Wildlife News Articles From November 2006

• Largest butterfly in Western Hemisphere needs help to avoid extinction.
• Go wild about gardens
• Marine wildlife. Whale, shark and turtle watching and diving.
• New survey finds a 98% decline in the Hippo population of the Virunga National Park
• The Hihi, One of New Zealand’s rarest birds, has been re-introduced to the Auckland mainland after 125 year absence
• First hihi hatch on The New Zealand mainland for 100 years
• 17 hippo poachers arrested/Further rebel activity in DRC.
• Hen harrier criminals will go to jail
• Set nets cause 70% of Hector’s dolphin deaths
• Hebrides Ramsar site threatened by wind farm
• Isolated mouflon herd leads to rethink of genetics theory
• Many new species and new records of marine species discovered in Hawaiian Islands
• RSPB disappointed by lack of prosecution over Sandringham hen harrier shootings
• Landmark law saves Sumatran rainforest
• Hampshire Wildlife Trust needs volunteers for Water vole survey
• French expedition finds Hampshire surprise in Senegal
• Bird and wildlife watching in Hampshire
• Guatemala debt for nature swap to preserve forests.
• Grizzly bears prefer moose to elk.
• Scientists find endangered grey-shanked doucs in Vietnam
• Grey nurse shark conservation crisis
• Grey whales missing from their traditional feeding grounds
• Grey-headed albatrosses on the brink in Australia
• Grevy’s zebras endangered
• Grenada Government endangers its own national bird with sell off of National Park for Four Seasons resort
• Resort developers ignore plight of Grenada dove
• Great White sharks protected by New Zealand
• Good News for Green Turtles as Conservation Boosts Numbers
• CONGO REBELS SHOOT SILVERBACK GORILLA FOR FOOD
• New kind of goshawk trap discovered by the RSPB in Derbyshire
• Some good news at last from the DRC as rebels agree to protect gorillas
• Ebola-outbreak kills as many as 5000 gorillas
• Four Mountain Gorillas killed in the DRC
• More terrible news from the DRC as rebels take over the whole gorilla sector, a Ranger is killed and another gorilla dies.
• Another Mountain gorilla shot dead by rebels in the DRC
• UGANDA GORILLA PERMIT FEES INCREASE TO US$500 FROM 1ST JULY 2007
• Another Mountain gorilla found dead.
• Gorillas released onto island in Republic of Congo
• US Government provides $500,000 for gorilla protection
• Mountain gorilla baby born.
• Ice Ages and rivers may have affected gorilla diversification
• Gorilla cave
• Gopher tortoises endangered by hungry armadillos
• RSPB Goosemmor Transformed
• Earthwatch scientists provide hope for endangered Loggerheads
• Back from the brink – otter records reach new high in Derbyshire
• Leatherback Turtles on the increase
• Hen harriers return to Peak District.
• Iraq's Marshes Show Progress toward Recovery
• Golf courses – Good for wildlife?
• Colombian Frogs Believed Extinct Found Alive
• New Golden Eagle viewing scheme launched in Scotland
• New species of golden frog discovered in remote region of Colombia
• Satellite tracking the Bar-tailed godwit's massive migration from New Zealand to Alaska
• Godwit makes 7000 mile non-stop flight.
• Wild dog pack created on private reserve in Northern Zululand.
• Rare Waders Successfully Breed in London