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Updated February 5, 2012

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Call to boycott Liam Neeson after he admits he ate wolf stew to prepare for ...

Daily Mail

The animals faced extinction in the US until they were added to the endangered species list in many states. In British Columbia, though there are just 8000 left, it is still legal to kill them in traps. Despite the animal rights protesters' anger, ...

State warns trappers about wolverines

KVAL

Wolvers are a threatened species under the Oregon Endangered Species Act. A wolverine was accidentally captured in a foothold trap set near the Eagle Cap Wilderness in late December 2011. Upon finding the captured wolverine, the trapper immediately ...

Cement group adopts endangered pigeon species

Business Mirror

CEMEX Philippines Foundation Inc. has adopted the Negros bleeding heart pigeon, one of the most critically endangered animals in Negros. “We continue to promote a robust program in species conservation and we include this year our support for the ...

Washington's sea lion murder mystery

The Week Magazine

California sea lions are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. One of the animals found on the Nisqually was a Steller sea lion, which is protected under the Endangered Species Act. Anyone convicted of killing federally protected animals ...

Federal officials will allow the DNR to control wolf population due to safety ...

UW Badger Herald

By Sean Kirkby After a 50-year struggle to rebuild a population in Wisconsin, the gray wolf has been taken off the federal endangered species list in the Midwest and has become the center of a hunting controversy in light of numerous problems with ...

Endangered animals crushed by vehicles Thaindian News

Speeding vehicles have crushed a porcupine, a leopard cat and small Indian civet, all endangered animals, on the Assam-Agartala highway.

Feds remove wolves from engandered species list

WZZM

(WZZM) -- Wolves are no longer on the federal endangered species list in the western Great Lakes region, though they will remain a protected species in the state of Michigan. The state Department of Natural Resources issued a news release Friday, ...

East Africa: Rhino Endangered As Horn Price Escalates

AllAfrica.com

THE rhinoceros has become the world's most endangered species, amid booming business of the animal's horn, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Ezekiel Maige, has said. "The rhino's horn in the contemporary market is a very expensive ...

Gray wolves still protected in Illinois

Freeport Journal-Standard

By Travis Morse Despite recent changes implemented by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, gray wolves remain protected as a state endangered species throughout Illinois, said Joe Kath, endangered species manager for the Illinois Department of Natural ...

States take charge of wolf populations

UPI.com

When the Endangered Species Act protection expires Friday, state regulations will still treat the estimated 782 wolves in Wisconsin as protected wild animals, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Under state law, approval from the Department of ...

States take charge of wolf populations

UPI.com

When the Endangered Species Act protection expires Friday, state regulations will still treat the estimated 782 wolves in Wisconsin as protected wild animals, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Under state law, approval from the Department of ...

Wandering wolf OR7 tracked in same area as California's last wild wolf, in 1924

Sacramento Bee

OR7 is protected by the Endangered Species Act, so harming it could be a federal crime. "So far, it's just been entertaining, and a lot of people are talking about it," said Dahle, a farmer near the town of Bieber. "I think it's more fascinating than ...

Sumatran elephant upgraded to critically endangered status

The Guardian

The Sumatran elephant has been placed on the list of critically endangered species after losing half of its population in a single generation, prompting calls from conservation groups for emergency measures to halt the destruction of its habitat.

Two Wyoming Critters Make Top 10 List

Sheridan Media (press release)

By Sheridan Media Staff on Sun 01/22/2012 06:07 Wyoming is home to two critters listed on a new report from the Endangered Species Coalition that details ten species in jeopardy because of fossil fuel development. The greater sage-grouse and the ...

Snow leopard stem cells could save species

Cosmos

Alternative reproductive methods are being increasingly sought for endangered animals with hopes that researchers can increase the birth rate of the remaining population whilst maintaining genetic diversity. As part of the study, published in the ...

Malaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant on Borneo

Economic Times

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian wildlife authorities said Monday they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and expressed hope a planned sanctuary would provide protection for the endangered animals. The male calf, which is less than a month old, ...

Nearly Extinct Primate Rediscovered in Borneo [Video]

Scientific American Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:18 AM PST

Researchers working on the island of Borneo have discovered two tiny new populations of Millerâ??s grizzled langurs ( Presbytis hosei canicrus ), one of the worldâ??s 25 most endangered primates. The species is so rare that it has probably disappeared from all of its previously known habitats, which have been almost completely logged and burned out of existence. The langur was last observed in 2008 ...

Predators may block Alaska sea lion recovery

Washington Examiner Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:10 PM PST

DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska A new study says Alaska's endangered Steller sea lions may have trouble recovering because killer whales and other predators such as sharks are taking a toll on juvenile animals that never make it to breeding age. The study by researchers at Oregon State University and the Alaska Sealife Center does not reach conclusions as to why Alaska's western ...

Declaration of Commitment to Support Conservation of Tigers, Endangered Species

MarketWatch (press release)

Private sector enterprises need to work hand in hand with Government to help protect the Sumatran tiger, as well as a range of other endangered species." The importance of public-private partnership in conservation of endangered species is also ...

Reward offered on Hawaiian monk seal killings

Summit County Citizens Voice

By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Hawaiian monk seals are teetering dangerously on the brink of extinction, and this week, the tiny population (about 1100 seals) took a hit when three of the critically endangered animals were killed. ...

