A Race To Save Threatened And Endangered Species A Race to Save threatened and endangered Species story by Adam M. Roberts We must now wait and see what the impact is on elephants as a result. http://www.awionline.org/pubs/Quarterly/05_54_1/541p1213.htm
Extractions: story by Adam M. Roberts When I visited Bangkok, Thailand in May, in preparation for the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), it was a much different city. Deprived elephants wandered the streets with their keepers, who charged tourists a small fee to have a photograph taken feeding a banana to the poor animal. The weekend market had scores of wild animals for sale, and a gaggle of intent onlookers watched a cockfight in the middle of a series of food stalls. No such animal parades existed when I returned in October for the CITES conference. The Thai government had clearly made a conscious effort to hide such scourges, at least during the two-week meeting. Like a marathon, there are good stretches and bad stretches during CITES, but unlike a foot race, the race to save threatened and endangered wildlife is one of life and death for countless imperiled species. CITES Parties overwhelmingly approved a proposal to increase global protection for the imperiled Irrawaddy Dolphin, despite Japans overt attempt to scuttle the vote by calling for a secret ballot. The Irrawaddy Dolphin faces an extremely high risk of extinction due to gillnet and electric fishing, channel blasting, gold mining and international trade for captive display in dolphinaria. With more than 80 aquaria throughout Asia exhibiting dolphins, the threat to these endangered marine mammals is considerable.
Extractions: SEARCH IFAW Home Endangered elephants, gorillas and rhinoceros receive the relief services they need through IFAW's global campaigns to save threatened species and habitat. We focus on three major animal conservation areas: reducing commercial exploitation and trade, saving animals in distress, and preserving habitat. The IFAW supports CITES efforts to help protect animals who are being exploited due to illegal wildlife trade. IFAW's Emergency Relief Team helps national and local organizations to save animals when natural and man made disasters occur. Our rapid response capabilities allow us to save animals that might otherwise be lost to storms, oil spills and other disasters. We also fight habitat destruction around the world including protecting animals from the effects of coastal habitat devastation, mining, wetland destruction and much more. Recent IFAW efforts include these animal conservation and habitat preservation programs: Gorilla and Elephant preservation: A US$30,000 donation to boost the work of the Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP)
Extractions: Different species are suited to different habitats or types of vegetation, they live where they find the other species that they feed on and where they are able to build their homes, and where they are able to protect their young. The numbers of many animal and plant species in Britain have declined in recent years due to the loss of the habitat in which they are usually found. Different habitat types are lost when we build on them to accommodate an increasing human population. Changes in the climate also affect some habitat types.
Elephants save the African elephant and other threatened or endangered species requires Learning more about the elephant s threatened status by visiting World http://www.toledozoo.org/plantsanimals/pa_ele_conservation.html
Extractions: The African elephant is considered a threatened species. In 1970, biologists estimated that there were 1.5 million African elephants in the wild. By the 1990's, that number had dropped by 67%, leaving a wild population of only 500,000 elephants. The elephant's natural range has also diminished markedly. Whereas elephants once ranged throughout much of Africa, they are now mostly confined to parks and preserves south of the Sahara Desert. Only about 20% of their range is under some form of protection. Even within protected areas, elephants often fall victim to poachers and other pressures from man. Elephant population and range vary naturally with fluctuation of the food and water supply, but the influence of the modern world is accelerating the elephant's disappearance.
Specific Animals Diurnal bird of prey species have become endangered or threatened due to poaching, Learn about elephants, current projects and how you can help. http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Endanger/specific.html
Atwater Animal Page threatened and endangered Animals Plants ~ US Fish Wildlife Service African elephants endangered species ~ World Wildlife Fund http://www.leaplibraries.org/nbranford/nbranimal.htm
Extractions: North Branford Public Libraries ANIMAL PAGE Dinosaurs Insects Mammals Pets ... Return to Main Library Page Dinosaurs Curse of the T Rex ~ NOVA Online - companion web site to the NOVA program "Curse of the T Rex", also find answers to questions such as how dinosaur hunters know where to begin digging for fossils. Dinobase ~ Dinosaur web site at the University of Bristol - has species list, references and pictures Dinosaur Dreaming Dinosaur Hall ~ Explore the process of scientific discover and dinosaurs Dinosaur Links ~ Links to many other dinosaur sites. Dinosauria On-Line ~ For the dinosaur enthusiast - it also has many more links to other hot dinosaur sites. Dinosaurs at the National Museum of Natural History ~ site offers a virtual tour of the dinosaur exhibits at the Smithsonian Institute Discovering Dinosaurs ~ Official Encyclopedia Brittanica dinosaur website. Download-a-dinosaur Project Prosauropod ~ at the Fundy Geological Museum. Find out! What is a prosauropod dinosaur? Sue at the Field Museum ~ See the largest, most complete, best preserved T. rex ever found!
Endangered Species & Wildlife Conservation Where can you find information on endangered and threatened species? on the following endangered animals African and Asian elephants; black, white, http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/sullivan/sullms/Endangered_Species.htm
Extractions: EndangeredSpecie.com is dedicated to providing all the best endangered species information, links, photos, endangered species books, and everything else regarding rare and endangered species, conservation efforts, and endangered species organizations dedicated to saving and preserving the world's most endangered wildlife and plantlife.
