Namibia: Uproar Over Elephant Killing
The killing of an alpha elephant bull at Omatjete last week has been highly criticised by Namibian conservation and tourism groups. The elephant, named 'Voortrekker' of the rare Ugab desert-adapted
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White House says will review 'Cecil the Lion' petition
The White House said on Thursday that it will review the public petition to extradite the American dentist who allegedly killed "Cecil," a Zimbabwean lion. The petition has exceeded the required 100,000
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Rich American tourists kill hundreds of lions each year, and it’s all legal
This would all be perfectly legal had the lion not been a resident of Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, a protected area. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimates that trophy-hunting
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Trophy hunting just part of the story behind declining lion numbers in Africa
Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists. According to UK-based charity Lion Aid, trophy hunters
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Zimbabwean charged over killing of Cecil the lion
A Zimbabwean court on Wednesday charged a professional hunter with failing to prevent an American from unlawfully killing 'Cecil', the southern African country's best-known lion, in a case that has triggered
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Killing of Cecil the lion prompts calls for EU ban on importing lion trophies
Conservationists and politicians have called on the EU to ban the import of lion heads, paws and skins as hunters’ trophies from African countries that cannot prove their lion populations are sustainable,
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Amazon’s Wildlife Threatened By Hydropower Dams, Study Says
As countries build more hydropower projects, new research warns that massive dams pose an extinction threat to mammals, birds and tortoises—at least in the Amazon. Brazil’s Balbina Dam has turned what
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RAK inspectors log 1,500 environmental violations since January
RAS AL KHAIMAH // More than 1,500 violations of environmental laws were discovered by inspectors in the first half of 2015. The violations were logged by the Department of Public Works’ Raqeb (monitor)
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Namibia: NWR Joins Battle Against Poaching
Windhoek — The escalation in the poaching of rhinos, elephants and other valuable wild animals in the Etosha National Park and around the country's parks has prompted the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR)
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Rapid assessment of distribution of wildlife and human activities for prioritizing conservation actions in a Patagonian landscape
<p>Large landscapes encompassing reserves and areas with other human uses are necessary for conservation of many species. Generating information for conservation planning over such landscapes may be expensive
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Global population collapse in a superabundant migratory bird and illegal trapping in China
Persecution and overexploitation by humans are major causes of species extinctions. Rare species, often confined to small geographic ranges, are usually at highest risk, whereas extinctions of superabundant