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Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 113 – The Asiatic Lion

“Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books” John Dingell Possibly one of the m… See on mungaiandthegoaconstrictor.meFiled under: #EcoSciFi

EwasoLions.org

It was a top honour to win the Whitley Award last week, but now we have our very own video narrated by none other than the legendary Sir David Attenborough. Sir David’s wildlife films have inspired us for years! The video … Continue reading →

Drought and Bad Weather Make Last year’s Oklahoma deer hunt season worst this century

The Okla. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation released the deer harvest numbers for the 2013-14 hunting season. Fewer deer were killed by hunters in Okla. last season since the 1990s. A total of 88,000 … See on exposingthebiggame.wordpress.com Residents report that … Continue reading →

Mighty mouse: Rare rodent raises tensions over water access

WATER WAR: The U.S. Forest Service has locked out cattle belonging to ranchers in Otero County, N.M., because it wants to protect the habitat of the meadow jumping mouse. Photo from KVIA-TV. By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog A … Continue reading →

Stop Rhino Poaching in South Africa

Rhinos are majestic, docile animals that have walked the earth for millions of years. Yet 1004 rhinos were murdered in South Africa in 2013. This year (January 2014 – May 2014), 361 rhinos have been brutally killed in SA for … Continue reading →

Go Ahead, Laugh About Climate Change

We welcome any recommendations on how to get the message out more effectively, perhaps especially when there is laughter involved: HOW TO LAUGH AT CLIMATE CHANGE POSTED BY MICHELLE NIJHUIS In the n… See on raxacollective.wordpress.comFiled under: Climate Change Tagged: Climate … Continue reading →

Happy Weekend: The Return of the Prodigal Elephant

This clip shows a beautiful bull elephant named Ely.  A young Amboseli male elephant, Ely gained international notoriety in the early 1990′s when he was born crippled to his even more famous mother, Echo, heroine of three BBC TV films … Continue reading →

Tell President Obama: Fight for Net Neutrality

The FCC just met and voted to potentially undermine Net Neutrality. Obama promised to defend the Internet — and now he needs to keep his promise! See on act.demandprogress.orgFiled under: #EcoSciFi

Landscape Restoration

Restoring degraded ecosystems — or creating new ones — has become a huge global business. China, for instance, is planting 90 million acres of forest in a swath across its northern provinces. And in North America, just in the past two decades, … Continue reading →

World’s Oldest Orca (She’s 103!) Spotted Along Canadian Coast

Despite being a 103-year-old great-grandma, the orca named J2 — or, more affectionately, Granny — is in great shape. In little over a week, Granny and her pod have traveled 800 miles.This weekend, Granny was spied swimming off the coast of … Continue reading →