Conservation News ~ April 14 2017

• One of last three rhinos in Malaysia is critically ill: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/04/one-of-the-last-three-rhinos-in-malaysia-is-critically-ill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Endangered Spectacled Bear death highlights plight: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/04/latest-death-highlights-plight-of-spectacled-bear-in-colombia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• New Leaf-Nosed Bat uncovered in Venzuela: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/04/new-leaf-nosed-bat-uncovered-amidst-burning-habitat-in-venezuela/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Tasmanian logging plan will destroy industry, trach markets: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-12/timber-union-warns-tasmanian-logging-plan-will-trash-markets/8436476
• Taiwan just became the first Asian country to ban eating cats and dogs: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/taiwan-dog-cat-meat-ban-first-asian-state-sold-consumed-eaten-white-china-a7679526.html
• BC officials vow to eliminate grizzly trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest: http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/04/11/news/breaking-bc-liberals-promise-eliminate-grizzly-trophy-hunting-great-bear-rainforest
• SLO County supervisors adopt permanent oak protections:  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article144078329.html
• More than a quarter of UK birds face extinction risk or steep decline: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/11/more-than-a-quarter-of-uk-birds-face-extinction-risk-or-steep-decline-study
• Court orders EPA to close loophole, factory farms required to report toxic pollution: http://www.ecowatch.com/epa-factory-farm-report-pollution-2355997089.html
• Reebok has new biodegradable sneakers that are made from corn:
• http://www.popsci.com/reebok-biodegradable-sneakers-made-corn
• USDA’s Wildlife Services announced it has abandoned M-44 cyanide bombs:
• http://idahostatejournal.com/outdoors/xtreme_idaho/usda-halts-use-of-m--cyanide-bombs-in-idaho/article_383f75dd-2342-5b92-97ef-aa9625a46da8.amp.html
• Ca Condors are thriving in Pinnacles National Park: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/weather/weather-watch/article143552519.html
• Malaysia seizes $3.1 million worth of Rhino horns: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-malaysia-trafficking-wildlife-idUKKBN17C0I1
• 60 million Americans rely on drinking water that originates on national forests and grasslands
• Wolves are quietly coming into Western Oregon: http://www.nrtoday.com/news/wolves-quietly-coming-into-western-oregon/article_b150dfc4-2fc4-5f2e-a634-b6c232f022aa.html
• California announces bill to save Vaquita: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Announces-Bill-To-Help-Save-the-Vaquita-Population--415522583.html
• Sumatran rhino extinct in the wild: http://www.livescience.com/51965-sumatran-rhino-extinct-in-malaysia.html
• Butchered shark fins seized from shrimp boat off Key West: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article142029049.html
• Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel and oil leak from capsized barge in SF Bay: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-capsized-barge-20170407-story.html
• TransCanada shuts down Keystone after oil seeps to surface: http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/04/04/news/transcanada-shuts-down-keystone-after-oil-seeps-surface
• Indo fight against deforestation gets historic verdict: http://www.ecowatch.com/indonesia-deforestation-palm-oil-2346201626.html
• Brazil slashes environment budget by 43%: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/04/brazil-slashes-environment-budget-by-43/
• 7-Eleven to power 425 Texas Stores with Wind Energy: http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2017/04/7-eleven-to-power-all-425-texas-stores-with-wind-energy.html
• French bank sells share in $2.5 billion Dakota pipeline: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-dakota-pipeline-idUSKBN1772H1
• Rare barking deer photographed in Vietnam: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/04/rare-barking-deer-photographed-in-vietnam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Nepalese Rhino poached: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/04/one-horned-rhino-killed-by-poachers-in-nepal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Clemson U will not get a power plant on campus: http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/04/04/duke-energy-plant-at-clemson-university-draws-fire.html