These six species are about to be sacrificed for the oil and gas industry https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/26/endangered-species-act-gray-wolf-oil-gas-industry?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
The Tiger: The Most Magnificent Cat of All — The Jaguar
While all wild felids are extraordinary creatures, there is one that stands above them all (literally). It is beautiful and terrifying, powerful and threatened: the tiger (Panthera tigris). This post is an introduction to this most majestic of cats. Subspecies There are five surviving subspecies of Panthera tigris (Hunter, 2015; Macdonald, Loveridge, & Nowell, 2010). […] …
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Happy Global Tiger Day! — The Jaguar
Today, July 29, is Global Tiger Day. It is a day set aside to honor and protect the most magnificent cat of all, the tiger (Panthera tigris). The Situation Tigers are in serious trouble. According to the best estimates from the big cat NGO Panthera, there are only about 3,900 tigers left in the wild. […] …
How India’s Conservationists Are Fighting to Save Half of the World’s Tigers — TIME
How do you get a 400lb tiger into the back of a truck? It’s an elaborate process that involves dozens of personnel, carefully calibrated tranquilizer darts, a custom-made cage — and a handful of elephants. All that was in place on June 20 when MB2, a three-year-old male tiger, was transported from Kanha Tiger Reserve… via …
“Dinky” Zinke Ends Obama-Era Policy Requiring Energy Companies Fund Environmental ‘Mitigation’ Projects — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by Tim Pierce as published on TennesseeStar.com “Stupid knows no bounds!” The Department of the Interior (DOI) is scrapping an Obama-era policy mandating energy companies mitigate development on federal land by funding offsite environmental projects. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — a DOI-controlled agency and the largest land-owning agency in the U.S. — began […] …
Cannabis growth is killing one of the cutest (and fiercest) creatures in the US
California’s Carr Fire Jumps Sacramento River, Reaching Outskirts Of Redding — News : NPR
The fire that began earlier in the week tripled in size overnight Thursday, fueled by high winds, record-breaking temperatures and low humidity.(Image credit: Noah Berger/AP) via California's Carr Fire Jumps Sacramento River, Reaching Outskirts Of Redding — News : NPR
Book Review – # 47 – Birds of Chile — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101
Birds of Chile – A Photo Guide Author: Steve N.G. Howell and Fabrice Schmitt Publisher: Princeton University Press Review: “The Photo guide to be reviewed today, brought me memories of several locations I visited on past years. The authors Howell and Schmitt are experienced as leaders with WINGS. They have created this comprehensive […] via Book …
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Wyoming Gives 22 Winners The Chance To Hunt Grizzlies — Or Not — News : NPR
A whopping 7,000 people vied for the chance to hunt Wyoming grizzly bears for the first time in 44 years. Many entrants in the permit lottery said if they won, they would sit out the hunt.(Image credit: Bryant Aardema/Getty Images) via Wyoming Gives 22 Winners The Chance To Hunt Grizzlies — Or Not — News : …
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The Dinosaur that ate Ryan Zinke — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
Alexander Nazaryan as published on Yahoo News “That specimen was found in a national monument you shrunk so you could sell mining rights,” WASHINGTON — The dinosaur was a Lythronax, a fearsome predator who lived 80 million years ago. Known as the “King of Gore,” it spent its days feasting upon smaller dinosaurs on the […] …
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