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Conservancy saving wildlife and waterways we treasure
Dear Governor DeSantis, I won’t keep you long. I know you are a very busy man with banning women from having autonomy over their own bodies, banning masks, shaming children who wore masks, banning free speech, banning our constitutional right to know what our elected officials are doing with our money, or even where they are,…
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A lethal wildlife disease is stalking South Carolina. How ‘zombie deer’ threaten the state
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tom Hauge, a veteran wildlife biologist in Wisconsin, was told 21 years ago that a deadly disease had shown up in deer that roamed across the state’s southwest corner. He knew what that meant. Chronic wasting disease one day could spread across Wisconsin and deplete the deer population that had made his…
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Wildlife belongs to the wild: Scholars share marine biodiversity ideas at Asia Philanthropy Forum
03:29 Oceans are the home of marine life and humans. A sub-forum themed “Ocean and Biodiversity” at the Asia Philanthropy Forum focused on practices of marine biodiversity conservation, with experts calling for specific projects in late November in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province. According to World Animal Protection, 640,000 tonnes of “ghost gear,” or discarded…
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Adaptations Hike *
Cleveland Metroparks staff can adapt many programs to be accessible to anyone who would like to participate assuming they meet the essential eligibility criteria. Reasonable accommodation can also be made. Please make a request at the time of registration but no later than 72 business hours prior to the program. Contact us at 440.526.1012 or…
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Orphaned flying fox pups take to the sky before even flapping their wings
A Queensland wildlife group says it was forced to fly 28 flying fox orphans more than 500 kilometres for emergency care after being inundated with a record number of motherless pups in recent weeks. Key points: Volunteers believe food shortages could be the reason for record numbers of orphaned flying foxes There are concerns the…
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Orphaned flying fox pups take to the sky before even flapping their wings
A Queensland wildlife group says it was forced to fly 28 flying fox orphans more than 500 kilometres for emergency care after being inundated with a record number of motherless pups in recent weeks. Key points: Volunteers believe food shortages could be the reason for record numbers of orphaned flying foxes There are concerns the…
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Lead shot in deer carcasses is toxic to animals. Indiana wants hunters to change
The state of Indiana can’t tell Hoosiers not to use lead shot when they’re hunting, but it is asking them. Using lead bullets can threaten scavenger species such as bald eagles, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and could put human health at risk, too. The DNR’s new campaign comes after a Hoosier…
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Lead shot in deer carcasses is toxic to animals. Indiana wants hunters to change
The state of Indiana can’t tell Hoosiers not to use lead shot when they’re hunting, but it is asking them. Using lead bullets can threaten scavenger species such as bald eagles, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and could put human health at risk, too. The DNR’s new campaign comes after a Hoosier…
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Unmasking a viral disease with 100% fatality rate
CHENNAI: Rabies-related human fatality remains a non-notifiable disease in the country, but with at least 25-30 deaths almost every year in TN, it’s certainly a major health concern. Rabies, a viral zoonotic disease, is usually fatal in nature and is caused by the Rabies virus, passed from animals to humans with a bite and often,…
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The first use of a photogrammetry drone to estimate population abundance and predict age structure of threatened Sumatran elephants
Abstract Wildlife monitoring in tropical rainforests poses additional challenges due to species often being elusive, cryptic, faintly colored, and preferring concealable, or difficult to access habitats. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) prove promising for wildlife surveys in different ecosystems in tropical forests and can be crucial in conserving inaccessible biodiverse areas and their associated species. Traditional…
