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Conservation News ~ September 28 2018

9/28/2018

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  • Hundreds march in London’s Whitehall to call for end to war on wildlife: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/22/hundreds-march-on-whitehall-to-call-for-end-to-war-on-wildlife
  • Nepal nearly doubles its wild tiger population: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/nepal-nearly-doubles-its-wild-tiger-population
  • British man caught selling fur coats made from endangered leopards and wolves over eBay: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/fur-coats-endangered-species-leopards-wolves-ebay-metropolitan-police-london-epsom-a8549046.html
  • France dismantles toxic car tyre reef: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45620299
  • Eight states sue over Migratory Bird Treaty Act: http://wildlife.org/eight-states-sue-over-migratory-bird-treaty-act-memo/
  • Queensland government urged to rethink killing sharks after outrage: https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/french/en/article/2018/09/24/queensland-government-urged-rethink-killing-sharks-after-outrage
  • SD Zoo donates black rhino to Tanzania for conservation effort: http://www.cbs8.com/story/39106271/san-diego-zoo-donates-black-rhino-to-tanzania-for-conservation-effort
  • Discovery of vibrant deep-sea life prompts new worries over seabed mining: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327806220_Discovery_of_vibrant_deep-sea_life_prompts_new_worries_over_seabed_mining
  • Australia has its first recorded marine animal extinction – the Derwent River Seastar: https://theconversation.com/eulogy-for-a-seastar-australias-first-recorded-marine-extinction-103225
  • Ag losses from Florence pegged at $125 million: https://www.southeastfarmpress.com/weather/ag-losses-florence-pegged-125-million
  • US Fish and Wildlife’s rejection of protections for the Pacific Fisher are successfully challenged: https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2018/judge-overturns-denial-of-endangered-species-protection-for-pacific-fishers
  • Judge returns Yellowstone grizzly bears to endangered species list: https://trib.com/lifestyles/recreation/judge-returns-yellowstone-grizzly-bears-to-endangered-species-list/article_54f5225e-1ca7-54cf-9944-f6e63cf2b347.html
  • Beluga whale spotted swimming in the Thames: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-45642590
  • Judge rejects Jackson Hole elk feedground permit due to CWD threat: https://trib.com/lifestyles/recreation/judge-rejects-jackson-hole-elk-feedground-permit-due-to-cwd/article_ad828c56-e302-5647-8f49-9eabb1f664fc.html
  • Messy new species of Dinosaur-era bird discovered: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/09/news-new-species-fossil-bird-dinosaurs-flight-evolution-paleontology/
  • World’s most popular weed killer linked to decline of honey bees: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/worlds-most-popular-weed-killer-linked-to-decline-of-honey-bees/
  • Bears Ears, Grand Staircase lawsuits will stay in DC as judge rejects US motion: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/24/bears-ears-grand/
  • Four anti-fracking activists face prison over protest: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/25/four-anti-fracking-activists-face-prison-over-protest
  • European commercial fishing vessel busted in Africa for shark finning: http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-commentary/news/european-commercial-fishing-vessel-busted-in-africa-for-shark-finning-2.html
  • 9,000+ scientists defend Endangered Species Act in letter to US president: https://www.ecowatch.com/scientists-defend-endangered-species-act-2607849341.html
  • China’s primates could disappear by end of this century: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/chinas-primates-could-disappear-by-end-of-this-century-study-warns/
  • Rare Tree Kangaroo reappears after vanishing for 90 years: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/09/rare-wondiwoi-tree-kangaroo-discovered-mammals-animals/
  • UN honors Beyond Meat as 2018 Champion of the Earth: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/plant-based-meat-revolutionaries-win-uns-highest-environmental-honor
  • New species of neon-colored fish discovered off Brazil: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/new-species-of-neon-colored-fish-discovered-off-brazil/
  • EPA places the Head of its Office of Children’s Health on Leave: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/climate/epa-etzel-children-health-program.html
  • A new species of hummingbird was discovered in southern Ecuador – Blue-Throated Hillstar: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-newly-hummingbird-species-critically-endangered.html
  • Climate kills ancient Antarctic moss: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45629395
  • Icelandic whaling season over – 146 fin and 6 minke whales caught: https://icelandmag.is/article/whaling-season-over-146-fin-and-6-minke-whales-caught-future-whaling-uncertain
  • Black rhino making a comeback in Chad thanks to relocation from South Africa: https://www.news24.com/Green/News/black-rhino-making-a-comeback-in-chad-thanks-to-relocation-from-sa-20180925
  • Drone captures footage of whales and dolphins playing together for first time: https://thewildchild.co.za/for-the-first-time-drone-captures-footage-of-whales-and-dolphins-playing-together/
  • EPA to eliminate office that advises agency chief on science: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/climate/epa-science-adviser.html
  • Chile unveils huge Patagonia hiking route: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45663960
  • New 26,000 pound species of dinosaur found: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/world/new-giant-dinosaur-brontosaurus-relative/index.html
  • First new wolves released on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/world/new-giant-dinosaur-brontosaurus-relative/index.html
  • Botswana’s elephant poaching crisis under scrutiny: https://www.iol.co.za/news/opinion/botswanas-elephant-poaching-crisis-under-scrutiny-17216246
  • Inky, black, polluted rivers seep into ocean after Hurricane Florence in NASA image: https://www.livescience.com/63689-nasa-hurricane-florence.html
  • A drifting weedkiller puts prized trees at risk: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/27/651262491/a-drifting-weedkiller-puts-prized-trees-at-risk
  • Biodiversity and Culture conventions meet at UNESCO: http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1886
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