Wildlife News Articles From November 2012

• Kazakhstan launches 500,000 hectares reserve to protect Saiga antelopes
• Hen Harrier shot in County Wexford
• Galapagos tortoises migrate, but only the larger adults.
• Birds thriving on brownfield land despite huge UK bird population declines
• Five year plan launched to save the last wild Indian buffalo
• New weta species discovered on threatened plateau in New Zealand
• UK butterfly populations threatened by extreme drought and landscape fragmentation
• Raptor persecution in Scotland 2011 - New report
• Interpol's most wanted wildlife criminals
• IUCN cries foul over trade in python skins but CITES issued 400,000 export licences
• Light pollution not all bad for wildlife - Helps some waders feed at night
• Record year for cetacean sightings off Scilly Isles ferry
• Sumatran tiger cubs caught on video in Sumatran forest
• New blunt-headed snake species discovered in Ecuador
• Will Moray Firth dolphins be driven away by increased disturbance?
• Leatherback turtle caught as bycatch dies in captivity
• Europe closes loopholes on shark finning
• Battle to save the world's most Endangered species get new funding
• Capercaillie thriving on two Scottish estates - Why just there?
• Waxwing ringing project gets underway in York
• 'Feed the birds' plea as natural feed sources dwindle for the winter
• Eight arrests made in connection with rhino poaching in South Africa
• Critically Endangered Great Indian bustards spotted in India
• Identical sea snakes are 2 completely different species
• Little economic benefit; huge environmental impact - suspend neonics now
• American Samoa ends shark fin trade & shark fishing in coastal waters
• Worcestershire wildlife photography competition launched - Get your photos into a wildlife calendar
• New rope bridges helping to save endangered Golden langurs in India
• New species of lion discovered - In Ethiopian zoo?
• Researchers use GPS tracking to monitor crab behaviour
• Research shows that the fringes of fields are vital for the survival of hares
• Rhino poaching update - Arrests and confiscation
• National and international action being launched to protect Amur falcons
• Banks and funds put on notice on Sumatra pulp mill investment risk
• Celebrities doodle for Cornish wildlife
• Great tits worst affected by new bird virus
• Rare Bryde's whale killed by ship in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf
• Birds massacred in Lebanon - Unfettered hunting a disgrace
• Borneo will probably lose 50% of its orang-utans
• Cameroon deploys Special Forces to counter poaching gangs
• Russian man fined $18,500 for killing Amur tiger
• Campaign to rid Galapagos of 180,000,000 rats is launched
• Translocating Grevy's zebras to boost the population in Northern Kenya
• North West South Africa considers calling in the army to fight rhino poaching
• Another huge seizure of ivory in Hong Kong – 4th in a month
• EU launch plan to reduce bycatch of seabirds across EU
• Big increase in illegal hunting in Malta – Raptors targeted
• 44 million birds have disappeared from UK since 1966, including an average of 50 house sparrows every hour!
• Lonesome George's genetic legacy survives as scientists uncover Pinta Tortoise hybrids in the Galapagos Islands
• Are blue whales changing their habits due to climate change?
• Thandi, the rhino that survived
• Fourth Critically Endangered Red wolf killed in North Carolina
• Greater bamboo lemur removed from most endangered list
• Hope for Tunisia's oryx and addax
• Critically Endangered takahe released onto Auckland island
• Camera traps deployed to catch tiger poachers in Russia
• Bird family tree created - Throws up surprising results
• Hillary Clinton speaks out against wildlife crime - Launches US Government to tackle it
• Botswana to ban trophy hunting
• Ebay bans international sea horse trade in EU & USA
• Critically Endangered Sumatran elephants poisoned
• Chance to buy the original artwork from the definitive 'Birds of Africa'
• Wildlife charity threatens legal action over bee killing pesticides
• White bank vole filmed in Norway
• Mountain gorilla population grows
• Asia's vulture decline arrested
• Huge Mekong dam gets go ahead in Laos
• Elephant contraception to control a booming population in South Africa?
• 215 pieces of ivory seized by Dubai Customs
• Great Barrier Reef in danger from new mega-ports
• Third Critically Endangered Red wolf killed in North Carolina
• Yangtze porpoise following Yangtze dolphin into extinction?
• Fin whale beached in Dorset
• 30 hippos killed by Anthrax in Kruger National Park
• Tiny new species of beetle discovered that keeps it head inside its body
• Rhino horn trader sentenced to 40 years behind bars in South Africa
• 120,000 Amur falcons massacred in 1 week in India
• Lakenheath Fen appeal
• Pine Marten found in Wales – the first in 40 years!
• Rhino poaching getting worse as 12 rhinos dehorned by poachers
• Donsol, the town built on Whale sharks
• Reintroduced dormice thriving in Cambridgeshire wood
• India’s owls threatened by illegal trade
• Did the changing climate shrink Europe’s ancient hippos?
• USA aquaria speak out against capturing wild whales and dolphins
• Mozambique creates Africa’s largest coastal marine reserve
• Scotland's seabirds have declined 53% in 25 years
• World's rarest whale seen for the first time
• Tana River Delta declared a RAMSAR zone
• Scientists searching for answers in fight against deadly White-nose syndrome
• Wildlife crime whistleblower wins top WWF honour
• Seven new beetle species identified in Canada
• Asian big cats in danger - Not just tigers
• Puerto Rico manatees threatened by isolation
• Seven arrested for tiger killing and illegal trade in south India
• New lizard discovered in Western Australia – Already Endangered
• Kruger National Park demolishing its artificial water holes to boost rare wildlife
• 14 tigers identified in Manas National Park & rhino gives birth
• Cheetah, wild dog, lion and leopard all threatened by bush meat trade in Southern Africa
• Spray toad reintroduced to Tanzanian gorge