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Life with Jake and the Mozart connection
Nature can be exceptionally cruel. I can’t imagine rejecting an offspring due to physical imperfections, but that is exactly what often happens in the natural world. So, Jake came into my life as a creature destined to die. It was a cheerful...
Tags: Wolfgang Armadeus Mozart, starlings, wildlife conservation, cruelty, nature, instinct, Mozart&, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dogwood&, allnews, Seattle, Jake, looking for him, Delilah Jean Williams (DelilahStarling), Jake&rsquo
Good news for endangered orca whales: two new calves this year
A new addition to the J pod was reported by the Orca Network on Wednesday, November 12, 2009 and that brings a total of two new additions after a calf was spotted with the L pod in June. The southern resident killer whales (orca) were on the decline...
Tags: Orca whales, ESA, Orca Netork, Puget Sound, J-pod, L-pod, wildlife conservation, endangered orcas, green, Seattle, Whale, Chinook salmon, Captive orcas, Springer, Predators, Megafauna, Environment, Killer Whale, orcas whale
Niger giraffes: majestic gentle giants back from the brink of extinction
In the mid 1800's, the West African or Niger giraffes were plentiful in various herds located around the Senegal and Cameroon areas. During the course of the following century horrific droughts, habitat loss, farm land conversion, food scarcity,...
Tags: Africa, Niger giraffes, wildlife conservation, Nigerian government, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Tiger Bush, West African, Albert II, conservation efforts, Niger River, green, Niger, Keita, Prince of Monaco, West African Giraffe, Somali Giraffe, Lion, Giraffes, Environment, Nigerian, Julian Fennessy
Obama's Interior Salazar poised to be worse than Bush on species protection
In a report released on November 6th, 2009, by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the annual Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR) revealed a dismal record of the Obama administration for protecting species under the Endangered Species Act. Secretary of Interior,...
Tags: Obama, Salazar, ESA, Bush, Clinton, wildlife conservation, White House
Good news bad news for Arizona's extinct prairie dogs: do the math!
We only need to look at Arizona, a state where black-tailed prairie dogs have not been seen for over 50 years--until a reinstatement program was launched last year—to know that extinction is a very real possibility for prairie dogs. They disappeared...
Tags: Black-tailed prairie dogs, ESA, Arizona Fish and Game, Biologists, Wildlife conservation, Obama, Bush, Gale Norton, Ken Salazar, Nuts the squirrel, extinct
Squirrel made famous in couple's photograph is cousin to imperiled prairie dogs
The world has gone nuts over a photograph taken by a couple, as they posed for their camera. The Richardson ground squirrel nick-named “Rocky”, was captured in the photo by Jackson and Melissa Brandts, as they vacationed at Banff National...
Tags: Squirrel, Banff National Park, prairie dogs, wildlife conservation, ESA
State Wildlife officials considering Burmese Python ban
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
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The state's top wildlife officials told Gov. Charlie Crist today that they are considering a ban on Burmese pythons. The non-native species has drawn much attention after a pet python killed a 2-year-old Sumter County girl last month and officials announced...
Tags: south Florida, Southwest Florida, Burmese Python, Charlie Crist, Wildlife Conservation, wildlife officials, county girl, pet pythons, pythons ban, Nina Turlington
Hunt on for men who shot ducks from car window
Regina :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility A video posted on YouTube shows men firing a rifle at ducks swimming in a pond. (YouTube) Wildlife officials in Western Canada are looking for three men who posted a YouTube video showing them shooting ducks, sometimes from a moving car.
Tags: YouTube, wildlife officials, youtube video, wildlife conservation
Florida ready to call out 'python posse'
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Florida wildlife officials say they could have as many as 20 seasoned trappers ready to roll if they get the green light for a python roundup. The idea of a "python posse" was raised by Sen. Bill Nelson , D-Fla., after an escaped pet python killed a child.
Tags: Florida authorizes python, Florida Fish, Everglades National Park, conservation commission, pythons hunt, wildlife conservation, pythons posse, pets pythons, Bill Nelson, wildlife officials
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officers to get a Western look
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 19, 2008 When Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officers report to work Monday, they will be sporting a new look. New silver and gold badges will have a six-pointed star in a circle...Straw versions...
Tags: florida fish, wildlife conservation, conservation commission
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