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Turtles on threatened species list
Sydney :: Australia | 10 months ago
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The federal government will on Sunday put the world's largest sea turtle on the threatened species list. Fairfax newspapers say the leatherback turtle will now be classed as endangered. Environment Minister Peter Garrett will assess any coastal or marine...
Tags: turtle, leatherback turtle, Peter Garrett, species list, sea turtle, largest sea, threatened species, endangered species, minister peter, environment minister
Australian Broadcasting Company: Dingo protected in Victoria
Victoria :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Dingo protected in Victoria Posted October 24, 2008 14:50:00 Updated October 24, 2008 15:03:00 The Victorian Government has moved to declare the dingo a protected species. New research says that the animal is on the brink of extinction in the state.
Tags: Victoria, threatened species
Quarter of world's mammals facing extinction
Barcelona :: Spain | about 1 year ago
Credibility 0 Updated October 7, 2008 08:20:00 A survey by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has found that a quarter of the world's mammals are at risk of extinction. The Red List of Threatened Species is published in the journal Science and...
Tags: extinct, species, scientists, animals, face extinction, red list, director general, threatened species
More sharks added to list of threatened species
Berlin :: Germany | about 1 year ago
Credibility An international environmental group has added three sharks and a ray to a list of species threatened with extinction, saying the animals risk being wiped out. The study released Thursday concluded that 11 species of sharks and rays that swim primarily...
Tags: threatened species
Governor: Alaska to challenge polar bear listing
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Polar bears to be protected species The announcement drew a strong response from the primary author of the listing petition. "She's either grossly misinformed or intentionally misleading, and both are unbecoming," said Kassie Siegel of the Center for...
Tags: polar bear, Sarah Palin, polar bears, Alaskan, Alaska Assistant, global warming, ice, threatened species, bears listing, challenging polar
Burgeoning Polar Bear Population Listed as Threatened
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Even though polar bears have more than doubled in number in recent decades, the federal government has decided to list the bears as a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said at a press conference...
Tags: polar bears, environment, endangered species, U.S, Canada, threatened species, sea ice, global warming, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, interior secretary
U.S. Moves to Protect Polar Bears
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The American government has declared the polar bear a threatened species, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Wednesday cited dramatic declines in sea ice over...
Tags: polar bears, Interior Dirk Kempthorne, sea ice, threatened species, global warming, endangered species, Interior Department, secretary dirk, interior secretary, species act
U.S. group calls on Canada to list polar bears as threatened
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility CT An American environmental activist group says it wants Canada to follow suit if the U.S. lists polar bears as a threatened species. With the U.S. government expected to announce within weeks whether to grant the bears protection as a threatened species...
Tags: polar bear, global warming, polar bears, U.S, Canada, threatened species
New proposal for lynx habitat: 43,000 square miles in 6 states
Denver :: CO :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Federal wildlife managers have dramatically increased the amount of land they want to designate as critical habitat for the Canada lynx, a threatened species...Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it wants to designate 42,753 square miles in six
Tags: square miles, critical habitat, Canada Lynx Habitat, federal wildlife, wildlife managers, threatened species, Wildlife Service
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