The Living Desert  Zoo and Gardens is collaborating with government agencies, aquariums, other zoos and sanctuaries to continue their work to help trafficked wildlife. Their pilot program, The Southern California Wildlife Confiscations Network, led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), launches Tuesday, December 5.  Wildlife trafficking…

As the demand for wildlife rehabilitation grows across the state, Saco River Wildlife Center is raising money for its new facility in Limington. LIMINGTON, Maine — Saco River Wildlife Center in Limington has announced phase two of an expansion project, after outgrowing its current facility. Renovations on a new property are underway, but the wildlife…

In late September 2023, during a routine patrol along the borders of the Olgulului Ololarashi Group Ranch (OOGR) in Amboseli, Kenya, IFAW-supported community wildlife rangers discovered 12 Masai giraffes lying helpless in the sweltering Amboseli heat. They were dying of thirst.  Trapped by fences along with antelopes and other small ungulates within an expansive private…

In late September 2023, during a routine patrol along the borders of the Olgulului Ololarashi Group Ranch (OOGR) in Amboseli, Kenya, IFAW-supported community wildlife rangers discovered 12 Masai giraffes lying helpless in the sweltering Amboseli heat. They were dying of thirst.  Trapped by fences along with antelopes and other small ungulates within an expansive private…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida manatees will not immediately resume this winter as conditions have improved for the threatened marine mammals and the seagrass on which they depend, wildlife officials said. Thousands of pounds of lettuce were fed to manatees that typically gather in winter months near…

RAISIN REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY Students from St. Matthew Catholic Secondary School recently joined Raisin Region Conservation Authority (RRCA) and Mohawk Council of Akwesasne staff to help plant nearly 300 trees and native wildflowers at Cooper Marsh Conservation Area in South Glengarry. The school’s shop class has also helped assemble waterfowl nesting boxes, dozens of which…

article Coyote Valley ridge. Photo: Ron Horri/Open Space Authority <!–> –> <!–> SAN JOSE, Calif. – Environmentalists are urging San Jose leaders to reconsider plans for a new cemetery in Coyote Valley, claiming it will harm large swaths of natural habitats.  –> The Heritage Oaks Memorial Park cemetery project would be built on 102 acres…

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department is awarding $110 million to fund 19 projects in 17 states to help reduce car collisions with wildlife and help animals safely cross roadways. There are more than 1 million wildlife vehicle collisions in the United States with large animals like deer that cost more than…

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department is awarding $110 million to fund 19 projects in 17 states to help reduce car collisions with wildlife and help animals safely cross roadways. There are more than 1 million wildlife vehicle collisions in the United States with large animals like deer that cost more than…

As humans expand into wild places, wildlife suffers. Lights and sounds from humans can cause animals undue stress, and even alter their natural behavior. However, one of the other major impacts that human structures have on animals is due to our methods of transportation. Roadways, train tracks, and even plane routes can cut animals off…