Tag: wildlife conservation
WWF says wild animal population plummeted 60% in 44 years
Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the conservation group WWF warned...
‘Crocodile hunter’ Steve Irwin’s family launch new show
LONDON: The family of late Australian conservationist and “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin are following in his footsteps with a new television show dedicated to...
Sri Lanka arrests villagers for beating leopard to death
Police in Sri Lanka on Sunday arrested two men accused of beating a leopard to death in a "sickening" attack that was captured on...
Giant Chinese salamander heading toward extinction
The world's largest amphibians, giant Chinese salamanders, were once thought to be widespread but now face imminent extinction due to illegal poaching and hunting...
22 tonnes of garbage cleaned up from protected Galapagos coast
GALAPAGOS: Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22 tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine archipelago,...
China to build panda park bigger than Yellowstone
BEIJING: China will create a bastion for giant pandas three times the size of Yellowstone National Park to link up and encourage breeding among...
Shipments of protected African species to Asia soar
Shipments of protected African species including tortoises, pythons and parrots to Asia have soared since 2006 as demand grows in the Far East for...
Growing Chinese medicine trade increasing jaguar killings
Conservationists who have uncovered a growing illegal trade in jaguar fangs in South America are linking it to Chinese construction projects that could be...
Samoa creates a huge shark sanctuary in the Pacific
SAMOA: The island nation of Samoa has declared its waters a shark sanctuary, joining a string of other Pacific countries in protecting the marine...
Elephant sanctuary trumpets effort to cut human-animal conflict in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPER: A herd of elephants tramp through the jungle before lumbering into a river under the watchful gaze of their keepers, training at a...
Leonardo DiCaprio joins hands with Seychelles to protect ocean life
Seychelles has recently created protected areas "the size of Great Britain" in the Indian Ocean. In exchange for getting some of its national debt...
Spotted hyena sighted in Gabon park after 20 years
LIBREVILLE, Gabon: A spotted hyena has been sighted in a Gabon national park for the first time in 20 years, conservationists said Friday, the...
