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Trapper Who Faked Python Capture Arrested, Charged

November 5, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Trapper Who Faked Python Capture Arrested, Charged

 

TAMPA, Florida, November 5, 2009 (ENS) – A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigation into the staged capture of a 14-foot-long Burmese python has resulted in charges [...]

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Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’

November 3, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Rapid Pace of Species Extinctions Mounts to a ‘Crisis’

 

GLAND, Switzerland, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Nearly one-third of all known species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction, finds the International Union for the Conservation [...]

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UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life

November 3, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for ‘New Plans’ to Conserve Life

 

By Haider Rizvi

NEW YORK, New York, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – A senior United Nations official today criticized world leaders for failing to match their words with [...]

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Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales

November 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Ships Sailing U.S. Atlantic Coast Must Slow for Whales

 

WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction [...]

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Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA

November 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Disney Spends $7 Million to Conserve Forests in Peru, Congo, USA

 

BURBANK, California, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The Walt Disney Company, which for 60 years has portrayed the glories of nature in film, today announced a $7 million [...]

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Canada, Nunavut and Greenland Sign Polar Bear Pact

October 30, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Canada, Nunavut and Greenland Sign Polar Bear Pact

 

KANGERLUUSUAQ, Greenland, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – A polar bear conservation and management agreement between Greenland, Canada and Nunavut was signed today at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The pact caps [...]

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Leopard Skin Smuggler Found Guilty by South Dakota Jury

October 30, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Leopard Skin Smuggler Found Guilty by South Dakota Jury

 

ABERDEEN, South Dakota, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – A leopard shot seven years ago in South Africa caught up with a South Dakota man in an Aberdeen courtroom [...]

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International Trade Bans Proposed for Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bears

October 29, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on International Trade Bans Proposed for Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bears

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Proposals for tighter trade controls on Atlantic bluefin tuna, polar bears, sharks, corals, and elephant ivory have been submitted to the [...]

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Seabird Rescuers Battle Slimy Algae on Pacific Northwest Beaches

October 27, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Seabird Rescuers Battle Slimy Algae on Pacific Northwest Beaches

 

FAIRFIELD, California, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – Waves of toxic algae have killed thousands of sea birds on the Washington and Oregon coasts since late September, and a [...]

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Bat Scientists Receive Grants to Investigate White-Nose Syndrome

October 26, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Bat Scientists Receive Grants to Investigate White-Nose Syndrome

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced six grant awards totaling $800,000 to fund research into the cause and control [...]

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U.S. Proposes Critical Habitat to Protect Polar Bears

October 22, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. Proposes Critical Habitat to Protect Polar Bears

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2009 (ENS) – In partial settlement of a polar bear protection lawsuit brought against the U.S. government by three conservation groups, the U.S. Fish [...]

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Giant Invasive Snakes, Giant Problem for U.S. Ecosystems

October 15, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Giant Invasive Snakes, Giant Problem for U.S. Ecosystems

 

GAINESVILLE, Florida, October 15, 2009 (ENS – Five giant exotic snake species already in the United States would pose high risks to the health of U.S. ecosystems if [...]

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Genetics Reveal Breeding Secrets of Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks

October 14, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Genetics Reveal Breeding Secrets of Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – Each year, a few reproductively active humpback whales swim between breeding grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian oceans, [...]

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Biodiversity Loss Accelerating, UN Target Will Be Missed

October 13, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Biodiversity Loss Accelerating, UN Target Will Be Missed

 

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – The world will not achieve its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, the International Year of [...]

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Alaska Sea Otters Granted Critical Habitat Protection

October 8, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Alaska Sea Otters Granted Critical Habitat Protection

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – It took a court order to accomplish, but threatened sea otters in southwest Alaska now will have some respite from the [...]

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U.S. EPA Probes Herbicide Atrazine for Human Health Threats

October 8, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. EPA Probes Herbicide Atrazine for Human Health Threats

 

WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – The commonly used weed killer atrazine will undergo a new comprehensive evaluation to determine its effects – first on humans and [...]

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Guides Face Prison, Big Fine After Client Shot Protected Alligator

October 6, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Guides Face Prison, Big Fine After Client Shot Protected Alligator

 

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – Two Louisiana hunting guides each faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine for allowing [...]

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Icelandic Whaling Condemned by 26 Countries

October 5, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Icelandic Whaling Condemned by 26 Countries

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Twenty-six countries Friday issued a joint statement putting diplomatic pressure on Iceland to abandon whaling. Icelandic whalers have killed more than [...]

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Conservationists, Scientists Outraged by Japanese Dolphin Hunt

September 21, 2006 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Conservationists, Scientists Outraged by Japanese Dolphin Hunt

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 21, 2006 (ENS) – Conservationists, scientists and zoo and aquarium professionals have renewed efforts to stop Japan’s annual dolphin hunt, which began this month and is expected [...]

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