Conservation News ~ September 14 2018

• Orca J50 presumed dead after search; southern residents down to 74 whales: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/orca-j50-declared-dead-after-search-southern-residents-down-to-74-whales/
• Grizzly bear captured, killed after getting into turkey feed in northwestern Montana: https://apnews.com/440a87f42a2e44a9b05cd79ecb7f5af8
• Turkey is removing evolution from school ‘biology’ textbooks: https://bigthink.com/brandon-weber/darwin-being-removed-from-textbooks-in-turkey-this-time
• Petition with 35,000+ signatures calls for LSU to stop having live tiger mascots: https://www.klfy.com/top-stories/petition-with-35-000-signatures-calls-for-lsu-to-stop-having-live-tiger-mascot/1439388100
• Egypt’s environmental authorities transfers five smuggled African lions to Giza zoo: https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/egypts-giza-zoo-lucky-because-5-african-lions-found-warehouse-1185818
• UN takes first steps to protect high seas: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45397674
• Urgent greenhouse gas removal plan could see UK hit ‘netzero’ target: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/12/urgent-greenhouse-gas-removal-plan-could-see-uk-hit-net-zero-target-report
• Forest and indigenous rights land $459M commitment: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/forests-and-indigenous-rights-land-459m-commitment/
• Huge in increase in UK badger cull will see up to 42,000 shot: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/13/huge-increase-in-badger-cull-will-see-up-to-42000-shot
• Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/belugas-narwhal-stlawrence-1.4820602
• US Interior increases hunting and fishing areas in 30 wildlife refuges: https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=secretary-zinke-expands-hunting-and-fishing-opportunities-at-30-of-&_ID=36311
• Declaration of Alboran Sea hope spot coincides with intercontinental conservation efforts: https://mission-blue.org/2018/09/declaration-of-alboran-sea-hope-spot-coincides-with-intercontinental-conservation-efforts/
• IWC vote backs new quotas for aboriginal whale hunts: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-iwc-vote-quotas-aboriginal-whale.html
• 52 percent of world’s birds of prey populations in decline: https://www.ecowatch.com/predator-birds-raptors-population-2603985865.html
• Lyft commits to full carbon neutrality and 100% renewable energy: https://blog.lyft.com/posts/lyft-commits-to-full-carbon-neutrality-and-100-renewable-energy
• Butchered bird bones put humans in Madagascar 10,500 years ago: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/butchered-bird-bones-put-humans-madagascar-10500-years-ago
• US House passes bill outlawing the eating of cats and dogs: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/13/eating-dogs-and-cats-banned-house-passed-bill/1288897002/
• New Washington wolf pack may face lethal removal: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/lethal-action-against-new-washington-wolf-pack-approved-by-state/281-593202277
• North Carolina didn’t like science on sea levels, so passed a law against it: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-carolina-didnt-like-science-on-sea-levels-so-passed-a-law-against-it
• Washington organizations support federal land management to aid orca recovery: https://wawild.org/washington-organizations-support-federal-land-management-to-aid-in-orca-recovery/
• A deadly pig disease raging in China is bound to spread to other Asian countries: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/deadly-pig-disease-raging-china-bound-spread-other-asian-countries-experts-warn
• Four Mountain Lion kittens discovered in Santa Monica mountains: https://abc7.com/4-mountain-lion-kittens-found-in-santa-monica-mountains/4149094/
• Despite thousands in captivity, the rare Winged Mynah is going extinct: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/despite-thousands-in-captivity-this-rare-songbird-is-going-extinct.aspx
• AU Greens threaten to block trade legislation over Japanese whaling: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greens-threaten-to-block-trade-legislation-over-japanese-whaling-20180911-p5030y.html
• Chicagoans battle Manganese dust pollution: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/chicagoans-battle-manganese-dust-pollution
• No ecosystem on earth will be safe from climate change: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/how-climate-change-could-remake-every-biome-on-earth/569038/
• Energy Transfer pipeline explodes in Pennsylvania one week after activation: https://www.ecowatch.com/energy-transfer-pipeline-explodes-pennsylvania-2604024050.html
• New York City to launch new $400k plant-based medicine program: https://vegnews.com/2018/8/new-york-city-to-launch-new-400k-plant-based-medicine-program
• Indonesia now says it’s ok to trade certain critically endangered birds, rescinds protection for 3 species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/indonesia-gives-in-to-bird-traders-rescinds-protection-for-3-species/
• EPA gives oil, gas industry another pass to leak more methane: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/epa-gives-oil-gas-industry-another-pass-leak-more-methane?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=CleanAir
• Stoned New Zealand man breaks into zoo, gets bashed by tiny monkeys: https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/9kv5b8/stoned-kiwi-breaks-into-zoo-gets-bashed-by-tiny-monkeys
• Hog farmers scramble to drain waste pools ahead of Hurricane Florence: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/11/646790793/hog-farmers-scramble-to-drain-waste-pools-ahead-of-hurricane-florence
• World’s first indigenous REDD+ program ended due to illegal mining: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/worlds-first-indigenous-redd-program-ended-due-to-illegal-mining/
