— the study covered a wide range of hong kong supermarkets and convenience stores across all districts. surprisingly, almost 50% of the eel products surveyed were determined to be european eel. the results from this study suggested that large scale smuggling networks trafficking european eels are interwoven with local supplier chains, resulting in endangered species ending up on supermarket shelves. read : endangered species on supermarket shelves
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read : world wildlife day 2020 endangered species threatened by human activity
INCORPORATE BEHAVIOR
— when we here the term “migratory,” we tend to think of the seasonal migrations we see on tv like the wildebeests crossing the serengeti ecosystem between tanzania and kenya or monarch butterflies making their ways north from their winter breeding grounds in mexico. but “migratory” under this treaty, now ratified by 130 countries, means much more. read : towards a global endangered species act more : convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals
INDISPENSABLE INGREDIENTS
— the wildlife protection law, prohibits the hunting, killing, selling and purchasing of some 1,800 rare and endangered animals, except with special permissions. the pangolin, which scientists suspect could be the source of the new coronavirus, is already on this list, but laws are ambiguous about whether species not on the list can be traded legally. read : china set to clamp down permanently on wildlife trade in wake of coronavirus more : the recipe project
UNFILLED FUTURE
— “valentine’s day actually has its origins in a celebration of wolf fertility.” read : wolf that walked 8,712 miles to find love
COGS
— “we do know that it’s an important critter. we know that we care about them deeply. what we hope is to educate snowmobilers to stay away from areas where there (are) wolverines. as we lose more and more species, we lose more and more cogs in our ecosystem. It can have a cascading effect.” read : where have all the wolverines gone? apparently not on the endangered species list
INESCAPABLE SYNTHESIS
— three-quarters of those surveyed said a species deserves special protections if it had been driven to extinction from any more than 30% of its historic range. some were more accepting of losses. regardless of the explanation, a good answer to the question, “what an endangered species?” is an inescapable synthesis of facts and values. read : what is an endangered species?
REPRODUCIBLE
— “we have a long way to go and success is far from assured, but kenya continues to play her part at the center of a multi-national collaboration to save this species. let us hope for news of a successful northern white pregnancy in the not too distant future.” read : northern white rhino embryo could save species from brink of extinction
ʻIO
— as strawberry guava spreads, fish & wildlife officials said, it forms “impenetrable groves of close standing trees” which makes it nearly impossible for the hawk to hunt its prey because there’s not enough room to spread its wings. read : how the endangered hawaiian hawk became a political pawn
BACKFIRE
— investors are buying endangered species not to use and own, but in anticipation that their prices will rise. this shift explains why international trade restrictions often do not protect endangered species. read : restricting trade in endangered species can backfire, triggering market booms
SINGED
— “some animals may have been lucky enough to find refuge and survive,” says euan ritchie, an ecologist at deakin university in melbourne. “it might not always be the case that animals have been completely wiped out in these habitats, however given the scale and severity of these fires [in australia], there’s no question that, even common species and not just threatened species, will have been affected quite dramatically.” read : australian fires have incinerated habitats
SAVAGE BLOWS
— fire had taken away the invertebrate bugs the animals feed on, and that food source would not return until there was significant rain. “There are a whole lot of things that are ecologically off the scale,” he said. read : ‘silent death’: australia’s bushfires push countless species to extinction
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