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Monday, October 28, 2024

Fascinating "Here’s why elephants have all those wrinkles in their trunks : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5140599/elephant-trunk-wrinkles-brain-stem 


"couple months into development, the fetal trunk has about four wrinkles — at which point there's sudden exponential growth.

"Every 20 days, the number of wrinkles doubles," he says.."

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Tragic "Namibia will kill elephants, zebras, hippos and give meat to people affected by drought" | CNN

https://lite.cnn.com/2024/08/28/climate/namibia-kill-elephants-meat-drought/index.html 


"The animals set to be culled include 83 elephants, 30 hippos, 60 buffalo, 50 impala, 100 blue wildebeest and 300 zebras, the country's Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism announced Monday..."

Sunday, April 24, 2022

"After shooting a grizzly to death, Idaho father and son will get jail time, hunting bans | "

"The agency sent a warrant to Google for records of any electronic devices in the area around the time the bear was killed. The results of that warrant led them to Jared Baum..."

http://opr.news/14093979220421en_us?link=1&client=mini 

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Miracle happy ending 👈👌😁 "The rescue of Mayan."

Happy ending😂 Amazing story 👍 🐘 "Saving a Newborn Elephant from a Grisly Snare "

"Billie Turns 60 - EleNotes - The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee

"Billie was born in India in 1962, separated from her family, and shipped to the United States where she spent most of her life traveling and performing with the circus. In 2006, at the age of 44, Billie retired to The Elephant Sanctuary..."


https://www.elephants.com/news/elenotes/posts/billie-turns-60 

"Remembering Solomon James, Special Friend and Hero - EleNotes - The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee

"Must-Watch Elephant Documentaries - EleNotes - The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee

"Poachers Turn Wildlife Defenders in DRC" | Elephant Crisis Fund

"The surrender of 'Ranger' and Kitona in early 2020 was hailed as a significant achievement in the fight to protect Lomami's vulnerable population of forest elephants. The two leaders, their multiple wives and children, and poaching gangs of more than 40 men, handed in their weapons after reaching an agreement with..."

https://www.elephantcrisisfund.org/stories/poachers-turn-wildlife-defenders-in-drc/ 

The Hidden Elephants | : Forest Elephants 🐘


"..close inspection of forest elephants reveals they are morphologically quite different too. Compared to their savannah cousins, their tusks are much straighter, thinner, and direct mainly downwards. Their ears are smaller and more rounded, and their forequarters are lower than their hindquarters, making forest elephants' bodies more compact..."

https://www.elephantcrisisfund.org/stories/the-hidden-elephants/ 

Oct2021 "Successful prosecution of wildlife trafficker, Yunhua Lin | ivory trafficking kingpin, was sentenced to 14 years in prison "

Oct2021 "Successful prosecution of wildlife trafficker, Yunhua Lin | ivory trafficking kingpin, was sentenced to 14 years in prison "

https://www.elephantcrisisfund.org/stories/successful-prosecution-of-wildlife-trafficker-yunhua-lin/ 

I've been there "Elephant kills Maasai man in Tanzania's Ngorongoro "

"Elephants in Tanzania's famed Ngorongoro conservation area have killed a Maasai man who had gone there hunting for firewood, police said on Thursday..."


https://www.savetheelephants.org/about-elephants-2-3-2/elephant-news-post/?detail=elephant-kills-maasai-man-in-tanzania-s-ngorongoro 

"African countries call for closure of Japan's ivory markets because they contribute to poaching - "

"Miracle Elephant Twins That Had Little Chance of Surviving Found Alive (Kenya) - "


"The extremely rare twins, a boy and a girl, were first discovered in January in the Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya. They were the first elephant twins to be born in the area for nearly two decades..."

https://www.savetheelephants.org/about-elephants-2-3-2/elephant-news-post/?detail=miracle-elephant-twins-that-had-little-chance-of-surviving-found-alive-kenya 

👍"Trophy hunting of rhino, leopards and elephants halted by court interdict (South Africa) "

Rewilding 👍"Plans Underway For Elephants To Be Flown From Europe - 13 elephants will be flown more than (4,350 miles) .."

