Wildlife News Articles From May 2012

• Rhino wars May 2012
• New organ discovered in rorqual whales is clue to lunge feeding
• Close encounters with a Minke whale
• New whaling report calls Danish EU presidency into question
• Two large non-Mediterranean fleets chasing Mediterranean Bluefin tuna
• Starling rescued from dangerous bird feeder
• Government backs down on buzzards
• New project to track 50 elephants in Malaysia
• Remarkable camera trap photos of jaguars & other cats taken on Colombia ranch
• Blue tits nest in pub ashtray
• Wolf shot on Newfoundland and New Brunswick canid confirmed as a wolf
• Surprising information gathered from cheetah tracking in Namibia
• Sea eagles poisoned in Ireland
• New frog species from Panama will turn your fingers yellow
• Giant turtle fossil discovered in Colombia
• Kent Wildlife Trust launch appeal to revitalise a precious ‘jewel’ in the Medway landscape
• Group of 25 whale sharks off Western Australia
• Brown Argus butterfly gets surprise boost from climate change
• One lioness killed and another removed from Nairobi suburb
• Montenegro salt marsh saved from developers
• First mammal extinction in Australia for 50 years – Dos and don’ts of saving a species
• 7 vessels caught shark fishing in Indonesian protected area
• Wanted Alive – Asia’s big cats
• Bird builds nest in lifebelt
• 1.5 tonnes of ivory seized in Sri Lanka
• Vietnamese man arrested with 10 rhino horns
• Irish sea-eagle nesting fails
• Osprey chicks in UK
• Dam proposal dropped saving one of New Zealand’s largest and most pristine wild rivers
• Scottish nature photo competition
• Detailed population census of Critically Endangered pygmy three-toed sloth
• Government to spend £400,000 to protect pheasants from buzzards
• Man pleads guilty to shooting a Florida panther
• California condors numbers pass the 400 mark for the first time for 100 years
• New species of skink discovered on Socotra Archipelago
• Very unusual bird spotted on Welsh border
• Orca attack dolphins off north Scotland
• How many swallows make a summer?
• Great white egret nests in Britain for the first time
• North Atlantic right whale spotted off Cornwall?
• Peter Hain resigns as shadowm minister to promote Severn Barrage
• Two Tigers, a Leopard and a Golden cat found in Bangkok freezer
• Lake Eyre floods again - Photos
• 130,000 wild animals seized in China raids
• Utah wants to kill coyotes – Usual rubbish logic applied
• Saola may be slipping to extinction unnoticed
• 65% tiger reserves have inadequate protection
• Scottish Natural Heritage objects to windfarm plans
• 2.8 million birds trapped in Cyprus in 2011 – Highest ever
• Wildlife and bird tourism worth billions every year
• Loggers invade Brazilian tribal lands
• Second Critically Endangered Sumatran elephant poisoned
• Wet weather delaying and confusing butterflies
• Leucistic fallow deer near Dunkeld
• The white kite of Gigrin Farm
• Indian Supreme Court rejects cheetah reintroduction plan
• White-tailed eagles nesting in Ireland for 1st time in 100 years
• Dog kills 27 penguins in Australia
• Avocets breed at Slimbridge for the first time in recent history
• Butterfly Conservation launch appeal to acquire important butterfly site
• Planet Earth Live - What is the point?
• Young leopard dies in snare in Iran
• Sea Shepherd boss arrested in Germany
• New species of lizard discovered in central African minefield
• Zimbabwe conservancy needs help to protect wildlife
• Motorists warned of risk of deer on roads – Especially in Scotland
• Orangutan has arm amputated after being released from snare
• New Mediterranean Bluefin tuna regulations launched
• Wild cranes feeding at Slimbridge
• Elephant massacre was conducted from a helicopter - Official
• Just 1 pair of Hen harriers nesting in England
• Ducks are disappearing from UK seas
• If possible, leave baby birds alone
• Tiger farming must be stopped - Environmental Investigation Agency
• Australian officials investigating shooting of Wedge-tailed Eagles
• Rebel groups invade Mountain gorilla park – Yet another gorilla ranger killed
• First satellite tag study for manta rays reveals habits and hidden journeys of ocean giants
• One quarter of grouper species being fished to extinction
• Serial egg collector back behind bars
• Turkey dolphins finally released into the wild
• Modern male single parent tiger bringing up cubs
• Huge fossil crocodile discovered in East Africa
• Natural gas development linked to wildlife habitat loss
• Conservation victory for one of world's deadliest animals
• 210 rhinos killed in 2012 in South Africa – Authorities stepping up the fight
• Mozambique’s wildlife resource wasted by illegal hunting & bushmeat trade
• Camera trap video offers rare glimpse of world’s rarest gorilla
• Critically Endangered Honeyeaters released into the wild in Australia
• Another Goshawk nest destroyed in the Derwent Valley
• New green spaces photo competition
• Iceland abandons Fin whale hunt - For now
• Millions of birds killed in the USA by mining claim posts
• 4 white Southern Right whale calves spotted off South Australia
• Stray tiger captured after 3 months in India
• Oil beetles rediscovered in Lincolnshire after 28 years
• Wandering albatross laying eggs earlier
• Ebooks - Camera trap photos
• The zombie-ant fungus is under attack, research reveals
• 8th kakapo released onto Auckland island
• Minsmere, Ouse Washes & Fairburn Ings amongst RSPB reserves flooded
• Hereford bird hide destroyed by vandals
• IUCN quotas
• Rescued dolphins Tom and Misha prepare for release into the wild
• Huge concern as helicopter used to kill elephants in Garamba National Park
• US spends millions killing dangerous pests – Mallards, egrets, godwits & doves
• Surge in dolphins killed as bycatch off Cornwall
• Boris – Time to stop playing the clown – Keep London’s wildlife police
• Yangtze Finless porpoise on the edge of extinction
• Two tigers caught in poachers' traps in India
• Vietnamese man arrested at Johannesburg Airport with three rhino horns
• Firth of Forth dolphin numbers stable
• Record number of grey whale calves born
• Bumblebee to return to Britain with reintroduction in Kent
• Koala population decline prompts Australian Government to increase protection
• Is that a gorilla calling? Get your wildlife ringtone