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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month agoThe woman risking her life to save Africa's elephantsGeorgina Kamanga is on a mission to show the world that Africans are passionate about protecting wildlife
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Tiger Crushed by Excavator in Horrific End to Human-Wildlife ConflictA deadly encounter in India has sparked a government investigation into what killed one of the country's most endangered animals.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
NTCA begins probe into tiger's deathThe National Tiger Conservation Authority today began its investigation into the death of a tiger allegedly due to injuries sustained while it was being captured by forest guards. The three-member NTCA team, which arrived yesterday, has already
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost?Scientists disagree about whether bringing extinct species back from the dead will result in a net loss of global biodiversity.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Wild chimpanzees have surprisingly long life spansUnder the right ecological conditions, our close primate relatives can lead surprisingly long lives in the wild, a 20-year demographic study of a large chimpanzee community in Uganda's Kibale National Park has revealed.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
¡Pase sus vacaciones matando!Ulrich Seidl, cronista de lo grotesco de la humanidad, firma un estremecedor retrato de la caza y el nuevo colonialismo en África en la película documental ‘Safari’, un atrevido trabajo, de factura impecable, que arrastra al espectador hasta el aborrecimiento y la náusea.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Releasing animals for good fortune threatening Hong Kong's local biodiversity, expert says"Many of the fish being sold for mercy release are not native to Hong Kong and pose a huge threat to the survival of native marine life as well as potentially spreading disease among local species", says Allen To - a senior conservation officer...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
The hidden cruelty of Hong Kong’s mercy release industryFreeing captured animals is a ritual that some Buddhists believe to be good for their karma. However, the effects on the animals and our biodiversity are far from beneficial
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Hong Kong Buddhists’ release of animals into wild needs regulating, Kadoorie Farm saysConservationists say release of captured animals to earn merit causes suffering, with many of them dying, and releasing non-native species threatens indigenous wildlife through disease
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Why Buddhist ritual of ‘saving lives’ is a death sentence for animalsThe superstitious practice seen in Hong Kong and elsewhere of saving animals from imminent death only ensures the early demise of the innocent creatures
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Shanghai fishermen find headless, finless whale carcassMarks on the marine mammal’s body suggest its fins were sawed off
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170320-the-cruel-experiments-that-revealed-most-mammals-can-swim
The strange experiments that revealed most mammals can swimThere are urban myths that mammals like camels and pigs lack the ability to swim ��� but as far as we know just one genus of mammals struggles to keep its head above water
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month agoGanges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as human beingsIndian court cites the Whanganui in New Zealand as example for according status to two rivers considered sacred
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago'Bank' the turtle dies after swallowing 900 coins thrown into her pondSea turtle that lived in public pond in Thailand dies of blood poisoning despite surgery to remove 5kg of loose change from her stomach
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost?Scientists disagree about whether bringing extinct species back from the dead will result in a net loss of global biodiversity.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Burying Their Cattle, Ranchers Call Wildfires ‘Our Hurricane Katrina’An existential threat to a way of life that has sustained cattle-raising families since homesteading days.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Chimpanzees are animals. But are they ‘persons’?A lawyer will argue in a New York court Thursday that chimps have a right to bodily liberty, in a case that could lead to profound changes to the way the law views animals,
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Jet-Setting Pets Get a New Place to Be Pampered at Kennedy AirportAmenities at a center called the Ark will include “pawdicures,” lodgings for sick birds and luxurious stalls for globe-trotting show horses.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
Ratty and co threatened by polo centre plan near Wind in the Willows river, campaigners sayIt is one of the most evocative scenes in children’s literature, Ratty and his friends in The Wind in the Willows messing about in boats as they explore the banks and waters of the River Thames.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
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