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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Humans Cause Animal Extinction: Large Mammals Including Elephants And Gorillas Are Under Threat, Study Finds
The world's largest mammals could go extinct if humans don't do more to protect their ecosystems, according to an international team of conservation scientists. Animals including gorillas, rhinoceroses
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Animal welfare groups push US to classify all leopards as endangered
A leopard rests in Serengeti national park, northern Tanzania. Leopards in sub-Saharan Africa are officially classed as ‘threatened’, unlike in northern Africa where their status is ‘endangered’. Conservationists
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No more rats: New Zealand to exterminate all introduced predators
According to the government, introduced species kill 25m native New Zealand birds a year including the iconic ground-dwelling, flightless Kiwi, which die at a rate of 20 a week, and now number fewer than
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South Africa's great white sharks face extinction, says study
South Africa’s great white sharks face the threat of extinction after a steep decline in numbers caused by trophy hunting, shark nets and pollution, according to a study. The six-year research project
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Whale sharks inch closer to extinction
Whale shark numbers have plummeted by more than 50 percent in the last 75 years. Threats to the whale shark include habitat destruction, accidental entanglement in fishing nets, vessel collisions, and
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New video emerges of wildlife abuses by safari company in Tanzania
Green Mile, a safari company that was banned by the Tanzanian government just two years ago after videos surfaced of graphic wildlife abuses by hunters that had engaged the company’s services, has been
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Humans artificially drive evolution of new species
Species across the world are rapidly going extinct due to human activities, but humans are also causing rapid evolution and the emergence of new species. A new study published today summarises the causes
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Shocking! US Secret Wildlife Killing Program Killed 3.2 Million Animals in 2015
Amid public protest against animal killing practices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services killed a total of 3.2 million animals in 2015. The number was revealed in a report conducted
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Reserve with rare gorillas finally protected
Last Thursday, on June 23, the provincial governor of South Kivu formally approved the boundaries of the Itombwe Reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the last strongholds of the Grauer’s
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Lao gov't warns illegal activities against protected species
VIENTIANE, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Lao government has warned poachers, traders and businesses not to hunt, sell or display prohibited or protected wildlife and aquatic species, including live animals, carcasses,