“It was standing room only at the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission’s meeting in the taxidermy-adorned ODFW headquarters in Salem. The only topic on the agenda for the day-long meeting?” From: www.defendersblog.org
GR: Anyone could suspect that the Commission had a secret reason to remove protection from the wolves.
“Deforestation linked to palm oil has helped intensify massive forest fires in Indonesia and threatened endangered species – despite rules which should ensure deforestation for the global palm oil trade is limited.
“The evidence from an ongoing Greenpeace investigation comes as fires are finally dying down, thanks to heavy rain across the affected areas.
“The fires, which raged through Indonesia’s forest and peatlands for three months, were so vast that Indonesia emitted more carbon than China on several days this autumn – threatening global efforts to limit climate change.” From: energydesk.greenpeace.org
WASHINGTON DC — “Elephants DC advocated for tighter legal controls to protect elephants on Saturday, Nov. 14 in America’s capitol city. At a two-day conference on international law and wildlife wel…” More at: elephantsdcblog.wordpress.com
GR: Perhaps everyone in the U. S. should donate their ivory collection to China. We could set up a distribution center that would require a shipping fee and a small handling fee. That would destroy the poaching industry.
RT @Interior: These animals are too cute to lose to climate change: https://t.co/N7FSQjxD9K #ActOnClimate https://t.co/xiVSQ4EHlw
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.doi.gov
GR: This beautifully illustrated blog post explains how climate change threatens these species. The U. S. Department of the Interior provide the post. This is the agency that:
All of this indicates that resource management cannot be sustainable in a political system like that of the U. S.
The only Wyoming toads in the world live in Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Wyoming, where they were common until the 1970s, hopping around at the edges of creeks, ponds, and small lakes. From: gizmodo.com
GR: The toad was saved by captive breeding and is being reintroduced to its former habitats, but it still faces the great danger of the chytrid fungus that we have spread around the planet. The disease has probably reached Wyoming by now, and we should know within a few years if the Wyoming toad is immune enough to survive.
There are so few left. There are no words to justify their Beauty, their Elegance and the Vital Role they have in sustaining a healthy forest eco system
Please be careful who you are supporting and where your money is going. If you don’t know for sure, your money will not reach these Tigers that need your help. Please support those “On the Ground” working endlessly trying to Save the Last of the Remaining Tigers…….
Please Join and Follow Tiger Awareness on FB to find out more about their Work and what they are doing to help Save Tigers. See the links at: greatcatsoftheworld.wordpress.com
Turning to the Courts to Save Red Wolves
“This week, Defenders and our conservation partners took the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to court for its failure to protect the world’s only wild population of red wolves, and for its illegal actions including authorizing the killing of a breeding female red wolf in a population of only 50-75 red wolves in the wild. The most significant threat red wolves face in the wild is from being shot when mistaken for coyotes. Red wolves are also threatened by other factors such as loss of habitat and interbreeding with coyotes. This species needs help on the federal, state and local levels to ensure its continued survival. In the words of Jason Rylander, our senior attorney on the case: “The red wolf is in grave danger of extinction, . . . ” www.defendersblog.org
GR: Too often, we have to invest in legal action to force the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support wildlife. How can we wrest this key organization out of the hands of the corporations and politicians and let it do its job? Will our next president place development first and nature last?
Wishing to increase awareness of endangered species, concerned ecologists declared World Animal Day in 1931. A catastrophic world-wide extinction has taken place since then.
Please help stop the immoral and irresponsible destruction of nature. Here are a few links to things you can do for animals this Sunday.
GarryRogers Nature Conservation 