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Updated July 30, 2010

                                               
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Mont. officials await test results in bear attack

The Associated Press

... bears and hundreds of less-aggressive black bears live in the Yellowstone area. The grizzlies are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

UN withdraws Galápagos from world heritage danger list

The Guardian

... of invasive species had been tightened. The same meeting added Uganda's tombs of Buganda kings at Kasubi (Uganda) to the list of endangered sites. ...

Seaworld and Busch Gardens grant more than $1 million to help protect animals in need

The Virginia Gazette Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

ORLANDO, FLA â?? Animals in need and endangered species around the world will benefit from more than $1 million in grants awarded by the non-profit SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund.

Toxic Fumes Kill Hero Panda At Chinese Zoo

Sky News

But the death of a panda is of greater concern there because the endangered animals are beloved national symbols. There are only 1590 remaining in the wild, ...

Disaster in the Gulf: The Aftermath of the BP Oil Spill

Examiner.com

All of these turtles are listed on the endangered species list, as stated by Dr. Kirt Rusenko, a marine conservationist with Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in ...

Wolf Recovery Sought Across Country: West Coast, New England, Colorado and ...

Center for Biological Diversity (press release)

The Endangered Species Act requires recovery of endangered animals and plants throughout all significant portions of their range. ...

Dying Sea Turtles Warn of Toxic Gulf

Consortium News

“We have endangered species, Blue Fin tuna, Big Eye tuna, from the Atlantic Ocean, that spawn in the Gulf of Mexico right now. This is a really dwindling ...

African Penguins Newest To Hit Endangered Species List

Care2.com (blog)

... Union for the Conservation of Nature recently changed their status on their Red List from a “vulnerable species” to an “endangered species. ...

Plovers make Cape Codders a most endangered species

Cape Cod Times

Both of them are threats to that never-mentioned endangered species, the Cape Codder. I'd like our Cape returned, beginning with Monomoy. ...

Eco-Dogs

CBS42

Now, they may be the best friends of threatened and endangered animals. There is a new program at Auburn University using specially trained dogs to help ...

China to launch search for panda keepers

Hindustan Times Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:01 PM PDT

Officials at the Chengdu Panda Base are planning to give animal lovers the opportunity to help look after the endangered animals by launching a global search for panda keepers as part of an awareness campaign on the plight of the animals.

Connecting with culture & counting koalas

ABC Radio Australia Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:23 PM PDT

On the Australian Bite this week we travel to remote Western Australia where a local initiative called the Yiriman Project is making a big difference to the indigenous community. We hear how sexual harassment is unfortunately alive and well in Australian workplaces. And we meet one of the people

BP Oil Spill Effect on Wildlife 6/28/10

KOSA

Midland, TX - A local veterinarian says the British Petroleum oil spill has already put four species of turtles on the endangered animals list. ...

Endangered vultures hatch in captivity in India

The Associated Press

The World Conservation Union has listed the three Indian vulture species as critically endangered, the category applied to animals closest to extinction. ...

IWC OKs new quota of indigenous whale hunting for Greenland

istockAnalyst.com (press release)

25, 2010 (Kyodo News International) -- The International Whaling Commission on Friday unanimously approved a new quota for indigenous people to hunt ...

Endangered species in China

Xinhua

These are only three of the more than 2000 animal varieties that are now exhibited in the Wuhan University Animal Specimen Museum. ...

Bushmeat smuggling rife in Europe: report

AFP

PARIS — More than five tonnes of bushmeat from primates, crocodiles and other rare or protected animals are smuggled in luggage through one of Europe's ...

Living with wolves

Oregon Business

More than 1700 wolves now wander in America's Northwest, a sign that the endangered species is recovering its numbers. However, Oregon's cattle industry ...

Oil Spill Update

Citrus Daily

Sperm whales are listed as an endangered species. A total of 449 sea turtles have been verified from April 30 to June 15 within the designated spill area ...

Seven species of Hawaiian bees may be listed as endangered

Hawaii News Now

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The US Fish and Wildlife Service may add seven species of Hawaiian yellow-faced bees under the Endangered Species Act. The ...

Animals That Are Now Lost

Russia-InfoCenter

Darwin Museum of Moscow welcomes visitors – new exhibition “Disappearing World” tells them about extinct and endangered animals. ...

Grizzly bears officially a threatened species in Alberta

Slave River Journal

The decision to reclassify the bears' status came at the behest of the Endangered Species Conservation Committee, a group of stakeholders and a review of ...

Nepal orders investigation into slaughter of rhinos

Daily Telegraph Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:42 PM PDT

Nepal's government is investigating the poaching of rhinos in the Himalayan nation after 28 of the endangered animals were killed over the past 11 months.

