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Environment Government 

Grizzly Bears

December 24, 2020December 28, 2020 BRIEF
bears, endangered, Montana, regulation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

A federal court in Montana ruled against the Center for Biological Diversity on its claims that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not properly address the center’s 2014 petition for an update to a recovery plan for grizzly bears.

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Entertainment Environment Science 

Cells at San Diego Zoo Lead to Cloning of Endangered Horse

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
endangered, horses, Medicine, Research, San Diego, zoo

Little Kurt looks like any other baby horse as he frolics playfully in his pen. He isn’t afraid to kick or head-butt an intruder who gets in his way and, when he’s hungry, dashes over to his mother for milk.

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Criminal Environment International 

Sri Lanka Arrests Three Accused of Killing Leopard for Asthma Cure

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
animals, diseases, endangered, sri lanka

Sri Lankan police on Friday arrested three people suspected of trapping and killing an endangered leopard and trying to sell its meat as a cure for asthma.

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Environment International 

Madagascar’s Lemurs Take a Breather as Tourism Struggles

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, endangered, tourism, wildlife

Perched on a branch, the lemur blinks back intently at a group of gawking tourists disrupting a coronavirus-induced spell of tranquility outside Madagascar’s Andasibe national park.

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Environment International Science 

In Ecuador, Pair of Andean Condors Revives Hope for Species’ Survival

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
birds, Ecuador, endangered, Research

On a rocky outcrop in an Ecuadoran nature reserve, a pair of prolific Andean condors are giving conservationists a glimmer of hope that the species, under threat from poisoning and hunting, could yet survive and thrive.

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Environment International 

South Africa’s Rhino Poaching Drops During Virus Lockdown

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, endangered, poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, tourism

South Africa’s anti-Covid-19 lockdown is credited with helping to achieve a dramatic drop in rhino killings, but as the country opens up experts warn of a possible resurgence of poaching of one of Earth’s most endangered mammals.

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Environment Science 

World Isn’t Meeting Biodiversity Goals, UN Report Finds

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
conservationists, diversity, endangered, Research, United Nations

A decade-long global effort to save Earth’s disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers said in a report Tuesday.

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Environment Government Politics 

Koala Row Threatens Leader of Australia’s Biggest State

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Australia, conservationists, endangered

A dispute over protection measures for Australia’s endangered koalas threatened Thursday to topple the government of the country’s biggest state.

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Uncategorized 

Brazil Wetland Fires Threaten Jaguar Reserve

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Brazil, endangered, Fire, wetlands, wildlife

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) — Fires raging in the Pantanal, the biggest tropical wetlands on Earth, are threatening a nature

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Environment International 

Nearly All Madagascar’s Lemur Species ‘Face Extinction’

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, endangered, extinction

Almost all species of lemur, the small saucer-eyed primates native to Madagascar, face extinction, an international conservation body warned on Thursday, adding to its growing list of animals and plants under threat.

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Environment International 

Rare Subspecies of Gorillas Photographed With Babies

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, conservationists, endangered, Nigeria, primates

Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria’s Mbe mountains, proof that the subspecies once feared to be extinct is reproducing amid protection efforts.

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Environment International 

Dozens of Endangered Dorcas Gazelles Killed by Poachers in Niger

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, endangered, poaching

NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) — Around 40 dorcas gazelles, an endangered species, have been slaughtered by poachers in one of Africa’s

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Environment Government 

Canada Lynx

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 BRIEF
endangered, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife

WildEarth Guardians sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in federal court for unreasonably delaying and failing to comply with a 4-year-old court order to correct errors and revise its critical habitat for Canada lynx.

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Environment Government 

Flow Requirements

June 19, 2020June 22, 2020 BRIEF
California, Drought, endangered, fish, rivers, water

The California State Water Resources Control Board’s emergency orders during a drought, which set minimum water flow requirements for three tributaries of the Sacramento River, were not unreasonable or arbitrary, an appeals court in the state ruled. The orders were necessary to protect Chinook salmon and steelhead trout — two threatened fish species.

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Environment International 

Pangolin Released Into Wild Under China’s New Protections

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
animals, China, endangered, rescue, wildlife

Activists in China have released a pangolin into the wild to celebrate new protections for the armadillo-like animal whose numbers in the country have dropped to near extinction levels.

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Environment Government 

Borax Lake Chub

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 BRIEF
endangered, fish, Oregon, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday it would remove the Borax Lake chub, a fish native to Oregon, from the list of endangered wildlife. The agency said the threats to the species have been reduced to a point where it is no longer threatened.

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Environment 

Trump Administration OKs Drilling in California’s Largest Grassland

May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 MATTHEW RENDA
BLM, California, endangered, National Monuments, Trump administration, wildlife

The Trump administration announced plans to allow oil and gas development on a national monument that is home to endangered species and unspoiled wilderness stashed in between the most populous parts of the state.

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Environment Government International 

Maui Dolphins

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 BRIEF
Commerce Department, endangered, endangered species, fishing, marine biology

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society sued Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross et al. in the Court of International Trade for failing to ban fish imports whose nets cause the death of Maui dolphins, an endangered species with only 57 in existence.

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Criminal Environment International 

Africa’s Endangered Wildlife at Risk as Tourism Dries Up

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, endangered, Law Enforcement, poaching, rhinoceros, tourism

The armed rangers set off at dusk in pursuit of poachers. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a new alertness, and a new fear.

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Entertainment Environment Health International 

Pandas Use Lockdown Privacy to Mate After a Decade of Trying

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
China, coronavirus, endangered, fertility, Hong Kong, parks, sex, wildlife

Stuck at home with no visitors and not much else to do, a pair of pandas in Hong Kong finally decided to give mating a go after a decade of dodging the issue.

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