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Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Traps—A First

gorillas picture: young gorillas dismantle poacher's snareJuly 19, 2012, news.nationalgeographic.com | “Just days after a poacher’s snare had killed one of their own, two young mountain gorillas worked together Tuesday to find and destroy traps in their Rwandan forest home, according to conservationists on the scene.”

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Gorilla orphan, park ranger share a touching moment

Photo: A shoulder to lean on -- Patrick Karabaranga, a ranger at the Virunga National Park in the Congo, sits with an orphaned mountain gorilla on July 17 in the park's gorilla sanctuary in Rumangabo. More http://tinyurl.com/c4va4y3
July 18 2012, www.mnn.com | “Patrick Karabaranga, a ranger at the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, sits with an orphaned mountain gorilla on July 17 in the park’s gorilla sanctuary in Rumangabo.  With more than 200 mountain gorillas, Virunga National Park accounts for about a quarter of the world’s mountain gorilla population.”
“Caring for each other
A shoulder to lean on — Patrick Karabaranga, a ranger at the Virunga National Park in the Congo, sits with an orphaned mountain gorilla on July 17 in the park’s gorilla sanctuary in Rumangabo. More http://tinyurl.com/c4va4y3 “
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Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Rarest U.S. Frogs, Turtles and Salamanders

Blanding's turtle

July 11, 2012, www.biologicaldiversity.org | “The Center for Biological Diversity and several renowned scientists and herpetologists, including E.O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy, filed a formal petition today seeking Endangered Species Act protection for 53 of the nation’s most threatened species of amphibians and reptiles. The petition — the largest ever filed focusing only on amphibians and reptiles — asks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect six turtles, seven snakes, two toads, four frogs, 10 lizards and 24 salamanders under the Act.”

 

“WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and several renowned scientists and herpetologists, including E.O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy, filed a formal petition today seeking Endangered Species Act protection for 53 of the nation’s most threatened species of amphibians and reptiles. The pet…”
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Volunteers Stop Bulldozers from Burying Tortoises Alive

Volunteers Stop Bulldozers from Burying Tortoises Alive

 

July 6, 2012, www.care2.com | ” I got notice from them that a 38 acre site in Vero Beach was under construction. Unfortunately, this land was the home to dozens of the endangered gopher tortoises. A controversial state law in Florida allows developers to pay into a land management program, and then plow over gopher tortoise burrows condemning the tortoises inside to a slow death.”

~ Vero Beach Humane Society, Florida, USA
Volunteers Stop Bulldozers, Move Endangered Tortoises out of Harm’s Way.
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A 38 acre site in Vero Beach was under construction and developers were planning to plow over gopher tortoise burrows
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Japanese children help rescue Sabah wildlife

July 6, 2012, www.freemalaysiatoday.com | “Schoolchildren in Japan have come to the rescue of endangered and “trapped” wildlife here by donating money to help buy forest land and prevent groups of the species from being isolated from each other.”

Japanese children help rescue Sabah wildlife | Free Malaysia Today
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KINABATANGAN: Schoolchildren in Japan have come to the rescue of endangered and âtrappedâ wildlife here by donating money to help buy fores…
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Preserving a Special Piece of La Isla del Encanto

Leatherback-sea-turtle

July 5, 2012, sierraclub.typepad.com | “The Sierra Club’s newest chapter won a huge victory—for the second time—the last week of June when Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño signed a law protecting nearly 2,000 acres of the island’s Northeast Ecological Corridor from development.”

“Good News for Baby Sea Turtles
The Sierra Club’s Puerto Rico Chapter notched a huge victory when the island’s governor signed a bill protecting nearly 2,000 acres of the Northeast Ecological Corridor from development. For more than 15 years, a proposal to build two megaresorts loomed over the Corridor, which includes one of the most important nesting grounds on Earth for the endangered leatherback sea turtle.
“Golf courses and baby sea turtles don’t mix,” says Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune.”
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Oregon suspends logging amid marbled murrelet lawsuit

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July 2, 2012, www.oregonlive.com | “In a first, Oregon officials have suspended timber sales on hundreds of acres amid a legal battle with conservation groups over the threatened marbled murrelet. The deferrals, which include suspending planned timber bids and halting logging, apply to areas in Tillamook, Clatsop and Elliott state forests that are used by the threatened seabird.”

“~ This amazing bird lives in the ocean, but flies many miles inland to build nests on the large limbs of ancient forest trees.
Oregon suspends logging amid marbled murrelet lawsuit
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The deferrals, which include suspending planned timber bids and halting logging, apply to areas in Tillamook, Clatsop and Elliott state forests that are used by the threatened seabird.”
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Montana Considers Restoring Buffalo Habitat

Photo: ~ Good News for Yellowstone Bison: the state of Montana is considering opening up access to tens of thousands of acres of habitat north of Yellowstone National Park in Montana.For more info, and some wonderful photos, go herehttp://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mskoglund/wild_bison_in_yellowstone_phot.html

June 29, 2012, switchboard.nrdc.org | “The State of Montana is finally moving forward with developing a statewide bison management plan and deciding whether to restore a wild, free-roaming population of bison somewhere in Montana.”

~ Good News for Yellowstone Bison: the state of Montana is considering opening up access to tens of thousands of acres of habitat north of Yellowstone National Park in Montana.
For more info, and some wonderful photos, go here
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mskoglund/wild_bison_in_yellowstone_phot.html
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Venezuela Shark Finning Ban Announced As Country Establishes Sanctuary

Photo: GOOD NEWS FOR SHARKS! Venezuela announced it is banning shark finning in its waters and has established a new shark sanctuary. Read about this LAST COUNTRY in the Americas to outlaw cutting off the fins of live sharks and throwing them back in the ocean to die. http://huff.to/MPuWbX Linda

June 22, 2012, www.huffingtonpost.com | “Some much-needed good news for sharks has come from Venezuela this week: The South American country announced it is banning shark finning in its waters and has established a new shark sanctuary.”

“GOOD NEWS FOR SHARKS! Venezuela announced it is banning shark finning in its waters and has established a new shark sanctuary. Read about this LAST COUNTRY in the Americas to outlaw cutting off the fins of live sharks and throwing them back in the ocean to die. “
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Cabo Pulmo Coral Reef Saved

Photo: VICTORY! Cabo Pulmo coral reef saved! Mexican President Felipe Calderón just put an end to plans that would have imperiled the marine paradise of Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, home to the only living hard coral reef in Mexico’s Gulf of California. Want to thank this world leader for doing the right thing? Send a message here http://bit.ly/O0Q71L Great news right? Linda

 

June 21, www.aida-americas.org | “The Mexican government has announced its decision to cancel the proposed Cabo Cortes resort development in Baja California Sur, thus advancing protections for the internationally protected Cabo Pulmo reef.”

“~ VICTORY! Cabo Pulmo coral reef saved! Mexican President Felipe Calderón just put an end to plans that would have imperiled the marine paradise of Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, home to the only living hard coral reef in Mexico’s Gulf of California.
VICTORY! Cabo Pulmo coral reef saved! Mexican President Felipe Calderón just put an end to plans that would have imperiled the marine paradise of Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, home to the only living hard coral reef in Mexico’s Gulf of California. Want to thank this world leader for doing the right thing? Send a message here http://bit.ly/O0Q71L Great news right?”
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