How many endangered animals can you spot in the World Wildlife Fund¿s poster warning about deforestation

Daily Mail Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:25 PM PST

The animals are camouflaged in the WWF poster as if they are part of the tropical and lush undergrowth, but in fact what appears to be a tree trunk or vine is actually a lot more.

Giant Galapagos tortoise species may not be extinct

USA TODAY

... didn't find one of the purebred individuals, "they were very lucky" to have found evidence that they were there and reproducing, says Oliver Ryder at the University of California San Diego's Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species. ...

12 Arrested for Bear Skin, Elephant Feet Sales

ABC News

Unfortunately, this delicate system continues to face serious threats, including poaching, the introduction of non-native species, and the illegal sale of endangered species," said US Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. Birotte said that as much as two-thirds ...

Philippines seizes turtle scutes and meat and scales of endangered anteaters

Washington Post

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine authorities have seized large shipments of anteater and turtle parts in a sign that the illegal trade in the endangered animals is booming, officials said Wednesday. Fifty-eight pounds (26.5 kilograms) of Philippine ...

Endangered elephants have worst year since 1989

USA TODAY

Milliken thinks criminals may have the upper hand in the war to save rare and endangered animals. "As most large-scale ivory seizures fail to result in any arrests, I fear the criminals are winning," Milliken said. All statistics are not yet in, ...

Wisconsin looks to limit hunting since gray wolf removed from endangered ...

Oshkosh Northwestern

Landowners will be able to hunt and kill wolves causing problems on their property now that the legendary predator is no longer considered an endangered species. The Obama administration last week declared more than 4000 gray wolves in Wisconsin, ...

Spending cuts threaten Scotland's endangered species

The Guardian

Major projects to promote rare and endangered species such as red squirrels, sea eagles and beavers are being threatened by deep spending cuts imposed on Scotland's main nature conservation agency. Senior executives in Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) ...

Feds say states will decide fate of gray wolf

Traverse City Record Eagle

The Obama administration has declared that more than 4000 wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin have recovered from widespread extermination and will be removed from the endangered species list. "Gray wolves are thriving in the Great Lakes region ...

Endangered species: Egypt's Striped Hyena

Al-Masry Al-Youm

Richard Hoath, a British mammal specialist who authored “A Field Guide to the Mammals of Egypt” (AUC Press), explains that Egypt's present population of striped hyenas are mostly found in the Western and Eastern deserts, South Sinai and along Lake ...

Oral arguments given in Alaska sea lion lawsuit

CBS News

NMFS said it had to comply with the Endangered Species Act. According to the lawsuit the state filed before the rule was put into effect, "Alaska's fisheries regulation and management would be significantly and immediately impacted by the Service's ...

Africa 'hugely threatened' by loss of species

Deutsche Welle

Volker Homes: The latest red list by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) shows that the number of endangered species is increasing again - in Africa too. So species are still dwindling at an alarming rate. ...

China to release captive-bred pandas into wild

Xinhua

21 (Xinhua) -- Six pandas bred in captivity will be released into an enclosed forest in southwestern China next year, a major step forward in the country's drive to send the endangered animals back to nature. The pandas, aged two to four, ...

Great Lakes gray wolf to be removed from endangered species list

MiamiHerald.com

By JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY MINNEAPOLIS -- The gray wolf in Minnesota could go from protected to hunted - perhaps as soon as next fall - after it is removed from the endangered species list in January. If the delisting proceeds as announced Wednesday, ...

Cultural shifts see increase in lemur hunting

Wanderlust

A survey of local eating habits, by researchers from Bangor University in Wales and the Malagasy NGO Madagasikara Voakajy, found that the hunting of the endangered, protected species in eastern Madagascar was on the rise. The survey studied the eating

Billboard in Tampa: Don't Buy Tickets to Circuses that Mistreat Animals

Sacramento Bee

Circus animals are brought into the business via a brutal trade in critically endangered species. They are deprived of their natural environments and natural behaviors. Babies are ripped from their mothers. They spend their lives in transport trucks ...

Endangered tiger dies at Toronto Zoo

CityNews

Though zookeepers intervened and separated the animals, it was too late. Brytne died of a crushed larynx. Sumatran tigers are critically endangered. According to the Zoo, there are only about 300 to 500 of them left in the wild. ...

WWF: Mekong species at risk

Manila Bulletin Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:57 PM PST

HANOI (dpa) - The six-country Mekong River region is so biologically rich that an average of one new species is discovered there every other day, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said Monday. A snub-nosed, Elvis-coiffed monkey; a self-cloning, all-female lizard and five carnivorous plants are among the 208 new species discovered by scientists last year, the WWF said.

Delhi's new low: Animal trafficking at all-time high

Hindustan Times

Delhi is an unsafe city, not only for its citizens but also for animals belonging to endangered species. From mongoose brushes to wild geese and from ivory products to cobra venom being used for recreational drug abuse, the Capital has seen around 150 ...

'It's really good stuff': undercover at a Chinese tiger bone wine auction

The Guardian (blog)

Is China serious about ending the trade in tigers and other endangered animals? The question posed itself last Saturday as I sat at an auction in Beijing watching the hammer go down on cases of spirits and tonics fortified with tiger, rhino horn and ...

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