boston Red Sox  • Alex Rodriguez  • wildlife  • Fenway Park  • hawk

  • March 2008

    • Hunters Take Aim at Gray Wolf

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 29, 08 9:35 PM CDT

      Hunters Take Aim at Gray Wolf

      Hunters in the northern Rockies will soon take aim at a rare target—the gray wolf. The animal lost its protected species status in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming yesterday, and wildlife agencies in the region are looking to reduce the population by granting hunting licenses for the first time since 1973. An estimated 1,500 gray wolves now roam the region. More »

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      endangered species  • Idaho  • wildlife  • Montana  • hunting  • Wyoming  • Endangered Species Act  • Rocky Mountains  • gray wolf

    • Deadly Disease Ravaging Bats

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 25, 08 5:57 AM CDT

      Deadly Disease Ravaging Bats

      A mysterious syndrome is wiping out colonies of hibernating bats and baffling biologists, the New York Times reports. Experts don't know what causes the "white nose syndrome" or how it spreads, but they warn that bat populations in the Northeast are being devastated. Field researchers report bats flying out of caves in the middle of the day and dying in the snow. Some 90% of hibernating bats in four New York caves studied have died. More »

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      endangered species  • wildlife  • biologists  • caves  • hibernation  • bats

    • Pygmy Hippos Found in Liberia

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 10, 08 10:27 AM CDT

      Pygmy Hippos Found in Liberia

      Rare pygmy hippos have been videotaped in the forests of Liberia, proving to a team of zoologists that the rare and elusive mammal has survived through two civil wars, illegal logging, and poaching thought to have wiped it out. Less than 3,000 pygmy hippos, which look like normal hippos only smaller, still live in their natural habitat, the BBC reports. More »

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      endangered species  • civil war  • wildlife  • Liberia  • Zoological Society of London  • hippopotamus

    • States Aim for Young Hunters

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 8, 08 8:40 AM CST

      States Aim for Young Hunters

      West Virginia is trying to reverse a decline in hunting by bringing it into the classroom, the New York Times reports. The state, which has seen a 20% drop in hunting permits in the last decade, has passed a bill allowing hunting education in schools where enough students express interest. “For us, guns and hunting was a way of life,” said a gun shop owner. “A lot of places seem to be losing that, and we need to bring it back.” More »

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      gun control  • wildlife  • hunting  • West Virginia  • hunters

  • February 2008

    • Pumas Prowl Midwest

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 22, 08 7:42 PM CST

      Pumas Prowl Midwest

      Pumas, normally prowlers of the Rocky Mountains, are slowly pushing east, ecologists say, which has led to a rash of sightings throughout the Midwest. Wisconsin just had its first confirmed puma sighting in over a century, and since 1990 the big cats have cropped up in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Iowa  • Illinois  • Minnesota  • Wisconsin  • Missouri  • Midwest  • wildlife  • Great Plains  • Big Cats

    • Protections End for Gray Wolf

      newser  |  National Geographic  |  Feb 22, 08 5:06 AM CST

      Protections End for Gray Wolf

      The gray wolf has been taken off the endangered species list in a multi-state area of the northern Rocky Mountains, National Geographic reports. "The wolves are back," said an official of the Department of the Interior. Just 66 of the animals were reintroduced to the region in 1996 and there are over 1,500 today. Environmental groups say it's too soon to take away the wolves' protection and believe many will soon be killed by hunters. More »

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      endangered species  • conservation  • Idaho  • wildlife  • Montana  • Wyoming  • Endangered Species Act  • Rocky Mountains  • gray wolf

  • December 2007

    • Scientists Spot 6 Giraffe Species

      newser  |  BBC  |  Dec 24, 07 3:40 AM CST

      Scientists Spot 6 Giraffe Species

      Giraffes had long been thought to be one species with several subspecies, but researchers now believe they have identified six distinct species—some of which are on the brink of extinction, reports the BBC. Only 160 Nigerian giraffes remain. But there's hope the researchers' find will spur greater conservation efforts. More »

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      evolution  • wildlife  • nature  • giraffes

    • Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 23, 07 7:45 AM CST

      Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

      Officials are searching for the thugs who skinned and beheaded a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China. The female carcass—missing its head, legs and skin—was found outside its pen in Yichang City in Hubei province. Four homemade anesthetic rifles lay nearby. "It is highly possible that the killers anesthetized the tiger, opened the cage and then dragged the animal out and butchered it," said one official. More »

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      China  • zoo  • animal cruelty  • wildlife  • tigers  • World Wildlife Fund  • Siberian tigers

  • November 2007

    • SF Oil Cleanup Gases Up, Volunteers Rebuffed

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Nov 11, 07 6:44 AM CST

      SF Oil Cleanup Gases Up, Volunteers Rebuffed

      As cleanup of the San Francisco oil spill intensifies, so does the frustration of volunteers blocked from pitching in. At least one organizer ended up in handcuffs when his group ignored a park ranger's order to get off a beach and instead scooped up globs of oil. Hundreds of residents who arrived for what they thought were training sessions were told to go home because oil is "hazardous," reports the San Francisco Chronicle. More »

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      oil  • San Francisco  • oil spill  • wildlife  • Coast Guard  • volunteer  • environmental offenses

  • September 2007

    • US Loggerhead Numbers Drop

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 23, 07 6:11 PM CDT

      US Loggerhead Numbers Drop

      The US loggerhead turtle population is waning, and a federal report concludes that commercial fishing is probably to blame, the AP reports. The threatened species gained numbers through the '90s, but now the sea turtle is on the brink of becoming officially endangered. Ocean health advocates are calling for federal funding to research the relationship between the turtles and fishing fleets further. More »

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      endangered species  • wildlife  • threatened species  • marine animal

    • Hunters Take Aim in Wyoming

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 15, 07 4:20 PM CDT

      Hunters Take Aim in Wyoming

      Hunters take aim at a symbol of the American West today, as Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge opens the first buffalo season in almost a decade. Officials say they need to lower the population from 1,200 to 500 because of overgrazing and disease. But killing the once-endangered species has animal groups and locals up in arms, Reuters reports. More »

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      animal rights  • wildlife  • species  • hunting  • Wyoming  • bison

  • August 2007

    • Stranded by War, Forest Yields Treasures

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 8, 07 6:53 PM CDT

      Stranded by War, Forest Yields Treasures

      Scientists have discovered six animal species in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an area closed to scientists for nearly 50 years. The region is rich in biodiversity, Reuters reports, and beyond the bat, rodents, frogs, and shrews found on a brief trip this past winter, the Wildlife Conservation Society may also have discovered new plant species. More »

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      animal  • wildlife  • species  • Democratic Republic of Congo  • ecology  • frogs  • bats

  • July 2007

    • Crikey! Croc Hunter Honored With Reserve

      newser  |  Sydney Morning Herald  |  Jul 23, 07 7:14 AM CDT

      Crikey! Croc Hunter Honored With Reserve

      The late croc hunter Steve Irwin will be remembered with a new wildlife reserve in the Australian Outback established in his honor, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The 135,000 hectares filled with endangered animals and dotted by fragile ecosystems, purchased by the government for $6 million, will be managed by Irwin's family. More »

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      environment  • environmentalism  • wildlife  • stingray

  • June 2007

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