Mangalore: ‘Catfish is extinct in coastal Karnataka’

MANGALOREAN.COM
MANGALORE May 23: Excessive fishing in the coastal region has resulted in the extinction of fish species such as catfish, according to director of the Kochi-based Centre for Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) N.G.K. Pillai.
Mr. Pillai, who was here to participate in a seminar, told The Hindu that a few species, including catfish, had [...]

White-handed Gibbons Now Presumed ‘Extinct’ In China, Forest Survey Shows

PRESS RELEASE – UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH (via sciencedaily.com)
ScienceDaily (May 22, 2008) — China’s fauna exhibits a unique diversity of apes. Unfortunately, the apes are more seriously endangered by extinction in China than in any other country. A research team assembled by anthropologists of Zurich University now conclude that another ape species has just become extinct [...]

Caribou facing extinction as recovery efforts stall, biologist says

CBC
There has been no real progress in efforts to save the southern mountain caribou in B.C., according to a longtime wildlife biologist.
Even though the B.C. government announced a caribou recovery plan last October, the animals are facing extinction, says Dr. Lee Harding, formerly with Environment Canada.
Harding was hired by the environmental group ForestEthics to evaluate [...]

Conflict of Man and Beasts: Armenian wildlife in danger of extinction

ARMENIA NOW – ARPI HARUTYUNYAN
According to data of the Research Center for Zoology and Hydro-Ecology, about 60 percent of wild animal life in Armenia is threatened.
“The major threats to biodiversity are directly or indirectly connected with human influence. The major processes threatening it are the loss of living environment and its change, overuse of biological [...]

16 shark species face extinction threat: study

THAIINDIAN NEWS
Washington, May 23 (IANS) As many as 16 out of 21 shark species are at a heightened risk of extinction because they are being increasingly targeted, according to a study. The study was conducted by 15 scientists from 13 different research institutes, with additional contributions from scores of other scientists.
The increasing demand “shark fin [...]

Africa: Deforestation Threatens Biodiversity Efforts

ALLAFRICA.COM
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH – PRESS RELEASE
The continuing failure to prevent catastrophic deforestation is hampering global efforts to reverse the loss of biodiversity and has become a major threat to forest-dependent people,warned Friends of the Earth International on ‘International Biodiversity Day’, 22 May.
The warning was made during a May 19-30 United Nations meeting of the [...]

Endangered species relying on change in focus

NEW ZEALAND HERALD – BRIDGET VERCOE
Last year, China’s baiji dolphin was declared extinct. The fates of the western grey whale, northern right, vaquita and New Zealand’s Maui and Hector dolphins now hang in the balance.
Surely this should serve as a guide to the International Whaling Commission of where its direction lies.
Undoubtedly it is time the [...]

World’s richest bio diversity hotspot losing its glory

The HINDU

Virdi (Goa-Mah-Karna border) (PTI): Right under the nose of three state governments — Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka — world’s one of the richest bio-diversity hotspot is fearing to lose its glory due to massive deforestation. Environmentalists say that this thick forest in the Sahyadri range, which is also home to several wildlife, has already [...]

Climate change risk for endangered animals

ABC NEWS
A major study of ancient DNA has produced a grim outlook for endangered animals as a result of climate change.
Adelaide-based scientist Professor Alan Cooper is the head of the Australian Ancient DNA Centre, and will present his findings to the University of Adelaide today.
He says the study has helped identify the process and consequences [...]

Bakerwali dogs on the verge of extinction: TRCF

The Hindu
Srinagar (PTI): The Bakerwali breed of dogs, an indigenous breed of Jammu and Kashmir kept by the nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals, is in danger of becoming extinct within the next few decades, a survey claimed on Sunday.
According to a survey by the Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, the shepherd dog is on the [...]