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California Becomes First State to Outlaw Fur Trapping

September 5, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on California Becomes First State to Outlaw Fur Trapping

 

SACRAMENTO, California, September 5, 2019 (ENS) – In a victory for wildlife, California has become the first U.S. state to outlaw fur trapping. The Wildlife Protection Act of [...]

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CITES Bans Sale of Wild Baby African Elephants to Zoos

August 28, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on CITES Bans Sale of Wild Baby African Elephants to Zoos

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 28, 2019 (ENS) – Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a cliff-hanger of a win for elephants at the triennial Conference of the Parties to the Convention [...]

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Governments Protect Giraffes at CITES Meeting

August 23, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Governments Protect Giraffes at CITES Meeting

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 23, 2019 (ENS) – Giraffes will now be protected against trade in their body parts for the first time. Delegates from 183 countries to the [...]

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CITES to Update Wildlife Trade Rules for 550 Species

August 13, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on CITES to Update Wildlife Trade Rules for 550 Species

 

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 13, 2019 (ENS) – The 183 countries that are Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, will adopt decisions and resolutions [...]

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Trump Rolls Back Endangered Species Act Protections

August 12, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Rolls Back Endangered Species Act Protections

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 12, 2019 (ENS) – In an attack on imperiled wildlife, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Commerce’s National Marine [...]

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New Brazilian Monkey Already At Risk of Habitat Loss

August 9, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on New Brazilian Monkey Already At Risk of Habitat Loss

MANAUS, Brazil, August 9, 2019 (ENS) – A new species of marmoset has been discovered in the southwest of Brazil’s Pará state in an area of the Amazon that [...]

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Florida Couple Indicted for Trading Indonesian Wildlife

July 26, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Florida Couple Indicted for Trading Indonesian Wildlife

 

TAMPA, Florida, July 26, 2019 (ENS) – An indictment from a federal grand jury sitting in Tampa was unsealed Wednesday, charging Novita Indah, 48, and Larry Malugin, 51, [...]

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Wildlife Changing Too Slowly to Survive Climate Change

July 23, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Wildlife Changing Too Slowly to Survive Climate Change

 

BERLIN, Germany, July 23, 2019 (ENS) – Climate change can threaten species and extinctions can impact ecosystem health, so it is of vital importance to assess how animals [...]

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New World Heritage Status for China’s Birds, Iran’s Ancient Forest

July 13, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on New World Heritage Status for China’s Birds, Iran’s Ancient Forest

 

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 13, 2019 (ENS) – The World Heritage Committee inscribed 29 new natural and cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during this year’s session, which [...]

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Global Operation Thunderball Grabs Wildlife Criminals

July 12, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Global Operation Thunderball Grabs Wildlife Criminals

 

LYON, France, July 12, 2019 (ENS) – A global joint customs and police operation all during the month of June seized large quantities of internationally protected plants and [...]

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Leopard Seals Recognized as New Zealand Residents

May 31, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Leopard Seals Recognized as New Zealand Residents

 

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 31, 2019 (ENS) – New Zealand’s newest residents like being alone, have leopard-like spots, and can each weigh up to 600 kilos (1,320 pounds). This [...]

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NGOs Buy Grazing Rights to Protect Argentina’s Species

May 30, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on NGOs Buy Grazing Rights to Protect Argentina’s Species

 

NEW YORK, New York, May 30, 2019 (ENS) – The largest protected area in Argentina’s Patagonian steppe, inhabited by wildlife such as the guanaco, the Andean cat, and [...]

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Whales to Be Freed From Russian Whale Jail This Summer

April 9, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Whales to Be Freed From Russian Whale Jail This Summer

 

NAKHODKA, Russia, April 9, 2019 (ENS) – Officials in Russia have agreed to free almost 100 whales held in cramped sea pens in the Russian Far East for [...]

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Japan Restricts Its Whalers to Japanese Waters

April 7, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Japan Restricts Its Whalers to Japanese Waters

 

TOKYO, Japan, April 7, 2019 (ENS) – Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, issued a written statement in the last week of 2018 announcing the government’s decision to [...]

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Extinction Looms for World’s Smallest Porpoise

March 18, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Extinction Looms for World’s Smallest Porpoise

 

LA JOLLA, California, March 18, 2019 (ENS) – Only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world, marine mammal scientists reveal in a new report,  warning that [...]

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Race to Protect 30 Percent of the Planet by 2030

February 6, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Race to Protect 30 Percent of the Planet by 2030

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2019 (ENS) – A group of 13 conservation organizations with a combined presence on all eight continents have issued a joint statement, calling upon [...]

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What Motivates Congo’s Wildlife Conservation Rangers?

January 22, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on What Motivates Congo’s Wildlife Conservation Rangers?

 

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 22, 2019 (ENS) – Being a conservation ranger is one of the most difficult and dangerous jobs on Earth. Rangers risk their [...]

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High-Level Panel to Review South Africa’s Lion Bone Trade

January 10, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on High-Level Panel to Review South Africa’s Lion Bone Trade

 

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 10, 2019 (ENS) – South Africa’s new Minister of Environmental Affairs Nomvula Mokonyane says the agency will appoint a high-level panel to review [...]

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UK Bans Ivory Sales to Save Elephants

December 21, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on UK Bans Ivory Sales to Save Elephants

 

LONDON, UK, December 21, 2018 (ENS) – One of the world’s strictest bans on ivory sales became law in the United Kingdom today as the Ivory Bill gained [...]

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Inslee Budgets a Billion for Washington’s Orcas, Salmon

December 14, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Inslee Budgets a Billion for Washington’s Orcas, Salmon

 

OLYMPIA, Washington, December 14, 2018 (ENS) – Washington Governor Jay Inslee Thursday announced an unprecedented $1.1 billion investment to protect the 74 Southern Resident orcas in Washington State [...]

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