Trump was more protective of elephants than Biden. Wake up call "U.S. Allows Hunters to Import Some Elephant Trophies From African Countries - "

"We expected the Biden administration would have halted everything and taken a hard look and made some tough decisions that maybe this isn't something we should be doing given the biodiversity crisis," said Tanya Sanerib, senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. "So to have the reality be the exact opposite of that, it feels like whiplash."

https://www.savetheelephants.org/about-elephants-2-3-2/elephant-news-post/?detail=u-s-allows-hunters-to-import-some-elephant-trophies-from-african-countries 

Bus Crashes Into Elephant, & Locals start skinning them to eat

"Game ranger, police officer arrested over possession of 28.35kg of ivory (Harare) "- Save the Elephants

Friday, October 22, 2021

Friday, August 6, 2021

Florida, almost 900 😟 "Manatee deaths rise as wildlife agencies grapple with seagrass loss...Unusual Mortality Event, "



  Note: I saw the manatees for the 1st time this year . Blue Springs FL is amazing. 

"Manatee deaths rise as wildlife agencies grapple with seagrass loss...Unusual Mortality Event, or UME , that has claimed hundreds of sea cows in the Indian River Lagoon..."It's the first event due to starvation, and we've never had that before,"...And trying to manually feed hundreds of manatees is virtually impossible because it would require tons of food spread out over hundreds of miles on a daily basis...Florida has already broken the state record for the number of documented manatee deaths in a year, with the total quickly approaching 900..."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/05/manatee-deaths-rise-florida-wildlife-agencies-grapple-seagrass-loss/5497505001/ 

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

SAVE the MANATEES "800 Manatee Deaths Bring Attention to Degrading Water Quality and Dying Grass Beds in Florida ...

  "800 Manatee Deaths Bring Attention to Degrading Water Quality and Dying Grass Beds in Florida ...Grass in the Indian River has diminished by 58 percent since 2009. Algae blooms from poor water quality are common in the river. Such blooms block sunlight that seagrasses need to grow.... Grass bed decline now has reached such a critical stage that manatees are dying of starvation. The large creatures commonly weigh 800 to 1,000 pounds, and eat roughly 10 percent of their body weight in grass daily. "

http://opr.news/5d4f3c0d210628en_us?link=1&client=mini 

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Ingenious 👍 "Could this nuclear-based approach curb rhino-poaching? |

Ingenious 👍  "Could this nuclear-based approach curb rhino-poaching? | By putting small quantities of radioactive materials in the horn you make it easily detectable to the ten or eleven thousands installed radiation monitors around the world," Prof. James Larkin adds."

https://www.africanews.com/2021/06/01/could-this-nuclear-based-approach-curb-rhino-poaching/ 

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Actually still inconclusive "Why Rhinos Are Best Transported Upside Down By Helicopters | "


"Hanging rhinos upside down actually improved ventilation (albeit to a small degree) over rhinos lying on their sides," Dr Robin Radcliffe, study author and senior lecturer in wildlife and conservation medicine, said in a statement. "While this was unexpected, and the margins small, any incremental improvement in physiology helps to enhance safety of black rhinoceros during capture and anesthesia."

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-rhinos-are-best-transported-upside-by-helicopters/ 

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

"Conservationists Pushed Ban on Non-Fatal Rhino Horn Harvesting. Poaching Skyrocketed. – "



"Legal rhino farming or selling fake horn, would save endangered animals. But the environmental groups just can't see that.
Now researchers from the University of Oxford have produced a new form of fake rhino horn that they say would reduce demand for poached horn.
"Environmental" groups oppose that, too.
Fortunately, South Africa wised up. After my video was first broadcast, officials decided to ignore the complaints from the environmental groups. They re-legalized sales of farmed rhino horn.
After that, the killing of rhinos fell dramatically."

https://reason.com/2021/02/24/conservationists-rhino-horn-harvesting-poaching-skyrocketed-south-africa/ 

Thursday, January 28, 2021

"Sharks and rays are at risk of extinction due to overfishing | ...there has been a shocking 71 percent decline ..

"Sharks and rays are at risk of extinction due to overfishing | ...there has been a shocking 71 percent decline in shark and ray populations.
The team discovered 24 of the 31 ocean and ray species are now classified as vulnerable or endangered."

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1389809/Sharks-rays-extinction-great-white-shark-news-evg 

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

": Questions Remain Over Botswana's Mass Elephant Deaths - Many experts have pointed to the fact ..

  ": Questions Remain Over Botswana's Mass Elephant Deaths - Many experts have pointed to the fact that only elephants appear to have been affected while it would be expected other animals drinking the water would have been killed..."

https://allafrica.com/stories/202010210083.html 

Thursday, July 2, 2020

"Botswana: Hundreds of Elephants Die Mysteriously in Botswana 'Disaster' - Hundreds of elephants have been ..

"Botswana: Hundreds of Elephants Die Mysteriously in Botswana 'Disaster' - Hundreds of elephants have been found dead in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Poaching has been ruled out as the tusks had not been removed. Wildlife specialists have described the die-off as a "conservation disaster"..."

https://allafrica.com/stories/202007020735.html 

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

SAVE THE BUNNIES "Thousands of wild and domestic rabbits are being killed off by a deadly ...

