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Yellowstone “Research” Wolf Killed – Wolf Project Data Jeopardized

Michael Ricciardi — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Gray Wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park

Several predator species living within the borders of Yellowstone National Park–most notably the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf (Canus lupus)–are protected from hunting. But outside the borders of the park, “big game” predator hunting is sometimes allowed. This is the case for the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Montana, lying just outside and to the north of Yellowstone (which is principally in Wyoming, but extends into Montana and Idaho). In early October of this year, the State of Montana opened its first wolf hunting season, with a maximum quota of 12 wolves. The legal hunt came in the wake of a May 2009 decision to remove the gray wolf from the federal endangered species list, following the wolf’s successful reintroduction to the park.

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Hong Kong Celeb Bound for Canada to Protest Seal Hunt

Gavin Hudson — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:07:19 +0000

Hong Kong actress and singer Karen Mok will travel to Canada to speak out against seal hunting just before the start of this year’s seal hunting season, during which an estimated 300,000 will be killed for their fur and meat.

Mok will work with the Hong Kong Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to make a mini documentary on seal hunting. The film and the publicity of Mok’s journey will be used to encourage Hong Kong to ban trade with Canada for seal products.

African Roast Bat is Off the Menu, Population Soars

Andrew Williams — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:26:12 +0000

A colony of giant African bats has made a dramatic return from the brink of exctinction, thanks to a conservation drive discouraging people from eating them as delicacies.

As recently as 1989, the Pemba Flying Fox, one of Africa’s largest bat species, was critically endangered, with only a few individuals left on Pemba Island, off the coast of Tanzania. Since an intervention by Flora and Fauna International (FFI), numbers have soared to a staggering 22,000.

According to conservation worker, Joy Juma, “At one time roast bat was a very common dish on Pemba. Now people value the bats for different reasons.”