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On March 17, the new Director of Wildlife of Tanzania posted an Opinion Piece in the New York Timesentitled “Saving Lions by Killing Them”. Describing himself as “Tanzania’s highest ranking wildlife official”, Alexander Songorwa sought to appeal via this message to the US Fish and Wildlife Service NOT to list lions on the US Endangered Species Act. Mr Songorwa indicated that this action would be “disastrous” to “conservation” efforts by depriving Tanzania of much-needed income needed to support game reserves and community wildlife areas. Mr Songorwa seems sadly out of touch with the status of Tanzania’s wildlife... http://www.lionaid.org/blog/2013/03/saving-lions-by-killing-them.htm
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The continent's lion population has shrunk by 75% in the past two decades, according to wildlife experts. They are currently "vulnerable" on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's list of threatened species. In west and central Africa lions are classified as "endangered".
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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa and Vietnam have agreed to exchange the names of registered hunters in a bid to stop rhino poachers who obtain hunting permits under false pretences, a spokesman said Monday. Authorities are targeting these hunters who take advantage of laws allowing them to export the rhino horn as a hunting trophy to trade it illegally, mostly on the Asian black market....
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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa and Vietnam have agreed to exchange the names of registered hunters in a bid to stop rhino poachers who obtain hunting permits under false pretences, a spokesman said Monday. Authorities are targeting these hunters who take advantage of laws allowing them to export the rhino horn as a hunting trophy to trade it illegally, mostly on the Asian black market....
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Most people don’t know it, but polar bears are officially classified as marine mammals, and as such are included under the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act. They are also listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, affording the iconic animals further protection against hunting, trapping and capturing. But over the past few years, those laws did not stop a handful of wealthy individuals from flying up to Canada to bag a “trophy” polar bear for their collection back home, even though they were warned that U.S. law would prohibit the importation of skins, heads and other products from the bears they were hunting. Those trophy hunters have in the past managed to secure an exemption from Congress, allowing some of the trophy bears to enter the United States. Now the trophy hunters and their friends in D.C. are at it again. Last week, Rep. Don Young (R-AK) introduced a new bill in the house, “To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada.” On the Senate side, Mike Crapo (R-ID) offered a similar though slightly more restrictive bill, the “Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013.”
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The air we breathe is made up of 78% nitrogen - an inert, completely harmless gas - at the surface at least, but as we dive into the ocean depths it's another matter....When diving, we experience pressure that is twice as great as the pressure on...
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America's Seaworld company is being accused of not doing enough to protect its kilelr whale trainers after documents filed with the New York Stock Exchange admit more injuries and deaths are a possibility.
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The conservation and protection of Rhinos is set to be intensified in KwaZulu-Natal following a donation of R1.2 million.
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Fort San Felipe, CAVITE CITY - Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Tuesday said that Chinese fishing vessels escorted by a naval ship continue to poach in Philippine waters. Interviewed during the Philippine Navy's 115th anniversary celebration at Naval Station Pascual Ledesma, Fort San Felipe, Gazmin said the Chinese fishermen are fishing off the Philippine-occupied Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. "They fishing in our territory," the defense chief told reporters, adding that the Chinese fishing vessels are being escorted by one of their naval ships. Gazmin also said all the ships were positively seen flying the Chinese flag. When asked what is their response to this, Gazmin said the Philippine government will deal with the issue "calmly" by filing a diplomatic protest through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). "We will do this in a calm manner so that it will not be interpreted that we are looking for a fight," he stated. On the incident involving the reported harassment by a Chinese vessel of a boat carrying re-elected Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon of Kalayaan town in Palawan, Gazmin said they are still waiting for a documented report on the incident. Bito-onon claimed the incident occurred past 12:00 a.m. Thursday (May 15) near the Ayungin shoal in the disputed Spratly Islands. 147 people, including the him, were on board the boat allegedly harassed by a foreign vessel. Gazmin said if they can confirm that it was indeed a Chinese ship that tailed the boat carrying the Kalayaan mayor, a diplomatic protest will likewise be filed through the DFA.
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National Geographic, April 2013 Issue Weighing up to 1,200 pounds or more, the West Indian manatee looks something like a chubby dolphin or small whale, though it’s related to neither. (In fact, manatees share a common ancestor with elephants.) Manatees lack the blubber layer that allows whales to tolerate cold; in water below 68°F, they begin to weaken and die. The subspecies found in the United States is the Florida manatee, which disperses into coastal areas of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico; in winter, when sea temperatures drop, they congregate inland at natural springs and other sources of warmth, including power plant discharge pipes.... http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/manatees/white-text
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The continent's lion population has shrunk by 75% in the past two decades, according to wildlife experts. They are currently "vulnerable" on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's list of threatened species. In west and central Africa lions are classified as "endangered".
Via Wildlife Margrit
Lion hunting is still legal in South Africa, and has led to an alarming decrease in the number of wild African lions still left.
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Trophy hunting and trapping of wolves is unnecessary and is not science-based conservation.
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Animal advocacy NGO focused on exposing and closing down the canned lion hunting industry in South Africa.
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Trophy hunting is the selective hunting of wild game animals. Although parts of the slain animal may be kept as a hunting trophy or memorial (usually the skin, antlers and/or head), the carcass itself is sometimes used as food.
Trophy hunting has firm supporters and opponents. Public debate about trophy hunting often centres on the question of the morality of sport hunting and the question of the extent to which the money paid by trophy hunters benefits the population of game animals and the local economy.
Trophy hunting should not be confused with poaching, the practice of taking game illegally.
Trophy hunting is the selective hunting of wild game animals... Trophy hunting has firm supporters and opponents. Public debate about trophy hunting often centres on the question of the morality of sport hunting and the question of the extent to which the money paid by trophy hunters benefits the population of game animals and the local economy.
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The recovering marine mammal still needs all the protection it can get.
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The Tico Times - Central America's leading English language news source.
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By Kirsten Massebeau A battle to return the imprisoned orca Lolita also known as Tokitae to her family the L-Pod in the Puget Sound makes steps forward, and towards freedom. Lolita is on the verge...
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The recovering marine mammal still needs all the protection it can get.
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Shark Diver Magazine's Eli Martinez and friends set off for a week long shark adventure in Southern California to document sevengills, blue sharks and any ot...
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