Wildlife News Articles From April 2008

• At least six tigers killed in Nepal in the last few weeks
• 2007 was a terrible year for British butterflies
• New mammal record for Ireland
• Chatham petrel chicks returned to Chatham Island
• Whinlatter Forest Park Launched as a flagship Red Squirrel Reserve
• Conservation Coalition Trying to Block Huge Quarry in The Peak District
• EU Orders Malta To Stop Illegal Bird Slaughter
• US man fined $20,000 for importing leopard skin.
• A stranded Orca has been found at Sandwood Bay in Sutherland.
• Another Helicopter Crashes During $100 Million US Wildlife Cull
• Campaign Launched to Stamp out The Illegal Killing of Birds Of Prey
• Leucistc Mistle Thrush
• Leucistic Squirrel
• African Cranes Threatened by Illegal trade and Capture
• Rehabilitated hand-raised elephant calves released in Manas National Park
• Drought and Development Causing Major Habitat Loss Along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
• Lewis Wind Farm Rejected by Scottish Government
• Huge Haul of Ivory seized in China
• Malta Conservation Volunteers Face Increasing Threats and Attacks
• First Osprey Arrives Back at Loch Garten - EJ is back for the 6th Year
• Weston Otmoor: an eco-town ecological disaster
• Colobus Trust Report on Illegal Development in Diani Beach - Kenya
• First Reserve Created to Protect World’s rarest Gorillas in Cameroon
• Campaign of cruelty to Birds Continues in East Sussex
• The White Baboon of Tuli
• More Evidence of Wolverine in California
• 5 gulls shot in East Sussex
• Maltese Bird Slaughter Continues Unabated
• Canadian Bird Observatory Rings Its 750,000th Bird!
• Leucistc Jackdaws
• Hen Harrier Hotline Launched
• Royal Mail Stamping on Endangered Insects
• Rutland Water Nature Reserve
• Lake District Ospreys, Bassenthwaite.
• Name a New Species for $10,000
• Massive Study of Madagascar Wildlife Released
• New Look Addo Elephant National Park Now About Much More Than Elephants
• New Genus of Insect Found in Arizona Cave
• White 'Leucistic' Buzzard Seen In Austria
• More rare turtles strand in Cornwall
• Seahorse Colony Found in the Thames
• 1200 + African Parrots Rescued From Deadly Illegal Trade
• Monarch Butterfly Migration Endangered by Deforestation in Mexico
• Asian Waterbirds Rebound Thanks to Simple Protection
• New Snake and Gecko Amongst New Species Discovered in Cambodia & Vietnam
• Peregrines Move into Central Cardiff
• Unconfirmed Sighting of 'Extinct' South Island Kokako Sparks Search
• Glaslyn Osprey Project
• Tower of London Lions Were From North Africa
• Endangered Saddleback Birds Released on Predator Free Island Off New Zealand
• Mumbai Leopards: Killers or Victims?
• Maltese Bird Slaughter Continues Unabated
• BBC Springwatch relocates to Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, North Norfolk
• Five Rhinos Killed in the Kruger National Park, Three Poachers Arrested.
• Loch of the Lowes osprey update 2008
• Little egrets breed in London for the first time.
• Elephant Contraception in Kwazulu-Natal’s Tembe Elephant Park
• Spate of Dolphin Deaths hits Cornwall
• Great Crested Newt Habitat Created in Shropshire
• London’s Wildlife Crime Unit Saved from the Axe
• A Brighter Future for Water Voles as they Receive Protection from the Law.
• Unseasonably Warm Weather Confuses Birds into Nesting Early – Careful When Clipping the Hedge
• Defra launches UK Wild Boar Strategy
• Game Keepers Convicted of Trapping Birds of Prey
• Elephant Cull Back on the Menu in South Africa - Animal Rights Protests.
• New Butterfly Record for Sri Lanka
• Invasive Burmese Pythons Spreading out from Florida
• Biofuels Disaster to Make the Planet Boil
• US Federal Court Decision Could Save Millions of Birds
• Can you identify this mystery animal?