Extractions: List of References on Endangered, Threatened, and Recently Extinct Mammals T his section focuses on a specific vertebrate group: MAMMALS. The publications listed below are not available from the Smithsonian Institution. They can be obtained from most large public libraries or can be requested through an interlibrary loan. Many are currently in print and can be ordered from local bookstores. Ackerman, D. Allen, D. Allen, G.M. Arnold, C.
Extractions: Sources of Information about Endangered, Threatened, and Recently Extinct Vertebrates This section includes prime governmental sources and a sampling of national and international organizations that publish newsletters, pamphlets, and provide educational materials on the subject of endangered species. For additional sources see the Conservation Directory published by the National Wildlife Federation, in this section. PRIME GOVERNMENTAL SOURCES U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Arlington, VA 22203 Web site for The Endangered Species Program: http://endangered.fws.gov The Office of Endangered Species supplies information on migratory birds, fish hatcheries programs, and specific marine mammals such as the Dugong, Manatee, Polar Bear, Walrus, and Sea Otter. The web site offers links to species fact sheets on endangered and invasive species It distributes the U.S. List of Endangered and Threatened Species and publishes the Endangered Species Technical Bulletin , (website: http://endangered.fws.gov/bulinfo.html
Endangered Species Of The World www.redlist.org/ 2000 IUCN Red List of threatened Species. www.ifaw.org/elephants.html - Info about endangered elephants, rhinos and gorillas http://www.readyed.com.au/urls/kids/world.htm
Extractions: General Activity Page Websites www.redlist.org/ - 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species www.ifaw.org/elephants.html - Info about endangered elephants, rhinos and gorillas www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/ - Threatened Australian Species and Threatened Ecological Communities www.bagheera.com/ - Bagheera www.wildaid.org - WildAid Protecting and Educating www.unep-wcmc.org - UNEP www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/species.html - School World Endangered Species Project t library.thinkquest.org/J0111700/Index.htm - Endangered Animals of the World A ThinkQuest Site library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/science/endangered.htm - Endangered Species Links www.kidzworld.com/site/p2203.htm - Endangered Reptile Species library.thinkquest.org/19689/data/esframe.html - World Endangered Species - A ThinkQuest Site www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9902/crime-busters/
Elephants Cause Havoc To Endangered Community We were not threatened by elephants before but now they are everywhere. Our rhino here is now endangered because it is being displaced by the elephant http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_7868.html
Extractions: @import url(http://africa.peacelink.org/css/0/common.css); @import url(http://africa.peacelink.org/css/0/article.css); @import url(http://africa.peacelink.org/css/1/common.css); @import url(http://africa.peacelink.org/css/1/article.css); News and Views on Africa from Africa Last update: 15 June 2005 h. 17:30 The views expressed in NewsfromAfrica are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the editorial board. Support News From Africa and its projects with a donation. Swift Code: CITIKENA Zimbabwe Since January this year 11 people from a minority ethnic group have been trampled to death by elephants and as drought persists, the number is likely to increase as the elephants turn to homesteads for food. - Rodrick Mukumbira Source: In the sweltering Zambezi Valley, in the remote part of Binga, 460 kilometres north west of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, 70-year-old Tivuke Siamonga recalls how elephants recently trampled down his only son to death.
Endangered Species: Elephant elephants are still threatened by man and illegal poaching is not the main CITES bans international trade in species threatened with extinction. http://www.un.org/works/environment/animalplanet/elephant.html
Extractions: Although there has been an international ban on ivory since 1989, elephants are still threatened by man - and illegal poaching is not the main problem. Loss of habitat is a major obstacle in maintaining both African and Asian elephant populations. In Africa, they are in grave danger and in Asia - where those left are mostly domesticated - their survival is also at risk. As a result, instances of elephants raiding fields and destroying crops are increasing and clashes between elephants and people have led to nearly 300 human deaths a year. There is pressure on wildlife authorities to kill elephants living near human areas to lower risks. In the early 1970s, the illegal ivory trade was at the highest levels recorded since the beginning of the 20th century. Over 80 per cent of the ivory leaving Africa had been acquired illegally. Poaching is still a large problem in West and Central Africa and continues because, despite the ban, ivory is still traded in some countries and exports are growing in areas of Asia.
