Poachers kill Kenya’s most rare antelope

 Nationmedia.com – Issa Hussein
Four poachers have been arrested for trapping and killing Kenya’s most endangered antelope, the Hirola, which is threatened with extinction.
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wardens on patrol in Kilindini area along the River Tana arrested the poachers who had trapped the antelope using snares. 
Officers led by Cpl Ibrahim Haro saw suspicious footprints in [...]

Australian animals threatened by climate change: report

AFP
SYDNEY (AFP) — Native Australian animals are at increased risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a report released Tuesday which found invasive species could benefit from rising temperatures.
Species at risk from higher temperatures and lower rainfall include the kangaroo-like rock wallaby, the rabbit-eared bilby and the quoll, a native cat, the report [...]

Ice Seals Candidates for Endangered List

 Associated Press – Dan Joling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal agency said Wednesday it will consider listing four species of ice seals as endangered, a move hailed by the environmental group that pushed for it as government recognition that Arctic marine life is threatened by global warming.
The National Marine Fisheries Service accepted a petition seeking [...]

Thai pair caught selling endangered animals

ABC Australia
Thai wildlife police have arrested two vendors and seized more than 200 rare animals including endangered tortoises during a raid at Bangkok’s popular weekend market.
Police say the sting operation turned up more than $70,000 worth of rare birds and animals.
One woman and one man have been arrested and charged with smuggling endangered species.
The World [...]

Toads ‘could wipe out’ endangered marsupial

 ABC (Australia) News
Wildlife conservationists are warning the endangered quoll population in New South Wales could be wiped out because of cane toads migrating from Queensland.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says warmer temperatures due to climate change are causing the toads to move south.
They say predators of the toad can die from eating the [...]

Tiny Mexican porpoise near extinct from fish nets

Reuters – By Tomas Sarmiento
SAN FELIPE, Mexico (Reuters) – The vaquita, a tiny stubby-nosed porpoise found only in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, is on the brink of extinction as more die each year in fishing nets than are being born, biologists say.
A drop in vaquita numbers to as few as 150 from around 600 at [...]

Crab measure may aid endangered birds

 SANDY BAUERS – PHILLY.COM
After vetoing an open-ended moratorium on harvesting horseshoe crabs last month, the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council yesterday unanimously endorsed a one-year moratorium.
Whether it actually will take effect is unclear.
Environmentalists and bird biologists had sought the limit to help the red knot, a small shorebird that feeds on the crab eggs.
The bird, [...]

US government sued over failure to protect polar bears

 EDWARD HELMORE – THE GUARDIAN
The US government agency responsible for compiling the country’s list of endangered species will face a new legal challenge today over its failure to protect the polar bear.
Environmental groups are set to sue the Bush administration in a federal court in California, claiming the Fish and Wildlife Service is now in [...]

Bush Administration’s Inaction Pushes Jaguar Closer to Extinction in US

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March 11, 2008
12:00 PM

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Bush Administration’s Inaction Pushes Jaguar Closer to Extinction in US
Defenders of Wildlife promises suit over Bush administration refusal to create a recovery plan for jaguar

WASHINGTON, DC – March 11 – Defenders of [...]

Endangered Dolphins Pose Challenge For NZ

Thursday, 13 March 2008, 12:38 pm
Press Release: Care For The Wild
Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Pure campaign, which makes much of this country’s pure natural environment and unique native wildlife, will become somewhat redundant unless the Government provides effective protection for Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins, halting their rapid decline.
That’s the claim made by conservation and animal [...]