Humane Society: More Animal Rescue Workers Needed

WKRG News 5 Mobile Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:06 AM PDT

The President Of The Humane Society Of The United States Says Efforts To Find And Rescue Birds And Other Animals Endangered By The Oil Spill Are Inadequate Wayne...

Why we must try to save oiled birds

CNN

Wildlife at risk from the BP oil spill include five species of threatened or endangered sea turtles, including the most endangered sea turtle in the world, ...

In Search of Gray-Shanked Doucs

New York Times (blog)

They are also one of the most endangered, with only a handful of animals left in the world. We distinguish the three kinds of douc langurs by the colors of ...

Endangered animal blue bull faces extinction in Nepal

People's Daily Online

The extremely endangered animal species, blue bull inhabiting the "sacred" forest of Lumbini in southern Nepal is on the verge of extinction due to poaching ...

Next leaders must seek reasonable wolf plan

Powell Tribune

Without revisions to the current plan, we fear that wolves will remain on the endangered species list for years to come. ...

Wildlife Advocates File Suit to Protect World's Most Endangered Whale

Center for Biological Diversity (press release)

Despite being listed under the Endangered Species Act more than three decades ago, the North Atlantic right whale's population still numbers only around 350 ...

Animals sent to NKorea for business, officials say

Washington Post

No provisions of international law on trade in endangered species were breached, he added. North Korean zoos were paying $900 for a giraffe and $600 for a ...

Woman charged in 'Macho B' jaguar case

Nogales International

“The Endangered Species Act is intended to protect animals like Macho B, who may have been the last living Jaguar in Arizona, from vanishing forever,” said ...

Endangered animals confiscated in Abu Dhabi

GulfNews

It is prohibited to sell or display endangered animals without the necessary registration provided by authorities. Abu Dhabi: Fifteen Baboons and two ...

EU orders Finland to protect critically endangered seals

Scientific American (blog)

Just 260 or so of these critically endangered animals remain in the freshwater lake, and now the European Union has told Finland that the country is not ...

Looking At Gulf Islands National Seashore: What's Threatened By Oil Disaster?

National Parks Traveler (blog)

Twenty endangered and threatened animals, including the tiny Perdido Key Beach Mouse, make use of habitat at Gulf Islands National Seashore. ...

 Scientists fear for birds and endangered turtles in Gulf of Mexico oil spill

New York Daily News Sun, 02 May 2010 00:58 AM PDT

Scientists say the worst is yet to come for Gulf Coast animals exposed to the devastating oil spill. The full extent of the devastation won't be seen until the oil has washed ashore, which could happen Sunday or Monday.

World's Most Endangered Sea Turtle Threatened by BP Oil Slick

BusinessWeek

“Oil cannot be good for these animals because it's toxic and can kill them,” Andre Landry, a marine biologist who runs the Sea Turtle and Fisheries Ecology ...

Rare Species Of Earthworm Found In Washington

RedOrbit

One adult and one juvenile were found by University of Idaho soil science student Shan Xu and research support scientist Karl Umiker on March 27, ...

7 Animals Being Eaten To Extinction (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post (blog)

With human populations increasing worldwide and consumers demanding rare and exotic meals, endangered animals are being hunted for food at an increasingly ...

Zoo of rare animals found at Bakiyev's

The Voice of Russia

Quite a few exotic animals, entered into the Red Book of Endangered Species, have been found at the family estate of the former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek ...

42 endangered monkeys seized at Al Ghaifat checkpost

Khaleej Times

The UAE joined the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1990 which is meant to ensure that the trade ...

Floating islands installed to protect fish

Victorville Daily Press

APPLE VALLEY • Students with the Academy for Academic Excellence have latched onto an innovative way to protect endangered species, cleanse local ponds and ...

Botswana threatens to quit CITES

The Bostwana Gazette

Following the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species on Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held in Qatar, Botswana has threatened to pull out of ...

State of Emergency for Sharks: Who Will Heed the SOS call?

Huffington Post (blog)

Last month, sharks were delivered a devastating blow at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meeting ...

Mysterious carcass sparks debate, interest

Houston Chronicle

Ocelots are a federally-protected endangered species, and a dead one draws a lot of interest from scientists, law enforcement and the public. ...

History repeats itself: the path to extinction is still paved with greed and waste

Mongabay.com

Grown-up now, the world has made me wiser: last month the international organization CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) struck

Non-native animals cause rural problems, charity warns

BBC News

A report by the People's Trust for Endangered Species identified 14 problem species including rats, American mink and muntjac deer. ...

Sarah Palin Should Not Have Show on the Discovery Channel

Earth Matters

thefastertimes.com

Sarah Palin, a former governor who spent her two years in office doing everything she could to repeal laws that protect wildlife and nature, would seem

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