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...

• Sign our petition to save the National Wildlife Crime Unit
  The National Wildlife Crime Unit helps to investigate the UK part of rhino horn trade A report in the Independent today seems to [Read more...]
• UK signs Nagoya Protocol
  The UK signed up to show it’s support for the The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing yesterday (25 June [Read more...]
• Climate alarmists getting hot under the collar
  The pressure is mounting on the man-made climate change propagandists as 0ne by one their claims about a fast approaching [Read more...]
• Live blog from 4.20pm: National Planning Policy Framework
  We’ll be blogging live from 4.20pm today on the House of Commons Communities and Local Government select committee as they [Read more...]
• Young and need a home? – get active in the community!
  There are some very major changes in the way we do politics in the UK currently going through Parliament. Planning and [Read more...]
• We’re over our limits again so fees will be increasing
  We’ve gone over our servers limits again and extra charges are going to be heading our way. Because of this I will be [Read more...]
• New poster launched in fight against parrot trade
  All of India’s native wildlife is protected by law but this does not stop traders from taking wildlife from their native [Read more...]
• Minister calls for shoot to kill policy in Botswana
  The Deputy Speaker of the Botswana Parliament, Pono Moatlhodi, has called for the immediate introduction of a shoot to kill [Read more...]
• Indian wildlife rangers to be paid reward for every poacher they shoot
  We previously reported on wildlife rangers in Maharashtra State in India being offered protection from legal action if they [Read more...]