“brian seasholes deftly outlines a win-win-win strategy for protecting endangered species in the united states…if the public values endangered species, then it seems only fair that we fully compensate the people on whose land they live for taking care of them for us.” read the blog: It’s Only Fair to Pay People to Protect Endangered Species full policy study: Fulfilling the Promise of the Endangered Species Act
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From September, 2014
A PREHISTORIC AFFAIR
— “a few paused before entering and others rejected the holes, which is normal as the animals get used to new surroundings” read article: endangered gopher tortoises get new home more: defenders of wildlife, gopher tortoises council
RARE UK BIRDS ‘VANISH’
—”Sky’s signal stopped suddenly on 10 September and Hope’s signal died three days later. Searches of the area have failed to find any trace of them.The tracking devices are designed to operate for at least three years. The scientists say it’s “improbable” that this is due to technical failure. The more likely cause is that the birds were killed by other animal predators, or humans.” read article: Threatened birds of prey ‘vanish’
SQUIRREL AGREEMENT
— “the animals are facing extinction for many reasons, chief among them habitat loss from logging and sprawl, groundwater overuse, global warming and pollution” read article: rare southern california flying squirrel moves closer to endangered species act protection more: national wildlife federation
MEET ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO
— “the federal government has agreed to a deadline of the end of next year for an endangered species review for wolves in southeast alaska” read article: southeast wolves to undergo endangered species act review
BURN AND SAVE, THE PLIGHT OF A SPECIES
“i think it sends a really good signal to the rest of europe that this zoo and other zoos and other organizations joining today are just not interested in perpetuating the trade in rhino horns,” read article: czech zoo burns rhino horns to help save endangered species more: burnhorns.org
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
“the window of opportunity is short. if we have a mild winter, it will be easier to do, but if we have a lot of storms, then there are delays” read article: piping plovers win this round, but officials hope not for long
EATING ENDANGERED SPECIES?
– “Native birds like the weka are in decline due to predation in the wild. Beattie is vocal about the fact that endangered native birds need to be farmed for consumption to help sustain the animal’s populations.” read article: Eating Endangered Species Might Be the Best Way to Save Them
HR 4256
— “unfortunately, not all laws are perfect, and in this case, the interpretation of the law is resulting in inaccurate data collection, potentially preventing healthy and growing species from being removed from the threatened or endangered list” read article: stewart’s endangered species act designed to protect species from extinction
WHEREVER THE ANIMAL IS FOUND
— “the groups actually agreed with one part of the plan: the lynx now is protected wherever it may be, even if it wanders outside the select states and their boundaries of protection” read article: endangered species protection extended to lynx
SHADOWS OF PALM OIL PLANTATIONS
— “check rankings for companies such as kellogg’s, nestle, unilever, general mills, johnson & johnson, the body shop, l’oreal, avon, colgate-palmolive, procter & gamble, pepsico, conagra foods and the hershey company. if you would like to thank a company for its efforts or encourage them to do better, visit pdza.org/pawsforthecause to find out more about point defiance zoo & aquarium’s paws for the cause campaign” read article: Expanding palm oil plantations threaten endangered species more: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
BIOSPHERE TOURS #3
— REVISITED human experiment: biosphere 2, 32540 s. biosphere road, oracle, AZ directions: from tucson, take oracle road (highway 77) for about 30 miles and turn right at the sign. hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily”
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