• Brazilian legislators break law, attack Amazon, trade freely with world: https://amazonwatch.org/news/2018/0911-brazilian-legislators-break-law-attack-amazon-trade-freely-with-world
• Un Chief says world must act by 2020 to avoid runaway climate change: https://www.afp.com/en/news/2265/world-must-act-2020-avoid-runaway-climate-change-un-chief-doc-19003o1
• Fishermen discover massive skull and antler from ancient Irish Elk: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/fishermen-find-giant-deer-skull-antlers-irish-elk
• Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-peatlands-carbon-planet.html
• South African snow has giraffes in the snow: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/11/giraffes-in-the-snow-south-africa-karoo-desert
• Gunnison reservoir dropping to historically low level: https://gazette.com/news/gunnison-reservoir-dropping-to-historically-low-level/article_17a991da-b1d2-11e8-b6c2-d7e484939b2c.html
• BBC admits ‘we get climate change coverage wrong too often’: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/07/bbc-we-get-climate-change-coverage-wrong-too-often
• Greenhouse gasses from rice paddies may be 2x higher than though: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-nitrous-oxide-emissions-rice-farms.html
• California sets goal of 100 percent renewable electric power by 2045: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/646373423/california-sets-goal-of-100-percent-renewable-electric-power-by-2045
• Grandmothers stalled the police as climate protestors created the largest street mural ever: https://grist.org/article/grandmothers-stalled-the-police-as-climate-protestors-created-the-largest-street-mural-ever/
• Global warming pushing alpine species higher and higher: https://science.ubc.ca/news/global-warming-pushing-alpine-species-higher-and-higher
• Gorillas named by pop stars, President at Rwandan Ceremony: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-07/gorillas-named-by-pop-stars-president-at-rwandan-ceremony
• Climate model shows large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara increase rain and vegetation: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6406/1019
• Rep Erik Paulsen breaks with Republicans on BWCA, urging feds to reconsider mining decision: http://www.startribune.com/rep-erik-paulsen-breaks-with-republicans-on-bwca-urging-feds-to-reconsider-mining-decision/492733741/
• Hundreds of seals are dying on the New England coast: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/science/dead-seals-new-england.html
• California to rely on 100% clean electricity by 2045 under bill signed by Gov Jerry Brown: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-renewable-energy-law-signed-20180910-story.html
• Whale standing death toll rises to 58: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45446869
• World Heritage coral reefs likely to disappear by 2100 unless CO2 emission drastically decrease: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/world-heritage-coral-reefs-likely-to-disappear-by-2100_us_596e6c53e4b05561da5a5b5d
• Dead wildlife washes up on East Coast beaches as Florida’s toxic red tide moves north: https://www.sciencealert.com/toxic-red-tide-algae-killing-marine-life-near-tampa-bay
• Scientists discover three new species of snailfish in ocean’s deepest depths: https://news.sky.com/story/scientists-discover-three-new-species-of-snailfish-in-oceans-deepest-depths-11494265
• Indigenous people fight for their rights. Governments and businesses call them terrorists: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/indigenous-people-terrorists-criminals-land-human-rights_us_5b8fab75e4b0511db3ddcdac
• Native Americans propose change to Yellowstone Landmark names: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/09/641330248/native-americans-propose-change-to-yellowstone-landmark-names
• Spain is the biggest exporter of shark’s fins: https://archive.euroweeklynews.com/news/on-euro-weekly-news/spain-news-in-english/113464-spain-is-the-biggest-exporter-of-sharks-fins
• House Farm Bill could wipe out communities’ power to prohibit pesticides: https://truthout.org/articles/house-farm-bill-could-wipe-out-communities-power-to-prohibit-pesticides/
• Man fined for kicking seagull after it stole his cheeseburger: https://apnews.com/f1bad5016f854470bcb297544265e36a
• Captain Planet screenwriter calls live-action adaptation ‘dark and irreverant’: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/captain-planet-screenwriter-calls-live-action-adaptation-dark-and-irreverent
• Whaling grenade harpoons take 20 minutes to kill: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/whales-whaling-norway-exploding-harpoons-whalegrenade-a8528141.html
• 2000 lbs of invasive carp removed as part of 10-year plan for Lake Minnetonka headwaters: http://www.fox9.com/news/environment/2-000-lbs-of-invasive-carp-removed-as-part-of-10-year-plan-for-lake-minnetonka-headwaters
• Blue Macaw parrot which inspired the Rio is now officially extinct: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-spixs-macaw-parrot-that-inspired-rio-is-extinct-in-wild/
• World’s largest offshore windfarm opens off Cumbrian coast: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/06/worlds-largest-offshore-windfarm-opens-cumbrian-coast-walney-extension-brexit
• 4000kg suspected shark fins offloaded in Malaysia: https://sync.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/09/05/4000kg-suspected-shark-fins-offloaded-in-malaysia/
• London fashion week vows to be fur-free: https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/social-goods-london-fashion-week-goes-fur-free-is-diverse-beauty-just-a-trend
• Irish Naval Service detains vessel with tonne of shark fins on board: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/naval-service-detains-vessel-with-tonne-of-shark-fins-on-board-1.3617293​