RSS FeedYears of habitat destruction and degradation, development, overharvesting, and deliberate killing have taken their toll on our native wildlife. The Endangered Species Act has traditionally been the primary mechanism for ensuring the survival of our most critically endangered wildlife. But many species have not declined to the point of requiring federal listing, even though they [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Species Restoration Projects
Posted by admin on February 26th, 2012
Posted in Wildlife Conservation 
Tags: areas affected by hurricane katrina, black footed ferrets, cockaded woodpeckers, Earth, endangered species act, funding, range, swift fox, Wildlife, work 
Comments OffHow Can We Save the Earth’s Magnificent Creature the Tiger?
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012
Serious concerns have raised about decline in number of tigers and number will go down further if effective action will not be taken to curb illegal killing of earths’ magnificent creature. At the turn of 20th century, India had estimated 40,000 tigers in the wild. In 2000,the number was 3,642 and in 2008 we are [...]
Posted in WWF Wildlife Tags: habitats of tigers, prey population, wildlife conservation society, wildlife crimes, world wild life Comments OffConservation of Wildlife and the Zoo
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012
A few days back at the Byculla zoo, Mumbai a 55 year old elephant Laxmi caught hold of an intruder in its enclosure by her trunk and smashed him against the wall. The man died but it is a moot point what was the man doing in the enclosure of the elephant. I along with [...]
Posted in Wildlife Zoo Tags: barking deer, big cats, Byculla, captive elephants, cruel conditions, elephant, enclosure, glass cages, look, Wildlife Comments Off