• New Survey in India Finds Just 1400 Tigers
• Highly Endangered Round Island Boa Captive Population Doubles at Durrell
• Butterfly fish 'may face extinction'
• Black-chested Snake Eagle eating a Puff Adder
• Kiribati Creates the World’s Largest Marine Protected Area in the Pacific
• National Trust Launches Wildlife Survey – Needs Your Help
• Sumatran Tigers are Being Sold into Extinction Piece by Piece
• Mudumu National Park
• Deep Sea Survey of Antarctic Finds New Sea Life
• Rare Birds Year Book 2009 - Photo and Writing Competition
• Biofuel Blight Threatens Spectacular Kenyan Wetland
• Gorillas Copulate Face to Face - First Evidence
• German ban on seal trade increases pressure on Canada to stop its cruel commercial hunt
• Important Find as Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers found in Myanmar
• Conservationists Flock to Malta to Monitor Illegal Bird Killing
• Conservation Workers Cars Burned in Malta
• UK Underwater Photography Competition Launched
• Two Large Pods of Risso’s Dolphins Seen in the English Channel
• Two New Shark Species Discovered Amongst Commercial Catches in Australia
• 'Genetic corridor' From India to Vietnam Needed to save tigers
• Oxford CC Planning Decision Will Devastate Important Wildlife Site
• Large Sharks Endangered Worldwide – Especially Hammerheads
• Short Sighted Gujarat Government to Create ‘Gene pools’ to conserve Asiatic lions
• Mexican Ranches Transformed Into Endangered Jaguar Reserve
• Sussex Swans Shot, Kicked and Attacked by Dogs
• Very Rare Leucistic White Red Deer Stag Spotted in the Highlands
• 53 Galapagos Sea Lions found dead in the Galapagos
• 2007- Best Ever Year for Large Blue Butterfly at Collard Hill
• Bitterns Start Booming in the UK.
• Avocets Arrive in Britain three weeks early
• Baby Fin Whale Found Dead on Cornish Beach
• Spectacular Colombian Bird Reserve Opens to Tourists
• African Elephant Countries to Work Together to Thwart Poaching
• Rare Bechstein’s bat to be tracked for the first time
• New Monkey Discovered in the Amazon
• Wild Boar Shot in Primary School Grounds
• Blueprint for Wildlife Brings Huge Boom in Butterflies
• Join retailers’ Mediterranean bluefin tuna boycott, urges WWF
• New Bird Species Recognised in Colombia, May Already be Extinct
• Kakapo Encounter 2008: Rare Chance to See A Kakapo
• Indian Government Boosts Tiger Conservation Funding 400 Percent
• Baby Rhino Found Abandoned in Kaziranga National Park
• Three Elephants Killed by a Train in India
• Feeding Garden Birds in Winter leads to better breeding
• Success and Failure of Releasing Animals Back into the Wild
• A new subspecies of bird discovered at Koshi Tappu in Nepal
• Developer fined £3,500 for destroying bat roost
• Four Lizards New to Science Discovered in The Highlands of Panama
• Endangered Pateke – Brown Teal – Released in Special New Zealand Reserve, Tawharanui
• World’s Second Largest Wetlands Reserve Declared in Congo
• Scottish Black Grouse Thrive in Unique Woodland Conservation Scheme
• Insuring the Future of the Snow Leopard
• Rare Kakariki Parakeets to Re-Populate New Zealand Gulf Islands
• Six new species of deep sea fish discovered by Oceanlab scientist
• Striped dolphin stranded alive in Cornwall
• Whale Dies in Fife Harbour
• Scientists Discover New Species of Giant Elephant-Shrew in Tanzania
• Elephant Rescued from Waste Pit at Tourist Lodge in Kenya.
• White Giraffe seen In Botswana
• Whale watching on Vancouver Island
• Fisher Re-introduced to Washington State Forests
• No Tourists = No Funds for Anti Poaching = Large Increase in Poaching
• Rhino Poaching in India - Armed Rebels May Be Involved
• Otters killed on Worcestershire roads
• Endangered Okinawa Dugong Saved from US Marine Corps – For 3 Months
• Florida’s Threatened Endemic Scrub-Jays in Decline
• Avocet Resident at Montrose Basin Wildlife Reserve In Scotland
• Un-Common Dolphin Stranded in Barnstaple
• The State of The World’s Sea Turtles (2008) Magazine
• European Commission Talks to Charity about Plight of Biscay Dolphins
• Mallards in Sharp Decline in the UK
• Red Kite Found Poisoned in Dumfries and Galloway
• Leucism and Leucistic Birds & Animals & other Colour Variations
• RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch – 26-27 January 2008
• Greenpeace & Sea Shepherd Confront Japanese Whaling Fleet in Southern Ocean.
• Join an award winning project to photograph and log the world’s largest fish – The Whale shark.
• Three new species of salamander discovered in Costa Rica forest
• Regular project updates
• What countries have the most different species?
• Cors Goch Nature Reserve Extended after Large Land Purchase
• Giant Freshwater Stingray Caught in Thailand
• Greater spotted woodpecker, with orange vent.
• Top ten National Trust properties to see butterflies.