By Matt WalkerEditor, Earth News Half of all wild canine species such as dogs, foxes and wolves are harvested for traditional folk medicines, conservationists warn. According to a scientific survey, 19 out of 35 known species of wild canid are still used in traditional medicine worldwide. For example, wolf parts are eaten to treat chicken […]
By Jeremy Hance, www.mongabay.comMay 11, 2010 Eight lions have been poisoned to death in a month in Kenya, according to conservation organization WildlifeDirect. Locals, frustrated by lions killing their livestock, have taken to poisoning the great cats using a common pesticide in Kenya called carbofuran, known commercially as Furadan. Last month in Amboseli National […]
By Lee Poston, lee.poston@wwfus.orgMay 10, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2010 – A Javan rhino was found dead late last week in Vietnam’s Cat Tien National Park, further endangering the population of one of the world’s rarest large mammals, World Wildlife Fund announced today. It is now uncertain how many, if any, Javan rhinos […]
By Matthew MoorePublished: 1:25PM BST 09 May 2010 The world’s biodiversity is threatened by the economic growth of countries like China, India and Brazil, the study will say. While Western countries are increasingly aware of the need to protect endangered species, the developing world’s appetite for raw materials is destroying vulnerable ecosystems, the report’s […]
By Alex Kiprotich Published on 08/05/2010 Despite raising the alarm more than a year ago on wanton destruction of the152,000-acre Lembus forest in Koibatek District nothing has been done. The destruction of indigenous Podo and Mutarakwa trees is horrifying, especially in the Chemususu forest station where a multi-billion shilling dam is being constructed. The locals […]
Desdemona has a pretty thick skin for catastrophe and mass death, but sometimes an ultra-violent killing spree seems like the only solution. Adult Swim presents Polar Bear PaybackUPDATE: Adult Swim no longer hosts this game, but fortunately it lives on at Crazy Games: Polar Bear Payback. Thanks to reader Emily for the research!
By Jeremy Hance, www.mongabay.comApril 28, 201 Niall O’Connor from the World Wildlife Fund warns in a Carte Blanche production that if the ecological destruction of Madagascar continues, the poor island country could become “Haiti-like”, where he says, “most of the biodiversity, most of the forests are gone”. Carte Blanche, an African investigative journalism show, went […]
By Thomas Hubert; Editing by Tim Cocks, David Lewis and Mark TrevelyanKINSHASAWed Apr 28, 2010 3:09pm EDT (Reuters) – United Nations peacekeepers in Congo have used helicopters to airlift endangered baby gorillas to a sanctuary after they were rescued in a conflict zone where they faced being captured or eaten. The animals ferried to safety […]
Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Bill TrottCARACASSun Apr 25, 2010 3:18pm EDT CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered troops to crack down on wildcat miners who use mercury, chain-saws and high-pressure hoses to strip gold from beneath the South American nation’s jungles. Venezuela’s southern forests contain some of Latin […]
By Lesley Wroughton, editing by Chris WilsonWASHINGTONWed Apr 21, 2010 10:09pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World Bank President Robert Zoellick called on Wednesday for joint action among countries and organizations to save the dwindling numbers of wild tigers from extinction. There are barely 3,500 tigers left in the wild. Their declining numbers are blamed […]
