Humans have pushed the majority of wild primates into small spaces, where the total population might number only a thousand or far less.
Corona-virus threat to primate species
A group of Lawyers supported by several foundations in Washington are fighting to roll back protection for species in the USA
As soon as the election and happened the campaign started. On behalf of cattle ranchers and landowners there’s a determined effort to roll back wildlife protections on threatened species.
Continue reading “A group of Lawyers supported by several foundations in Washington are fighting to roll back protection for species in the USA”USA has given a hunter permission to bring back body parts of a lion from Tanzania
Up until 2010, hunters in the USA could bring back parts of the lions that they hunted to the USA. Under Obama the import of body parts from African hunts was banned because of their inability to get control of the poaching was going on.
However from the second that Trump came to power, despite giving a message on most things, he has been careful to promote hunting. If you wish to import body parts at the moment, you have to apply for a licence on each occasion.
Continue reading “USA has given a hunter permission to bring back body parts of a lion from Tanzania”The death of 3 Marsican bears
The bear in Europe is known to be an endangered animal. In much of Western Europe the bears only survive in mountains which people use less. While in Eastern Europe in countries like Romania they exist across much of the landscape, in Western Europe they only inhabit small pockets.
West African Lions
There are a small number of lions that still live in West Africa. The population is in steep decline and is now only found reliably in one protected area with small remaining populations in a few others. The last significant population is found in a transboundary protected area between Niger Benin and Burkina Faso. This consists of Arli National park in South East Burkina Faso, Pendjari National Park in Benin and Singou Reserve. This group of protected areas is collectively called the WAP complex (W-Arli-Pendjari). Continue reading “West African Lions”
