The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) have released a report that highlight the threats to river dolphins across the world. Freshwater dolphin numbers across the world are continuing to decline for a number of reasons associated with the way human activities affect some of the worlds greatest rivers. The Amazon, Ganges, Indus and...
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On Saturday the International Vulture Awareness Day tried to bring to the worlds attention threats to these giant birds. Increasingly the vulture is becoming more endangered and conservation plans are being drawn up to help conserve these birds. Threats include the loss of wild...
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The Angling Trust and the Pike Angling Trust of Great Britain have joined forces to fight the ongoing restriction of fishing by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trusts in their nature reserves. The new action follows on from the Wildlife Trust decision to ban fishing at...
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A breeding programme of the vulnerable Philippine duck at a Sunderland wildlife park has suffered a set back with 11 of the endangered ducks having been stolen. With less...
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As we enter the autumn in the UK a new survey shows that nearly a half of all people no longer feed wildlife and many no longer want to...
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The Elephant Task Force has proposed a series of measures to help conserve the Indian elephant and help to rebuild the numbers from the current population of about 25,000....
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2010-08-30 Dairy farmers supplying to Waitrose Wildcare scheme are excelling at providing wildlife habitats on their farms. With the national average of set aside land on farms for wildlife at...
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2010-08-28 A sudden increase in the number of turtle deaths washing ashore on the beaches of the Algarve in Portugal had raised concerns over the health of the population....
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2010-08-26 Following on from the failure of the last International Whaling Commission to come to any firm conclusions and the maintenance of the current status quo, Japan has announced...
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We’ll soon find out the fate of eagle owls in the UK. Following the end of the public consultation period a report is now being drawn up by the...
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There’s been a mixed reaction to a new bridge built by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council to help dormice to cross a new road. At a cost of...
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Friday 20th August should have seen the ban on seal products into the European Union come into force. However things do seem a little bit confused at the moment...
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As part of the UK’s contribution of designated sites to the EU’s Natura 2000 network the coalition government has named 15 new marine sites to be protected. 13 of...
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Coral reefs are facing a particularly hard time at the moment. There is real concern that within the next 40 years we could be seeing the collapse of not...
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Two tiger tourism projects in India have been suspended while the authorities look into the legalities of their continued operation. The projects at Periyar National Park in Kerala would...
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