Name that Baby! Critically Endangered Cotton-Top Tamarin Needs a Name
Oct/090
A female Cotton-top Tamarin newborn needs your help – she needs a name! The Chattanooga Zoo is asking for input from the public in selecting that perfect name for the critically endangered primate. Entry forms are available at the Chattanooga Zoo’s gift shop. Entries will be accepted until November 4, 2009.
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Name that Baby! Critically Endangered Cotton-Top Tamarin Needs a Name
Name that Baby! Critically Endangered Cotton-Top Tamarin Needs a Name
Oct/090
A female Cotton-top Tamarin newborn needs your help – she needs a name! The Chattanooga Zoo is asking for input from the public in selecting that perfect name for the critically endangered primate. Entry forms are available at the Chattanooga Zoo’s gift shop. Entries will be accepted until November 4, 2009.
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Name that Baby! Critically Endangered Cotton-Top Tamarin Needs a Name
Photo Gallery of 10 Vulture Species — International Vulture Awareness Day!
Sep/090
In honor of International Vulture Awareness Day, I’ve compiled a gallery of 10 vulture species to celebrate the unique beauty of these vital birds. Enjoy!
Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
Status: Critically Endangered. Population Trend: Decreasing. Range: Bangladesh; Cambodia; China; India; Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam. Possibly extinct in Malaysia; occasional straggler in Pakistan.
Image: flickr.com/schizoform/ / CC BY 2.0
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Photo Gallery of 10 Vulture Species — International Vulture Awareness Day!
Will the Port of Anchorage Expansion Harm Beluga Whales?
Jul/090
The Port of Anchorage has been given the green light by the National Marine Fisheries Service to continue an expansion project in the habitat of critically endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales.
A Port of Anchorage construction project will be using underwater pile drivers and chipping hammers in waters frequented by the critically endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales. The National Marine Fisheries Service has determined that the whales would not experience long-term adverse affects form the noise generated by underwater activity.
Regulations require that work must stop if a whale is spotted within a certain distance. Unfortunately, new regulations have reduced the distance required for stopping work to just 200 meters, although when the project started, the distance was 1,300 meters.
According to Marine Issues Field Director for the HSUS, Sharon Young, the NMFS has underestimated the “impact of chronic noise on marine mammals over time.” She points out in the same article that even if behavioral changes have not been shown so far by the whales, it is inconclusive to assume they are not suffering from adverse effects, such as stress.
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Will the Port of Anchorage Expansion Harm Beluga Whales?
Palin Has Yet To File Lawsuit to Overturn Protections Given to Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
Jul/090
Disclaimer: 60 days have come and gone, but still no sign of the lawsuit. Chances are Palin has decided not to pursue this after all.
For the second time in less than a year, Palin’s administration has sought legal action against an endangered species in favor of the oil industry. This time, the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale is her target.
In August 2008, it was the Polar Bear. Now Palin has the critically endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale in her sights.
The Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a genetically distinct and geographically isolated population. And that population is only about 375 whales.
But Palin doesn’t believe that qualifies as “endangered.”
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Palin Has Yet To File Lawsuit to Overturn Protections Given to Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
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