Rare and endangered species reports

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Endangered crane shot dead in Shillapoo Wildlife Area

03rd Mar 2007 05:24 AM

The Sandhill crane has been listed as endangered since 1991. Officers found one shot in the leg which later died of multiple leg fractures and wing injuries. A US$500 reward is being posted. Photo.

EU orders Poland to stop work on highway

03rd Mar 2007 05:27 AM

The highway runs through protected habitat which is home to eagles, wolves and lynx.

Raising funds for devil research - huge devil soft toys

03rd Mar 2007 05:46 AM

At A$50 each, researchers are hoping to raise over A$200,000 for research into Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD). Nick Mooney has travelled to the United States to be the voice of the Tasmanian devil in appealing for further funding. Photo.

Klaus Emmerichs and Birgit Jansen in Australia to film thylacine

02nd Mar 2007 08:14 AM

Klaus Emmerichs and Birgit Jansen have returned to Australia for the second time in order to validate their sighting of a thylacine in 2005. They meet with Col Bailey to search. Photo.

Klaus Emmerichs back in Australia to film thylacine

02nd Mar 2007 07:46 AM

It has been 2 years and a few days since Klaus Emmerichs took two photographs of what he claims is a thylacine in the Tasmanian wilderness. He and Birgit Jansen have returned in their second attempt to now capture the animal on video.

Endangered species for sale in Mexico markets

01st Mar 2007 08:00 PM

Jaguars, crocodiles and eagles can all be bought, delivered to your door. Up to 80,000 parrots illegally caught per year - and 80 percent die before sale.

Three quarters Ontario endangered species not protected

01st Mar 2007 08:03 PM

Over three quarters of Ontario's endangered species are not protected. Nearly forty year old legislation is "woefully inadequate"

Ivory Billed Woodpecker - free lecture on its conservation

01st Mar 2007 08:06 PM

The general public is invited to register for a conference on endangered species conservation to be held at Connecticut College on April 6-7. The ivory-billed woodpecker lecture is April 6.

GPS collars for cheetahs in Iran

01st Mar 2007 08:15 PM

Using technology similar to Steve Irwin's crocodile monitoring program, scientists have affixed GPS collars to two Asiatic cheetahs in Iran. Photo.

Drooling and masturbation - saving hippos and rhinos

28th Feb 2007 08:17 PM

Although hippos breed well in captivity, not much is known of their reproductive cycles. Australian researcher Steve Johnston is exploring ways of detecting pregnancy, sexual maturity and infertility.