Wildlife News Articles From August 2012

• Rescued ploughshare tortoises start first European breeding programme
• New Zealand Government fails sea lions – Bows to fishing industry
• Elusive Bowhead whales revealed by undersea microphones
• Seabirds eating more plastic than ever before
• New species of rat redefines rodents
• New technology can identify individual dolphins
• Rescued elephants seen with wild herd in India's Manas National Park
• Puerto Rican island to be cleared of rats to save rare wildlife
• Montana Wildlife Commission pursues more aggressive wolf-killing
• Notorious wildlife dealer caught red-handed in India
• Giant paper company's latest promise no more than protecting already protected forest
• Camera fitted to domestic cats reveals extent of hunting
• UNESCO fails to protect World Heritage Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania
• Another New Zealand island cleared of introduced pests
• Costa Rica signs up to protect Jaguar corridor habitat
• New reserve protects critical nesting area for rare parrot in Bolivia
• Whale shark and sea turtles released into off China
• Hainan Island identified as a major hub for illegal sea turtle trade
• US duck populations reaching record levels
• Outrage as World Bank funds power lines linked to controversial dam
• 130 turtles trapped by railway line in India
• Ranching firm threatens Chaco forest and tribes
• Iconic reef fish in danger of local extinctions due to overfishing
• First confirmed successful refloat of stranded dolphin
• CITES warns Thailand to put house in order - Puts China on notice
• Conservation myth - Walking with lions is good for lion conservation
• Lake Nakuru water rise prompts flamingo exit
• Brazilian judge halts rail project close to Earth's most threatened tribe
• 300 Green turtles die at Cayman Turtle Farm
• Humpback whale freed from Queensland shark nets - But hundreds of sharks, dolphins and turtles not so lucky
• Pot-grower's poison taking toll on rare fishers
• Solomon Islands at centre of "captive breeding"
• Congo Rangers locate first Mountain gorilla families in rebel-held territory
• Research charts growing threats to biodiversity 'arks'
• New species of fruit bat discovered in Indonesia
• Spanish public say 'NO' to captive dolphins
• British charity backs tiger tourism ban
• Harlequin ladybirds becoming a major pest
• Search for Fiji petrels nest continues
• Squatters force swallows to build a new home
• Lord Howe Island to be cleared of rats
• Mai-mai rebels sack Upemba National Park HQ in Democratic Republic of Congo
• Birdcam reveals extraordinary habits of Imperial cormorant
• One of the UK's rarest spiders discovered in Hainault Forest for first time in 32 years
• Just 800 pairs of Corn buntings left in Scotland – Urgent action needed
• 40 Blue whales sighted off San Diego coast
• Three tigers die in India
• Sixty years since Britain’s first local nature reserve was declared – Gibraltar Point
• South coast announced as next area for marine planning in UK