(Hat-tip Chris in Paris ) Despite a resounding court defeat this summer, the Bush administration is trying - once again - to remove northern Rockie wolves from protection under the ESA ...in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming - about 300 wolves in all - are needed for recovery. The public comment period is scheduled to end November 28th. You can get directly involved here if you care to
I just read a rather alarming article (see it here ) quoting a report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Apparently, up to one third of the world's mammals are facing extinction. That is incredibly frightening. I have to admit that I feel a great deal of concern and fear for the way the world is going. I believe that things are changing much more rapidly than we want to accept...
Hat-tip pure_doxyk ... From majestic African elephants to tiny and often unappreciated rodents, one in four mammal species on Earth is being pushed to extinction, according to the Global Mammal Assessment , the most comprehensive assessment of the world's mammals. Writing in the October 10 issue of Science , and unveiling a "Red List" of endangered mammal species at the International...
Mankind is one of the cruelist, if not THE cruelist species on this Earth. It has finally been revealed on the news that a quarter of mammals that live on this planet are in danger of extinction. The main cause for this dreadful occurrence? Us... mankind, in our endeavour to expand our housing and businesses amongst other things. So, we have our huge houses (some of us), cars, conveniences and creature...
Links to September's articles from Extinction Blog: Captive breeding could save fragile butterfly from extinction I don't know which endangered species to write about today More vultures headed for extinction, this time in South AfricaScotland moves quickly to protect tiny, rare snail Two African nations team up to protect world's rarest ape An example of why it is so hard...
Scientists aboard a research ship that has sailed the entire length of Russia's northern coast have discovered intense concentrations of methane – sometimes at up to 100 times background levels – over...ocean," he said. "Nobody knows how many more such areas exist on the extensive East Siberian continental shelves. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/exclusive-the-methane-time-bomb-938932.html
...I've been busy a wide array of writing assignments, including some of the most important stories I have ever done: Where's the outcry against elephant poaching? Primatesin peril: 48% risk extinction Three mussel species declared extinct Bush proposes slashing endangered species protections Spotted owl populations drop 50% while protected habitat shrinks Some whale species...
Via momus ... Fatal "Mystery Virus" on the Loose DATELINE INDIA: Rural Kanpur is battling its most frightening scourge in decades — a mystery disease that has left a long line of corpses...like malaria... and this new, unknown one. If this thing gets loose and/or mutates, we could be looking at a whopper of a plague, kids. Stay tuned. P.S. Y'might want to keep this site handy .
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...on xbox live for living in what he considered a "lesser" city. He pulled rank by class. And it was part of his punchline. With the demise of the dollar, and the mortgage crash, is this where we go? Do we boost ourselves up, by tearing down eachother? Maybe it's all we are good at anymore. It just made me feel nautious. i guess whati'm wondering is are we competetive even in our own extinction?