 "Thousands of wild and domestic rabbits are being killed off by a deadly virus that is spreading across the U.S.- causing seizures, fever and internal swelling and bleeding"



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8336101/Thousands-wild-domestic-rabbits-killed-deadly-virus.html 

Friday, January 24, 2020

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Saturday, April 6, 2019

"Judge grants stay of execution to 45-year-old 'problem elephant' on death row - Riff Raff, ...

"Judge grants stay of execution to 45-year-old 'problem elephant' on death row - Riff Raff, a 40-45 year-old bull elephant, was due to be shot after causing a nuisance to locals who wanted him killed to stop their fences being repeatedly trampled on."

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-04/judge-grants-stay-of-execution-to-45-year-old-problem-elephant-on-death-row/

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Apparently to help stop poaching if u believe it "Texas big game hunter pays $110G to kill rare Himalayan goat - "

The mortgage banking executive from the Dallas area paid the steep price to kill the creature as part of a conservation program used to lessen poaching of the formerly endangered animals, reported...


Apparently to help stop poaching if u believe it    "Texas big  to kill rare Himalayan goat - "
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-news-game-hunter-pays-to-kill-rare-goat-20190212-story.html

Monday, December 24, 2018

Wow "Excessive Poaching May Be Causing African Elephants To Evolve Without Tusks " #GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Watch an Elephant Named Kelly Scoop Cereal Into Her Mouth in Easily the Best Study of 2018 " #GodsAwesomeAnimals

ELEPHANT STOMPS DRIVER TO DEATH "Speeding Driver Hits Elephant, Gets Crushed to Death" DON'T MESS WITH DUMBO

AND ALL THIS TIME I ASSUMED UK BANNED IVORY AGES AGO "UK ivory ban: Elephants protected as new rules become law " WELCOME TO THE 21st CENTURY , UK,. #GodsAwesomeAnimals

" Elephants dressed as Santa Claus help celebrate Christmas in Thailand " #GodsAwesomeAnimals

The Nation: Elephants dressed as Santa Claus help celebrate Christmas in Thailand.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30361045

"Death of Six-Year-Old Elephant at Oregon Zoo Reignites Debate, At Least a Little "-#GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Should Johannesburg Zoo’s last elephant stay or go? ". #GodsAwesomeAnimals

UK DIDN'T BAN IVORY UNTIL NOW? "British ivory bill is 'best Christmas gift' for threatened elephants worldwide " #SaveOurElephants #GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Asian elephant born at Columbus Zoo after artificial insemination " - #GodsAwesomeAnimals

" St. Louis: Grant’s Farm says no more elephants after recent deaths". #GodsAwesomeAnimals

KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis: Grant's Farm says no more elephants after recent deaths.
https://fox2now.com/2018/12/14/grants-farm-says-no-more-elephants-after-recent-deaths/

"National Geographic: New virtual reality video takes you up close with elephants" #GodsAwesomeAnimals

National Geographic: New virtual reality video takes you up close with elephants.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/okavango-wilderness-360-elephant-herd/

" The Complicated History of the Human and Elephant Relationship" #GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Watch: Rescue elephants listen to Christmas carols"#GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Elephants help scout vast sugarcane plantations in search for missing 2-year-old boy "

Sunday, December 23, 2018

"Please Submit Your Support For The Proposed Ban On The Sale Of Elephant Ivory In Singapore - "

SHAME ON JAPAN 🙁🙁☹️ "Japan to resume commercial whaling after leaving IWC – "#GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Sloths, manatee, other wildlife rescued from Amazon tourism trade"#GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Environmental Groups Sue Feds To Stop Seismic Airgun Blasting In The Atlantic Which Jeopardizes Critically Endangered Marine..."#GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Argentine Congress Approves Creation Of Two Massive Marine Protection Parks That Will Save Endangered Species " #GodsAwesomeAnimals

"The Tiny Florida Butterfly That Refuses to Become Extinct "#GodsAwesomeAnimals

"Giraffes Were Just Added To List Of Animals Facing Extinction" #GodsAwesomeAnimals


   "the Kordofan giraffe and the Nubian giraffe, which are found across East, Central and West Africa, are now classified as 'critically endangered', while the Reticulated giraffe, which is native to the Horn of Africa, is listed as 'endangered.."

https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/giraffes-were-just-added-to-list-of-animals-facing-extinction/

Monday, October 29, 2018

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Save the Elephants (@ste_kenya) on Twitter

