NEWS AND COMMENT: The World Wildlife Fund-UK’s Living Planet Report 2022 makes shocking reading. The headline is that humans have wiped out almost 70% of animal populations in about half a century. This is the equivalent of losing the combined total of all the people …
It looks like climate change is bearing down on the survivability of wildlife on the African continent to the point where it has become extremely serious. The Savé Valley Conservancy covers 1,330 mi². It was established in 1991 because drought in that area made farming …
Nigeria is too poor to keep the Osun River pure. Nigeria’s Osun River has, for many years, attracted people from far away as America to drink its pure waters. Beyoncé used the river as inspiration for her 2016 album Lemonade. She became Osun, the Yoruba …
There is a photograph of a wildlife crossing in Wierden, Netherlands, which dresses up the home page of Microsoft’s Bing search engine. I noticed how beautiful it looked. This one seems to traverse a standard country road by which I mean not a dual carriageway. …
Three European bison were relocated into a nature reserve near Canterbury, England, UK last month. The project is called Wilder Blean in reference to the addition of bison to West Blean and Thornden Woods to act as natural engineers. The project welcomes publicity and they’ve …
NEWS AND COMMENT [and KARMA]: Riaan Maude was a well-known endangered game hunter and the head of an organisation called Pro-Hunt Africa which organises the hunting of endangered iconic species on the African continent. He’s been found dead next to his vehicle in Limpopo, Africa. …
NEWS AND COMMENT-BANGKOK, THAILAND: Two Indian women have been arrested in Thailand after they tried to smuggle 109 live animals in their luggage. The animals included armadillos and lizards. Their names are: Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana Ebrahim, 24. They are being held at …
Animal advocates will be delighted to hear that Enfield County Council are going to reintroduce the beaver to their London borough as part of their aim to challenge climate change and bolster ecosystems. Beavers were present in London no less than 400 years ago so …
The experts are going to clone the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine). They are convinced that they can do it using Crispr gene-editing. In layperson’s terms and employing a very general description; firstly, they’re going to produce the complete genetic code for the Tasmanian tiger. Then they …
