Wildlife News

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  Will ice sheets collapse in a warming world? – probably not
  Posted by Kevin Heath last updated on May 17th, 2013 at 1: 25 pm

  Collapsing ice sheets and rising sea levels are often described as a feature of a warming world and many climate scientists predict that this will happen thanks to climate change. But a recently published study could quite literally blow those predictions out of the water. One of the ways to look to the future is [...]

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  Indonesian courts orders land ownership back to tribes
  Posted by Kevin Heath last updated on May 17th, 2013 at 8: 50 am

  In 1999 a new law was bought into effect in Indonesia which saw vast swathes of forest taken into state ownership. That law was over-ruled yesterday by the Constitutional Court and following its judicial review, the land ownership was ordered to be returned to local indigenous people. The move will have major impacts for development in [...]

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  Lion cub in Twitter sale is seized by authorities
  Posted by Kevin Heath last updated on May 16th, 2013 at 1: 29 pm

  On Monday a lion cub was put up for sale on the Twitter web site. Photographs of the cub was tweeted together with a price tag of Dh30,000 by a Dubai based pet shop. Today wildlife officials of the United Arab Emirates have taken the cub into custody. The pet shop owner who is currently [...]

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• United States sentences Vietnamese rhino traders to 3.5 years in prison
  Posted by Kevin Heath on May 16th, 2013 at 7: 51 am
  The Judge went easy on two rhino horn traders in the United States yesterday when she sentences one to 42 months and another to 46 month in prison. This was less than the sentences that the US [Read more...]
• 3 rhino a day killed in South Africa last week
  Posted by Kevin Heath on May 15th, 2013 at 7: 19 pm
  South African authorities have just released the weekly statistics for rhino poaching in the country. Last week 21 rhino were killed taking the total so far this year to 313. The 21 rhinos killed in [Read more...]
• New snake species named after assassinated forest campaigner
  Posted by Kevin Heath on May 14th, 2013 at 4: 15 pm
  A deadly but beautiful new species of palm pit-viper snake has been named after the assassinated forest campaigner Mario Guifarro. The gorgeous new species was discovered by scientists during two [Read more...]
• Sir Simon ‘two house’ Jenkins finally goes into denial over housing need
  Posted by Kevin Heath on May 14th, 2013 at 9: 34 am
  It appears that Sir Simon Jenkins, chairman of the National Trust and owner of at least 2 homes, has finally gone into denial over the housing crisis that is impacting the UK. In an interview on [Read more...]
• Elephant campaigner charged with ivory possession
  Posted by Kevin Heath on May 13th, 2013 at 2: 36 pm
  One of the top officials of an elephant campaigning group in Kenya has been charged with illegal possession of ivory after 19Kg of ivory was found in the back of her car. Her son has also been [Read more...]
• Are gardens an ecological trap for birds?
  Posted by Kevin Heath on May 13th, 2013 at 9: 56 am
  Gardens are often thought of as havens for many bird species and many gardeners don’t just feed the birds but put up nest boxes to attract birds into their garden to breed. However an [Read more...]
• Wildlife moving from the plate to the cabinet
  Posted by Kevin Heath on May 11th, 2013 at 5: 40 pm
  China has released details about its latest round of raids by police in tackling the illegal wildlife trade in the country. In April 80,000 police took part in an operation which saw over 6,000 [Read more...]
• Elephant death toll at Dzanga Bai starts to come in
  Posted by Kevin Heath on May 10th, 2013 at 1: 22 pm
  The impact of the incursion of 17 poachers at the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central Africa Republic has started to come in now that the area is safe again for rangers to enter. So far 26 [Read more...]

A selection from our archives...

• Interpol prepares to target African poachers
  Interpol has just released details about the successful conclusion of a 6 day training course for wildlife officers from across [Read more...]
• Wild orang-utans get stressed by ecotourists
  Eco-tours are a growth market and for many communities in developing nations it produces a major contribution to the local [Read more...]
• Indian students call for shoot on sight policy to tackle rhino poaching
  Following on from the recent poaching activities against the rare one-horned rhino in Kaziranga National Park Assam, northeast [Read more...]
• Sustainable development or pretty green fields – how serious are we?
  It is really becoming just so common now to see local councils turn down housing development because it lies on a pretty green [Read more...]
• Beetles Use Sex And Subterfuge To Infiltrate Bee Nests
  In what researchers say is a “remarkable mode of host-finding,” newborn blister beetle larvae of the species Meloe [Read more...]
• Protecting bats from wind turbines
  There’s no doubt that wind turbines are going to play a greater role in securing sustainable energy supplies not just in [Read more...]
• UN seeks better protection for the gorillas.
  Last week a two-day conference in Kigali, Rwanda, saw a range of groups from the ten African countries that are home to gorilla [Read more...]
• 10% of Vietnams known wild tiger population found frozen in a car
  Three motorcycle cops in Vietnam got more than they bargained for when they tried to stop a car on a routine check. The driver [Read more...]
• Google’s wildlife zeitgeist 2011
  We’re now heading into the last week before Christmas and the end of yet another year. Just like many others I’m now [Read more...]