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Original Technorati articles tagged “poaching”

• in Green
  A Tribute to Spencer the Rhino - May His Death Not Be In Vain
  The Rhino Rescue Project lost Spencer to anaesthesia, in an effort to take a proactive stance against poaching.
  by azraiel / on Feb 18, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  The Dwindling Population of Tigers in India
  Tigers are disappearing from the Indian sub-continent and the government is enrolling the help of stars, politicians and citizens to help in the cause to save the animals
  by faheemrehman / on Mar 20, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “poaching”

 

• Drone Schools Suggest Inevitability Of Drones In Everyday Life

  
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  Rendering of an X-47B drone flying over an aircraft carrier. (Photo illustration/via Wikimedia Commons) This week, the United States Navy launched its drone prototype, the X-47B, from the deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush off the coast of Maryland. The X-47B is the first drone that has proven successful in ...
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• Why the rhino poaching issue matters

  
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  I’ll bet my Friday was more interesting than your Friday. If you want proof, here’s a photo: That’s me in the screaming pink Hello Kitty cap. Next to me is my friend Mbekezeli Khumalo. The guy in the shorts at the end is Mark Boucher. The story about how the two of us came to...
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• Dozens of elephants slaughtered for ivory in Central African Republic – ‘The elephants here face a sure death as criminals obtain ivory’

  
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  10 May 2013 (mongabay.com) – Dozens of elephants have been slaughtered in the Dzanga Bai World Heritage Site in the Central African Republic just days after conservationists warned about an impending threat from the movement of 17 heavily armed poachers. The massacre occurred at a site renowned as "village of ...
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• Elephants massacred for ivory in Central African Republic

  
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  Dozens of elephants have been slaughtered in the Dzanga Bai World Heritage Site in the Central African Republic just days after conservationists warned about an impending threat from the movement of 17 heavily armed poachers. The massacre occurred at a site renowned as village of elephants, where tourists and ...
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• Dot Earth Blog: How Technology and Tourism Can Help Sustain Mexicos Sea Turtles

  
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  In a new documentary, students explore efforts to conserve endangered sea turtles in a region focused on fishing.        
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• How Poachers Stole 10 Percent of an Entire Tortoise Species…and What Happened Next

  
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  On Friday, March 15, authorities in Thailand intercepted two wildlife smugglers trying to carry hundreds of endangered tortoises through Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Among the animals recovered were 54 critically endangered ploughshare tortoises ( Astrochelys yniphora ) from Madagascar. The entire wild ...
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• Can Technology and Tourism Sustain Mexico’s Sea Turtles?

  
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  In a new documentary, students explore efforts to conserve endangered sea turtles in a region focused on fishing.
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• Formosan Clouded Leopard Confirmed to Be Extinct in Taiwan

  
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  Photo via Shutterstock A 13-year search for one of the smallest big cats in the world just ended, confirming what many feared: The Formosan clouded leopard is extinct in Taiwan . The more than decade-long search involved 1,500 infrared cameras, baited fur traps, and countless hours of fieldwork by zoologists ...
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• 17 poachers allegedly enter elephant stronghold in Congo, conservationists fear massacre

  
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  Local researchers and wildlife guards say 17 armed elephant poachers have gained access to Dzanga Bai, a large waterhole and clearing where up to 200 forest elephants visit daily in the Central African Republic (CAR)s Dzanga-Ndoki National Park. WWF, which works in the region but has recently evacuated due to rising ...
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• A Tale of Two Elephants: celebrating the lives and mourning the deaths of Cirrocumulus and Ngampit

  
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  On March 21st, the organization Save the Elephants posted on their Facebook page that two African elephants had been poached inside a nearby reserve: "Sad news from the north of Kenya. Usually the national reserves are safe havens for elephants, and they know it. But in the last two weeks two of our study animals have ...
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• Central America’s largest forest under siege by colonists – ‘Even we the Mayangna dont touch these forests, thats where the animals we hunt reproduce. If they destroy that, they will destroy our people.’

  
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  By Jeremy Hance 6 May 2013 (mongabay.com) – In the last four years, invading land speculators and peasants have destroyed 150,000 hectares (370,000 acres) of rainforest in Nicaraguas Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, according to the Mayangna and Miskito indigenous peoples who call this forest home. Although Nicaragua ...
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• Vietnam takes steps against rhino poaching

  
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  With around 29,000 rhinos left in the world and rates of poaching skyrocketing, governments need to crack down on this gruesome trade in any way they can. And cracking down means working together. After all what’s the point of stepping up efforts in South Africa if Zimbabwe and Mozambique, which share a huge ...
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• China vastly under-reports global fish catch – ‘We’re looking at decimation in the next decade’

  
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  By Gwynn Guilford 30 April 2013 (The Atlantic) – China might be cracking down on luxury spending in watches , cars, banquets and really foul liquor . But the market for pricey fish parts continues relatively unabated. US border officials recently busted a ring smuggling bladders of an endangered fish used ...
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• Hammerhead Sharks, Houston Toads, Heavy Metal and Other Links from the Brink

  
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  Rare sharks, toads, rhinos and bears are among the endangered species in the news this week. Hammer Time: David Shiffman offers 10 reasons why great and scalloped hammerhead sharks ( Sphyrna mokarran and S. lewini ) deserve Endangered Species Act protections and encourages people to take direct action in ...
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• Mekong region has lost a third of its forests in 30 years, may lose another third by 2030

  
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  The Greater Mekong region of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam will lose a third of its remaining forest cover by 2030 unless regional governments improve management of natural resources and transition toward a greener growth model, warns a new report issued by WWF.
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• Field reports indicate slaughter of elephants, conservation staff evacuated

  
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  The world learned more terrible news about elephants again last week: more forest elephants are being slaughtered near the Dzanga-Sangha protected areas, in violence-ridden Central African Republic (CAR). This follows the shocking news from a recent study that found that poaching of forest elephants for their ivory ...
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• The Last Rhinos in Mozambique Have Been Killed by Poachers

  
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  The last known rhinoceroses in Mozambique have been wiped out by poachers apparently working in cahoots with the game rangers responsible for protecting them, it has emerged. The 15 threatened animals were shot dead for their horns last month in the Mozambican part of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which also ...
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• 13 year search for Taiwans top predator comes up empty-handed

  
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  After 13 years of searching for the Formosan clouded leopard ( Neofelis nebulosa brachyura ), once hopeful scientists say they believe the cat is likely extinct. For more than a decade scientists set up over 1,500 camera traps and scent traps in the mountains of Taiwan where they believed the cat may still be hiding ...
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• NABU International launches fund to support families of rangers killed in action

  
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  A Ranger Family Support Fund was launched in Ethiopia last week to provide financial assistance to the families that are left behind from rangers who lose their lives to poachers
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• Metal Mulisha Taking Over A City Near You…

  
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  Most of you have seen the poaching campaign we kicked off in 2010. If you haven’t click over to see all the crazy shit that went down; you’re not going to want to miss out on this. Post up the city or spot we should ‘ ride ‘ in your neck of the woods; you never know we might just claim it and feature it ...
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