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Poachers Slaughter Thousands of Central Africa’s Elephants
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, February 6, 2013 (ENS) – Poachers have killed some 11,000 elephants in the Central African country of Gabon since 2004, finds a study by the Gabonese [...]
Wildlife
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Sea Shepherd Australia Thwarts Japanese Whalers
HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, February 4, 2013 (ENS) – The month of January, usually the prime whale catching month for the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, has [...]
Air/Climate
Climate Change Pushes Wolverine Toward Threatened Species List
DENVER, Colorado, February 4, 2013 (ENS) – Under a court-ordered deadline, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the North American wolverine as a threatened [...]
Food
California Eatery, Sushi Chefs Indicted for Selling Whale Meat
LOS ANGELES, California, February 1, 2013 (ENS) – A federal grand jury has returned a nine-count indictment that charges a now-shuttered Santa Monica sushi restaurant and two men [...]
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Pacific Atoll Rat-Free for the First Time Since WWII
HONOLULU, Hawaii, January 31, 2013 (ENS) – Birds, crabs and rare trees are expected to recover on Palmyra Atoll, a collection of islets located about 1,000 miles south [...]
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Dispatch from the Wildlife Wars: Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 29, 2013 (ENS) – One suspected poacher from Tana River County was shot dead on a private ranch Sunday after a fierce gun battle with Kenya [...]
Gov/Politics
Giant Bees Buzz British Prime Minister’s Office
LONDON, UK, January 29, 2013 (ENS) – Giant bees appeared at Prime Minister David Cameron’s office at #10 Downing Street this morning to sting the government into delivering [...]
Food
Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population Down 96 Percent
WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2013 (ENS) – Pacific bluefin tuna numbers have dropped 96.4 percent from unfished levels due to decades of overfishing, finds a new stock assessment, [...]
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Gunnison Sage-Grouse to Be Listed as Endangered
WASHINGTON, DC, January 15, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to list the Gunnison sage-grouse as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act and [...]
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Rhino Poaching Death Toll Soars Across South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 14, 2013 – Record rhino poaching death statistics released by the South African government Friday reveal a grim picture – 668 rhinos lost [...]
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South Africa’s Parlotones Roar for Lion Conservation
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 14, 2013 (ENS) – Multiplatinum-selling South African rock band The Parlotones Sunday brought onstage a life-sized art piece in the form of a [...]
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Bison Group’s Victory Affects All U.S. Public Records Requests
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana, January 3, 2013 (ENS) – The nonprofit bison advocacy group Buffalo Field Campaign and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have reached a settlement that requires [...]
Energy
Wind Developers, Eco Groups Reach Whale Protection Pact
WASHINGTON, DC, December 17, 2012 (ENS) – In an unprecedented collaboration, offshore wind developers have agreed to voluntary measures that will protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, while [...]
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Malaysian Customs Seizes 20 Tonnes of Smuggled Ivory
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, December 11, 2012 (ENS) – Royal Malaysian Customs today announced their largest ivory seizure ever, a find of 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks hidden in [...]
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Watson Takes Command of Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Fleet
FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington, December 5, 2012 (ENS) – Captain Paul Watson, founder and president of the marine wildlife conservation organization, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has resurfaced at the [...]
Air/Climate
Canada Must Answer Polar Bear Climate Challenge by U.S. Group
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, November 30, 2012 (ENS) – A petition from an American environmental group alleging Canada’s failure to protect polar bears under Canadian law will move forward [...]
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Mountain Gorilla Populations Grow as Conservation Succeeds
KAMPALA, Uganda, November 27, 2012 (ENS) – The world’s population of critically endangered mountain gorillas has risen to a total of 880 – up from the estimate of [...]
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Secretary Clinton Declares War on Wildlife Traffickers
WASHINGTON, DC, November 9, 2012 (ENS) – The U.S. government is taking aim at wildlife trafficking in a new, more focused manner by placing it high on the foreign [...]
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Eight Dead in Attack on Virunga National Park Rangers
VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 25, 2012 (ENS) – Mai Mai rebels attacked a ranger patrol early this morning in Virunga National Park, killing two [...]
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UN Strategizes to Fund Biodiversity Recovery in 100 Countries
HYDERABAD, India, October 18, 2012 (ENS) – Delegates from 170 governments meeting in Hyderabad today adopted a new environmental strategy to address the unprecedented levels of biodiversity loss [...]