Wildlife News Articles From January 2008

• Study reveals that large scale conservation is essential for many species survival
• Zululand Birding Route celebrates ten years
• 40 Black rhinos poached in Zimbabwe
• New Zealand quail may not be as extinct as thought
• Caribbean Coral Reefs Devastated by Bleaching and Hurricanes. And it will get Worse.
• Oiled Sea-Birds Coming Ashore in Sussex
• Helicopter Search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
• New habitat being created for wigeon at WWT Welney
• Cuba Bans Marine Turtle Hunt
• Amphibians on the EDGE – Some the world’s weirdest creatures in urgent need of conservation.
• Otter spotted at Newport city centre redevelopment site
• New Fishing methods to Reduce Pacific Albatross Deaths by 90 Percent
• Refugee Problem in Tanzania causing Needless Destruction of Wildlife.
• Endangered Bird Hunting in the Philippines
• Birds of the Philippines
• Hornbill Conservation in Thailand - Poacher to Gamekeeper.
• Bush Exempts Navy from Court Order Protecting Whales
• Extraordinary Giant Palm Discovered in Madagascar
• Guam Rail, Extinct In The Wild For 22 Years, To Be Reintroduced To Guam
• North American Birds Moving North as the Globe Warms
• Zambia project aims to cut poaching, help villagers and increase incomes.
• Yellowstone grizzlies removed from endangered species list
• Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos on the brink in South Australia
• Critically Endangered Yellow-eared Parakeet in major breeding success
• New species of bird discovered in Colombia.
• World’s Rarest Cetacean, the Vaquita Porpoise, Slipping Towards Extinction.
• Starfish outbreak threatens ‘The Coral Triangle’
• The 2008 Majete Elephant Translocation Project
• Third National Park, Anyuiskii, Created in the Russian Far East to Protect Tigers
• Lewis Wind Farm Decision Must Not Be Forced By Developer's Spin
• 19 Bald Eagles Killed in Alaska Accident
• Award Winning Technology To Protect Whales From Ship Strikes
• New Species of Moray Eel discovered in the Red Sea
• Rare Temminck’s Stint Spotted at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre
• Two Sightings of Northern Bald Ibis in Middle East Bring a Spark of Hope
• Drastic decline in one of UK's rarest breeding ducks
• Yangtse River dolphin declared extinct
• WWF’s top ten species needing urgent, global, action.
• WWF release ground breaking Southern oceans report
• 20th Rhino Shot in 2007 in Kaziranga: Poacher killed.
• 30 'Finned' Sharks Washed Up On New Zealand Beach'
• Garden Birds in Sharp Decline Across Europe
• Black Grouse turn the corner in England as numbers climb above 1000.
• Destruction of New Britain Rainforest Endangering Endemic Species
• Bird Strike Risk a Major Hazard for Lydd Airport Expansion
• Four New High Altitude RAMSAR Sites Cteated in Nepal
• Huge Paper Company Trashing Pristine Sumatra Forest
• Whooping crane numbers reach 500 for the first time for 100 years.
• Camel Cart Donated By Tiger Conservation Charity