June 10, 1999 To assist in the conservation of endangered and threatened species of fauna and rhinoceroses, Asian elephants, and African elephants have proven to be http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:S.1210.IS:
African Savannah: African Elephant Zoo elephants are estimated to eat approximately 50 pounds of food per ton of They are listed on Appendix II of CITES (threatened), as endangered by the http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azeleph.html
Extractions: I. DESCRIPTION: The adult male is much larger than the adult female. Head and body length including trunk: 19-24 feet. Shoulder height: 10-13 feet. Weight: 5.5 - 7 tons. Tail: 4 feet. Brownish gray skin has folds and may be one inch thick in places. The African Elephant has a marked dip between its fore and hindquarters giving a concave curvature to its back. Ears are large and fan-like. The trunk has two prehensile protrusions at the tip. Large tusks are present in both sexes. Elephants are digitigrade with pads of fibrous tissue to cushion toe bones. II. GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE AND HABITAT: Natural home range is 500 miles; migratory patterns are taught from one generation to the next. Now they are mostly restricted to parks and preserves. Habitat formerly was area south of the Sahara; agricultural expansion has severely reduced it. Highly adaptable, elephants can survive in forest, bush or savannah. III. DIET:
Extractions: From Animal Issues , Volume 34 Number 4, Winter 2003 Behind the Fence: Inside the Canned Hunt Industry By Nicole G. Paquette Dreaming of your next vacation? How about a wildlife safari where you can view exotic and endangered species from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia? No time for a trip around the world? No problem! Your tour can take place right here in the U.S.A. As an added bonus, you can stalk these animals in a pen, shoot them at point-blank range, and take their mounted heads home as trophies. For a price, this shameful sojourn can be yours, courtesy of the federal government. Although this outrageous scenario sounds illegal, it's not. It's a "canned hunt," and it's big business. A canned hunt is a commercial event that takes place on private land, often called a "ranch," where animals are fenced in and unable to escape. Hunters pay a fee to the ranch operator for a guaranteed kill. Canned hunt victims typically include deer, elk, and other "big game" animals including endangered and threatened species. Of the 12 U.S. ranches holding current or recent government-issued endangered species permits, 11 are located in Texas and 1 is in Florida. The animal most commonly hunted at these ranches is the barasingha, or "swamp deer," native to India and Nepal. Other targeted endangered or threatened species include Eld's bow-antlered deer, red lechwe, Arabian oryx, and several species of antelope. The going rate for a canned hunt varies; one ranch website advertises a guaranteed kill of a barasingha for $4,000.
Extractions: The Gibbon Network serves to connect people interested in gibbon conservation and reseach. It offers a list of field sites in South-east Asia specializing in gibbon research and reintroduction, a survey of the zoo gibbon population, information on gibbon studbooks, a list of the most recent publications and theses on gibbons, and gibbon fact sheets. Golden Lion Tamarins (GLTs) are small (500-600 gm) monkeys native to Brazil. They live in the heavily populated coastal region, where less than 2% of the forest remains. About 400 GLTs are living in the wild, most in or near the Reserva Biologica de Poço das Antas in the state of Rio de Janeiro. About 500 live in zoos.
PAWS: News And Events elephants Downlisted from endangered to threatened Now Legal to Sell Wild Babies For $30000 A Piece One woman, unusual expert in knowing fate of wild http://www.pawsweb.org/site/news/newsdocs/ht_babyele.htm
Extractions: Sacramento, CAThe African elephant herds, placed squarely on the endangered species list for decades as the great matriarchal giants dwindled to what many thought would be eventual extinction are, it turns out, actually rebounding. Their population numbers are slightly up. They've also been taken off the "endangered" list and placed on the "threatened" list. And, ironically enough, "threatened" is exactly what they've become. Animal dealers separated thirty baby elephants from their herd in August and they're now slated for sale. South Africa is divided as the experts square off against those who would profit from the elephants' new "threatened" status. The ensuing court case could set precedence for how the elephant population will fare in the future. In the meantime, the thirty babies are being "tamed" and groomed for travel overseas. PAWS keeps a library on the fate of elephants who are ripped from the wild and "tamed". Every little traveling show and every major circus wants to have a cute, baby elephant that draws the crowds," says Pat Derby, founder of PAWS and caretaker to four once-wild elephants. "Baby elephants draw a lot of money. But the average person who shells out to see these babies has no idea that the baby was ripped from it's family and has endured an incredibly abusive and abnormal lifestyle. Cute entertainment but at what ethical cost?"
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Juvenile Nonfiction > Animals > Elephants Elephant Rescue Changing the Future for endangered Wildlife Firefly Animal Rescue is a series about endangered and threatened species and what is being http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/BUS/r_JNF00307/p_1/Elephants.htm
Extractions: 15 October 2004 United States Achieves Objectives at Endangered Species Meeting. October 14, 2004 (International conference acts to better protect multiple animal, plant species) A variety of species of plants, ocean and land creatures may have more secure futures as a result of actions taken over the last two weeks at a global conference, and the U.S. representatives at the meeting are pleased with the outcome, according to a Department of Interior news release. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Craig Manson, the head of the U.S. delegation, said, "[W]e were able to achieve virtually all of our objectives," at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES). The United States was successful in obtaining CITES protections for the humphead wrasse, an Indo-Pacific coral reef fish that is become increasingly rare due to commercial overfishing. Proposals to conserve species of Asian yew trees were also adopted at the meeting ending October 14. The United States urged the action in order to preserve sustainable supplies of Taxol, a breast-cancer drug derived from the tree, Manson said. The U.S. delegates also contributed to the conference debate on proposals to better preserve the tropical hardwood ramin, elephants, the Irawaddy dolphin and the great white shark.
