ESA Saved But Polar Bears Left to Die

Posted on May 1, 2009 by nothoney

The Center for Biological Diversity, among others, reported yesterday the the Endangered Species Act is saved from the Bush/Cheney midnight regulations designed to render it useless. However, Secretary Salazar took no action to quash the Bush/Cheney rules that allow oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat. Honestly, why do presidents choose Interior Secretaries from [...]

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The Last Wild Jaguar In the U.S. Is Dead

Posted on March 3, 2009 by nothoney

Stunning news today from the Center for Biological Diversity. They recently posted that a male jaguar named Macho B had been radio collared – and now he’s dead. Think we aren’t driving wildlife species to extinction with overpopulation and incredibly STUPID conservation policies? Think again. In deeply sad news, the first wild jaguar to be [...]

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Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage – Watch 60 Minutes Report

Posted on December 21, 2008 by nothoney

Tonight CBS’ “60 Minutes” aired a report on the work of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage. If you missed the report, you can watch it on the on the “60 Minutes” Web site and see photos, too. Why not adopt a baby ele, or rhino, as a gift this Christmas? You’ll be doing [...]

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Gimme Shelter: A Short Film About the Horrors in Congo

Posted on December 18, 2008 by nothoney

Ben Affleck and Mick Jagger have teamed to create a short film that highlights some of the horrors of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It seems to me that Darfur gets all the news and that’s not right because about 5 million people have died in conflicts in Congo in the past few [...]

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It’s Orangutan Awareness Week

Posted on November 11, 2008 by nothoney

It started yesterday, my apologies for the late post, and ends this Friday with Orange for Orangutan Day! I’m planning to hang flyers on all the various bulletin boards on all 11 floors of our building today. Please read the following information from the Orangutan Foundation and get everyone you know to wear orange on [...]

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IUCN: 1 in 4 Mammal Species Face Extinction

Posted on October 6, 2008 by nothoney

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature released a report that details the status of the world’s mammals. It’s the first such report in 10 years. Jan Schipper of the IUCN in Gland, Switzerland said, “We estimate that one in four species is threatened with extinction and that the population of one in two [...]

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Take Action for Orangutans, Wolves Slaughtered, Elephants Face Extinction

Posted on August 1, 2008 by nothoney

There just isn’t any good news of late; at least that’s how it seems. In my previous post about the ABC News special report about orangutans and deforestation, I found some great comments left by visitors. The first comment by Richard Zimmerman, director of Orangutan Outreach, invites us to visit the Web site and learn [...]

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ABC News Report: Orangutan Extinction in 10 Years

Posted on July 30, 2008 by nothoney

Thanks to my friend and volunteer colleague, Olivia, for passing this report on to me. ABC News report on orangutans: The Plight of the Red Apes http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5238877 The researchers interviewed include Lone Dröscher Nielsen of Animal Planet’s “Orangutan Island” series and a representative from the World Wildlife Fund. They predict extinction of the species within [...]

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Journal Nature: Some Species Will Be Extinct Faster Than Feared

Posted on July 7, 2008 by nothoney

This is such depressing news from “Nature” that I just didn’t feel like posting it. I’ll have more depressing news about primates in a later post. BTW, the information for the letter-writing campaign to Congress to urge them to influence Rwandan President Kagame to end his support of the rebel Nkunda in Congo is behind [...]

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