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Virginia Tech researchers find human virus in chimpanzees

...ct the eco-tourism industry, which is an important source of economic development in the region and has been credited with protecting the animals from poachers and the dangers of shrinking habitats for chimpanzees and other species of great apes. She believes more research must be conducted in order to prote...

Bhitarkanika Sanctuary In Orissa Takes Precaution To Monitor Bird Flu

...irds. He added, 'The authorities are also keeping vigil on poultry farms in the district so that any epidemic among the birds will be noticed and many poachers trap local and migratory birds and sell the meat to roadside hotels and eateries. The forest department has warned people not to partake of bird meat....

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Turtles no longer turned into souvenirs

...c. Over the last century, millions have been killed for the tortoiseshell markets of Europe, the United States and Asia. Today they are preyed upon by poachers mainly for their shells, which are made into souvenirs and sold to tourists, millions of whom visit the country, mostly from North America and Europe....

Missing: 2,000 elephants

... hover at about 1,000 animals, down from an estimated 3,000 in 2006. Ivory poachers using automatic weapons have decimated elephant populations particularly w...toring elephant numbers in difficult terrain, but have proven to intimidate poachers in the act of stalking and poaching elephants. The flights also boost the ...

Study finds high mortality of endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Baja California

...ng fishermen an alternative to dwindling, inefficient fisheries, Peckham said. Through training and a steady tourism market, many fishermen and former poachers have come to value sea turtles more highly alive than dead, because conducting tours can yield more income than fishing, he added. One organization th...

Scientists find elephant memories may hold key to survival

...s were able to lead their groups to drought refugia." During the 1970s and '80s, many of Eastern Africa's largest elephants fell victim to waves of poachers who were eager to exploit the profitability of the black market for ivory. "Hopefully, this study underlines the importance of how crucial older ma...

Ivory poaching at critical levels: Elephants on path to extinction by 2020?

...n ivory came from. That is important because often poachers attack elephants in one country but ship the contr...naturally. At the time the treaty was enacted, poachers were killing an average of 70,000 elephants a year... where to look so that, hopefully, we can stop the poachers before the elephants are actually killed." ...

Tigers disappear from Himalayan refuge

...cted in large part by WWF. Officials identified poaching as perhaps the major cause of tigers disappearing from this protected area. Ironically, armed poachers have been photographed by the very equipment set up to capture tiger images. "The loss of tigers in Suklaphanta is undoubtedly linked to the power...

New CITES quotas allow more caviar export, further jeopardize endangered sturgeon

...ing as more farm-grown caviar is produced. It is impossible to tell farm-raised and wild-based caviar apart at this point, which gives an advantage to poachers looking to exceed legal limits. "We do not have the regulatory tools to decipher aquaculture from wild caviar," said Dr. Phaedra Doukakis, a resear...

Logging road threatens rare peat dome, tigers

... Nursamsu of WWF-Indonesia and Eyes on the Forest coordinator. But the tigers of Kampar dont stand a chance once APP begins logging full-scale and the poachers discover theres easy access to this critical tiger habitat. APPs logging highway and the accompanying drainage of the peat could cause devastating ...

Study says 2000 tigers possible in Thailand

...ppears in latest issue of the journal Oryx, says that to make these numbers a reality, better enforcement to safeguard both tigers and their prey from poachers is critical. According to the study, the entire Western Forest Complex currently supports an estimated 720 tigers. These tiger densities were lowe...

Tibetan antelope slowly recovering, WCS says

... poaching in this remote area. In the mid 1990s, Schaller estimated that perhaps 75,000 chiru remained in the wild, with as many as 20,000 falling to poachers annually. However, no comprehensive census of chiru has ever taken place due to a sprawling range that spans more than 250,000 square miles. The...

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Beware of trademark poachers in search-engine ads

When it comes to online advertising, one of the tools your competitor has may be your companys name, trademark or service mark. Google and Overture allow advertisers to purchase company and product names and federally registered marks as keywords in pay-per-click campaigns. This allows compan...