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A donation of three tons of grapes has been converted, via wine, into funds for the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) project to save endangered dolphins endemic to New Zealand. A Hector’s Dolphin showing the characteristic round dorsal fin. The Wine It started with Gemma McGrath who had moved from a job on Whale Watch boats [...]
President Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize today for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples“; as well as for his ongoing work to free the world of all nuclear weapons. Signage in the Latona Community Garden in San Francisco. Obama Does Not Feel Deserving of the [...]
Falco, the Iberian lynx cub born in captivity earlier this year, has died. Raised with his mother and siblings, the small cub suffered a seizure about a month ago. No other episodes of seizures occurred until the morning of Sunday, October 4th. Falco underwent emergency surgery but did not survive. A necropsy was performed on [...]
Perhaps fewer than 5,000 Komodo dragons remain in the wild – victims of poaching, human encroachment, and loss of prey due to human hunting. Wild Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) inhabit Komodo National Park in the center of Indonesia’s archipelago. The park is comprised of the islands of Komodo, Pada, and Rinca. The limited range of [...]
Well-funded poaching syndicates are cashing in on Asia’s demand for rhino horn – and jeopardizing decades of rhino conservation efforts in South Africa. The reason behind the current 15-year high in rhino poaching is no longer a mystery or “baffling” to experts: It is fueled by the insatiable demands of a newly affluent – and [...]
