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REMAINING SPECIMENS
— “if you’re going to do anything with the northern white rhino.. you are probably looking at a high-tech solution” read article: experts on last ditch effort to save endangered rhino
CONGRESSIONAL GROUSE MANEUVERING
— “oil and gas companies and some ranchers say listing the birds would hamper drilling and grazing across 11 western states” read article: decision for sage grouse delayed by congressional maneuvering image: mishka henner
NEW CANDIDATES
— “the service is now soliciting additional information on these species and others that may warrant esa protection” read article: list of candidates for protection released read more: candidate notice of review
CHERNOBYL BEARS
— “camera traps, used by a project assessing radioactive exposure impacts on wildlife, recorded the images” read article: brown bears return to chernobyl after a century away
PARTS FOR SALE
— “researchers found 33,006 live wild animals and parts available on 280 sites in 16 different countries over a 42-day period” read article: online trade in endangered animals parts read more: countries join forces
CRITTERCAM
— “in some metropolitan areas populations are so high that no vacancies are left in the suburbs for these territorial animals, which means youngsters are being forced to strike out into the only remaining habitat: downtown” read article: downtown coyotes: inside the secret lives of chicago’s predator read more: coyotes in the city
RANCHERS SIGN PACT
— “protection from restrictions and regulations that might be slapped on rangeland if sage grouse is listed as threatened or endangered next year” read article: baker county ranchers sign sage grouse pact
$30 MILLION MESHWEAVER
— “as crews were excavating deep into the limestone to build an underpasss, the scientist encountered a tiny, other-worldly creature that would quickly bring the $15 million project to a halt” read article: habitat plan aims to protect endangered species
A ROAD MAP FOR ACTION
— “despite efforts during many years by staff and traditional owners, the survival of many species had almost slipped through our fingers” read article: selection of endangered species will be sheltered in an animal sanctuary on a remote island
SHELL LAWSUIT RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
— “a three-judge panel of the u.s. 9th circuit court of appeals said shell could not sue environmental and alaska native advocacy groups on the chance that those organizations might challenge offshore drilling permits granted to the oil giant by the u.s. government.” read article: shell lawsuit ruled unconstitutional
IMPERILED BISON
— “yellowstone bison migrate into the jurisdictions of montana, idaho, and wyoming where the wildlife species is forcibly removed or destroyed completely. yellowstone bison are the only extant wildlife population of plains bison that retains its genetic integrity and still freely roams in the united states.” read article: endangered species act protection sought for the imperiled yellowstone bison
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