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Disturbing details have emerged about the recent death of a rhino in India’s Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary. Now that a postmortem exam has confirmed that last week’s death of a greater one-horned rhino inside Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary was due to a poacher’s bullet, inexperienced forest guards are suspected of trying to cover up the incident.
As wild tiger populations dwindle, poachers are turning to lions to feed the insatiable Chinese appetite for ‘potions’ made from big cat bones. Conservationists are sounding the alarm about a disturbing development in the fight to save wildlife from poaching: Lions are being killed as a substitute for tigers so their bones can be sold [...]
Visionary Civil Rights leader and revolutionary Harvey Milk has finally been honored by the state of California with an official day to celebrate his life and impact. Each May 22nd is now “Harvey Milk Day”. On that day state schools and educational institutions will now be encouraged to conduct relevant civil rights related exercises.
Artist Jason de Caires Taylor has sculpted a series of human figures in the world’s first underwater sculpture park. This exhibit is an evolving art exhibit available to divers and glass bottom boats of the Grenada reef that is aimed at promoting conservation awareness. Jason’s “sculptures highlight ecological processes whilst exploring the intricate relationships between [...]