"The new study into Myanmar's Illegal Ivory Trade shows the scale of the challenge that remains for elephants in the face of the ivory trade" says STE's Iain Douglas-Hamilton
#illegalivorytrade #myanmarreport . Photo: Nic Nichols

https://mobile.twitter.com/ste_kenya?lang=en

Save the Elephants (@ste_kenya) on Twitter

*"New STE report by ivory trade specialists Lucy Vigne & the late Esmond Martin shows that one #Myanmar town in particular, Mong La - a frontier town in the notorious Golden Triangle on the border of China - has experienced a 'prolific growth' in ivory trading."

https://mobile.twitter.com/ste_kenya?lang=en

"October Declared Elephant Awareness Month in the State of Tennessee - "

The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee"

Friday, September 21, 2018

TOO MUCH INFO? "Hundreds of vultures can descend on an elephant carcass at once and reduce it to a skeleton in a matter of days,"

Really? " The Inquiry, The Inquiry Junior - What’s Killing Africa’s Elephants?"

"An anti-poaching technology for elephants that is always listening"

"WIPER provides real-time alerts and location data when a rifle is fired within 50 meters (50 yards) of the collared animal. WIPER may not protect the animal wearing it, but it helps security personnel close in on poachers, which may deter future poaching...."


https://news.mongabay.com/wildtech/2018/09/an-anti-poaching-technology-for-elephants-that-is-always-listening/

SATELLITE COLLARS "Inside the effort to save Africa’s elephant population "-

#JimNyamu "The Kenyan Elephant Man Who Has Walked Across Tanzania, Zambia By Foot Now In Zimbabwe " Save the Elephants


"Jim Nyamu, now popularly known as "elephant man" is doing, with his 4,200 kilometres walk from Kenya to South Africa dubbed East-Southern Africa Elephant Walk...."

http://www.savetheelephants.org/about-elephants-2-3-2/elephant-news-post/?detail=the-kenyan-elephant-man-who-has-walked-across-tanzania-zambia-by-foot-now-in-zimbabwe

" Dog unit for wildlife protection launched (Namibia)" #SaveTheElephants

"
The unit comprises four German shepherds procured in Holland for N$240 000. One more dog was acquired last year.  ."

http://www.savetheelephants.org/about-elephants-2-3-2/elephant-news-post/?detail=dog-unit-for-wildlife-protection-launched-namibia

"Delay in Hong Kong’s ivory ban endangers elephants and is ‘legally unnecessary’ "- Save the Elephants

"An anti-poaching technology for elephants that is always listening "

"Beehive fences and elephants: Tanzanian case study offers fresh insights " Save the Elephants

Friday, September 7, 2018

Sunday, August 26, 2018

COULD BE GAME CHANGER "Meet an ivory trafficker's 'worst nightmare' " BBC News

"
The new Remote Air Sampling for Canine Olfaction (Rasco) will see air sucked out of targeted shipping containers and passed through filters.
These filters will then be presented to specially trained dogs, who will sit down if they smell anything suspicious items - from ivory to illicit animals, plants and timber products..."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45288429

Monday, August 20, 2018

"The Hindu: Tough time for elephants"

"Science Magazine: Elephant trunks are long-distance food detectors''

Science Magazine: Elephant trunks are long-distance food detectors.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/elephant-trunks-are-long-distance-food-detectors

'What Elephants Can Teach Us About Alzheimer’s Disease"

Fortune: What Elephants Can Teach Us About Alzheimer's Disease.
http://fortune.com/2018/08/03/alzheimers-elephants-memory/

": The unique elephant brain " Earth

EarthSky: The unique elephant brain | Earth.
http://earthsky.org/earth/elephants-unique-brain-neurons

"Capturing elephants from the wild shortens their lives"

Science Daily: Capturing elephants from the wild shortens their lives.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180807110347.htm

"Daily Pioneer: Elephant cruelty at its worst"

"Science Friday: Why Are Most Elephants Protected From Cancer?"

Saturday, August 11, 2018

"Horrified beachgoers find turtles, goliath groupers and even manatees washed up dead along Florida’s Gulf Coast"

ORPHANS GET BULLIED 🐂 "Orphaned elephants have a tougher social life says new study " Save the Elephants

"Staff and Trustees - Save the Elephants"

"Twelve entire elephant populations have been lost in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Togo, Guinea, and Nigeria since 2006"

REMEMBERING WAYNE LOTTER

PAMS Foundation - Conservation support in Tanzania,

RESCUE – Reteti Elephant Sanctuary,

"Hands Off Our Elephants"

World Elephant Day (@wrldelephantday) on Twitter,

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