Rescuers fight to save the life of a baby orangutan

International Animal Rescue — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:40:08 +0100

A baby orangutan is in a critical condition after being rescued from an oil palm plantation by IAR's team in Borneo. Owing to the circumstances in which he was found, the poorly infant is clearly the baby of a female orangutan who died of her injuries after being savagely beaten. The lactating female had evidently been attacked while trying to protect her baby and rescuers had feared that he would never be found.
The female orangutan was given emergency medical attention on site

The female orangutan was given emergency medical attention on site

African Elephant – Vulnerable

Born Free Foundation — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:07:48 +0100

Born Free has just heard that the 2008 IUCN Red List status for the African Elephant has been corrected from 'Near Threatened' to 'Vulnerable' as of midnight 10 March 2010. Other corrections made are to the status of the Central African sub-population, now 'Endangered' (previously 'Data Deficient') and that of West Africa now 'Vulnerable' (previously 'Near Threatened').

"On 11 March 2010, IUCN corrected the listing of the African elephant from Near Threatened to Vulnerable. ThRead More...

Wildlife challenge: England’s lost and threatened species

Natural England — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:06:34 +0100

First ever audit of all of England’s lost and declining native species

Centuries of conservation records go under the microscope

Natural England has launched the most complete audit of hundreds of years of England’s wildlife winners and losers to an audience of leading conservationists at the Zoological Society of London today (11 March).

Lost Life: England’s Lost and Threatened Species identifies nearly 500 animals and plants that have become extinct in England – practRead More...

Ban on wild animals in circuses long overdue

Advocates for Animals — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:02:23 +0100

Advocates for Animals has this week submitted its response to the DEFRA Consultation on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. We believe that a complete ban on wild animals in circuses is long overdue.

The needs of wild animals can simply not be met in a travelling circus. Extreme confinement, frequent transport and relocation and training foRead More...

Breakthrough in Brazil

Fauna & Flora International — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:41:03 +0100

Fauna & Flora International helps to define Amazonian park’s management activities

After over three years of hard work by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and other organisations, the management plan for Brazil’s 184,000-hectare Cristalino State Park has finally been completeRead More...

Sage grouse is in danger of extinction, feds say

Defenders of Wildlife — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:38:17 +0100

Summary:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concludes that the sage grouse could face extinction if it doesn’t receive protections under the Endangered Species Act
However, the agency says it is currently too busy working on more urgent cases to move forward with listing the birds at this tiRead More...

Call for world's largest marine reserve

RSPB — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:35:39 +0100

More than 275,000 people and leading scientific and conservation organisations from the UK and around the world have called on the UK government to establish a protected area in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is comprised of the Chagos Islands and its surrounding waters.

If establishRead More...

'Own Goal' For Moray Firth Dolphin Watching Industry

Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:34:59 +0100

WDCS has condemned the decision by Inverness Marina to allow four new commercial berths, including two for new dolphin watching boats, in the protected habitat of the inner Moray Firth, a move which potentially puts the Firths resident (protected) dolphin population at even greater risk.

"As far as WDCS is aware, this decision has been made on purely commercial grounds, without consideration for the very dolphins that will be the focus of an expanded local dolphin watching industrRead More...

Antarctic Campaign Report – Success Defending Whales!

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:33:02 +0100

2009-2010 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Waltzing Matilda

After three long weary and dramatic months upon the most remote and hostile seas in the world, the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker were welcomed by crowds of cheering supporters in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on Saturday, March 6th, 2010.

Sea Shepherd just completed the most ambitious and effective campaign to defend the great whales that we have ever undertaken and Operation Waltzing MaRead More...

Ivory Sell-Off Proposal Raises Concern for African Elephant Herds

Wild Foundation — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:45:54 +0100

The Republic of Tanzania and Zambia have submitted a controversial proposal to CITES, the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species, for a one time sell-off of over 80 tons of ivory. The 15th CITES conferRead More...

Twiggy backs new anti-fur report from Animal Defenders International

Animal Defenders International — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:42:40 +0100

Iconic fashion model Twiggy pleads with UK fashion designers to stop using fur at London Fashion Week.

With the increase of fur on the catwalk this London Fashion Week, many celebrities are denouncing the use of fur. Additional supporters of ADI include: Stella McCartney, Mary McCartney, Brian Blessed, Meg Mathews, Ricky Gervais, Samantha Janus, and Belinda Carlisle.

Whilst fur farming is banned in the UK, the rising trend in fur has fuelled UK demand with over 40% of fur beRead More...

Throw away culture equals plastic seas says mcs

Marine Conservation Society — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:39:20 +0100

A mid ocean floating plastic dump, that's just been discovered in the Atlantic, has been labelled a sad indictment of our throw away culture and a potential menace to marine wildlife and humans, by MCS.

The area, where plastic waste appears to accumulate, is similar to a site in the Pacific Ocean dubbed ‘The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’

Humpbacks Get Stay Of Execution

Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:29:55 +0100

Humpbacks on death row get ‘stay of execution’ for next few weeks
Dark clouds loom over the Future of the IWC

St.Petersburg, USA, 4th of March 2010: Against a background of furious debate, procedural ‘sleight of hand’ and scientific uncertainty, humpback whales have been granted a reprieve from a renewed hunt.

But this stay of execution may only last a few weeks. The vote on a proposal by Denmark, on behalf of Greenland, to hunt 10 humpback whales a year for aboriginal sRead More...

US Pressure For Whaling Deal Breaking Australian Stance

Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:27:35 +0100

Andrew Darby writing for the Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Canbera Government is back away from its preferred option of a complete phase out of all Antarctic whaling.

Darby notes that Australian 'Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ... has unveiled a plan for a five-year phase-out. But with signs influential anti-whaling countries such as the US want to make a deal, Australian officials have spelled out where the phase-out might occur.

Australia [had] indicated in the briefinRead More...

Sniffer dogs detect wildlife smuggling in Russian Far East

TRAFFIC — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:39:59 +0100

A programme of using sniffer dogs to track down wildlife smuggling is proving a success in border regions of the Russian Far East (RFE).

A total of 88 specially trained dogs in the Far Eastern Operative Customs’ sniffer dog service have been trained to sniff out illegaRead More...

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