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Gourmet diners ‘may spell extinction’ for sea turtle
(AFP)
AFP - Malaysians’ voracious appetite for turtle eggs could drive the marine creatures to extinction on its shores, conservationists warned on Wednesday.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 6:21 am
New Species of Worm Found in Great Barrier Reef
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Four newly identified worm species, including one that
sports an unusual green color, have been found wriggling in the sands of the
Great Barrier Reef.
Posted on 9 March 2010 | 4:32 pm
NJ wildlife council votes in favor of bear hunt
(AP)
AP - New Jersey residents weary of frequent visits from bears may see a lot less of them come late fall.
Posted on 9 March 2010 | 3:10 pm
US-born panda freed from quarantine in China
(AP)
AP - After a month in quarantine, American-born panda Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display Tuesday for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival in the country.
Posted on 9 March 2010 | 10:31 am
Congo group accuses soldiers of killing animals
(AP)
AP - An environmental group is accusing Congolese soldiers of killing more rare wild animals in a national park in Congo’s volatile east.
Posted on 8 March 2010 | 9:10 am
Swiss voters reject giving abused animals a lawyer
(AP)
AP - The result was emphatic: Swiss voters don’t think abused animals need to have their own lawyers.
Posted on 7 March 2010 | 11:59 am
Japan to arrest anti-whaling activist: report
(AFP)
AFP - Japan plans to arrest a New Zealand activist being held on a whaling ship which he secretly boarded planning to make a citizen’s arrest of its captain, a report said Sunday.
Posted on 6 March 2010 | 11:46 pm
Australian police search anti-whaling ships
(AP)
AP - Australian police conducted searches Saturday on two anti-whaling vessels that recently clashed with Japanese ships in the Antarctic Ocean in an attempt to obstruct their annual catch, police and activists said.
Posted on 6 March 2010 | 1:31 am
Australian police search anti-whaling ships for Japan
(AFP)
AFP - Australian police searched two anti-whaling ships at the request of Japanese authorities on Saturday, seizing log books and videos, after activists called a halt to their turbulent harassment campaign.
Posted on 6 March 2010 | 12:47 am
Energy groups relieved sage grouse won’t be listed
(AP)
AP - An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won’t list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West’s wind energy and oil and gas industries.
Posted on 5 March 2010 | 4:08 pm
US stops short of protection for western sage grouse
(AFP)
AFP - US officials Friday stopped short of giving endangered species status to the sage grouse, an iconic bird that is at the center of a dispute over oil drilling in the western United States.
Posted on 5 March 2010 | 2:58 pm
‘Jury out’ on controversial whaling deal
(AFP)
AFP - Australia and Japan have failed to reach a breakthrough in an intensifying row on whaling, but delegates in three days of intense talks say that all sides agreed to keep seeking common ground.
Posted on 4 March 2010 | 8:29 pm
Experts: Mating season may explain hawk attacks
(AP)
AP - Wildlife experts say love could be in the air for a red-tailed hawk with a penchant for dive-bombing people in a Connecticut town.
Posted on 4 March 2010 | 3:28 pm
Calif. salamander protection could affect farming
(AP)
AP - State wildlife officials Wednesday ruled that the California tiger salamander deserves protection as a threatened species, subjecting landowners to more scrutiny if they want to build or farm in the amphibian’s habitat.
Posted on 3 March 2010 | 4:28 pm
Castrate Knut the Polar bear - animal rights group
(Reuters)
Reuters - An animal rights group in Germany came under fire on Wednesday for saying that Berlin’s celebrity polar bear Knut should be castrated because he is related to his love interest Giovanna.
Posted on 3 March 2010 | 1:49 pm
Scientists catalog zoo of bacteria inside our guts
(AP)
AP - The human gut is a virtual zoo, full of a wide variety of bacteria, a new study found. And scientists say that’s a good thing.
Posted on 3 March 2010 | 12:19 pm
‘Castrate’ polar bear Knut: rights group
(AFP)
AFP - An animal rights group has called for Knut the polar bear, who shot to global stardom as a cub in 2007, to be castrated to avoid incest with his cousin.
Posted on 2 March 2010 | 12:46 pm
Bones, not bamboo, sate wild panda’s appetite
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hunger drove a wild panda to break into a Chinese farmer’s pig pen and eat their food, which was meat and bone, rather than bamboo.
Posted on 2 March 2010 | 7:30 am
Japan pushes to scrap commercial whaling ban
(AFP)
AFP - Japan pushed Tuesday to lift a 24-year-old ban on commercial whaling, setting up a clash at talks in Florida with implacable foes opposed to its pursuit of the giant mammals.
Posted on 2 March 2010 | 6:12 am
Australia warns Japan over whaling
(AFP)
AFP - Australia Friday warned Japan that “diplomacy comes to an end this year” on whaling, after presenting a bold plan to phase out the controversial hunts in the Southern Ocean.
Posted on 26 February 2010 | 1:15 am