National Wildlife Humane Society

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December 5, 2009  
 
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Member News
Asian Carp
Baby Gorillas
Arctic Wolves
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  NWHS Member Newsletter #12 

Welcome members of National Wildlife Humane Society (NWHS) to our E-Newsletter #12.

NWHS continues to conduct a special fundraiser to combat the poisoning of wildlife in Africa, such as lions, hippos, etc. Join our NWHS sponsored internet community, Wildlife Community Network (WCN), to find out more about this very serious problem and see how you can assist. Members who donate $30+ receive a gift (an NWHS DVD) and all donors are eligible to win a nice NWHS sweatshirt at the conclusion of this fundraiser. No donation is too small.

Or, visit WildlifeDirect's Stop Poisoning Wildlife web page, if you would like to donate without joining WCN. Look for the orange donation box.
 
Please help NWHS grow. Together we can build a true "wildlife conservation movement". We need new members. Please invite friends, who care about wildlife and our precious Earth, to join NWHS.


Patrick D. Webb
President - National Wildlife Humane Society
Founder/Director - Top Of The Rock Wildlife Sanctuary

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  Closing waterway to stop Asian carp
Source: Yahoo News

CHICAGO – A decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a vital Chicago area shipping waterway in an increasingly desperate bid to stop the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, an Obama administration adviser said Friday.

Cameron Davis, the Great Lakes adviser to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, stated that discussions were under way about shutting the O'Brien Lock while crews poison part of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to kill the giant carp,,,
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Baby Gorillas

   
Orphaned Mountain Gorilla Babies Return Home
Source: ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2009)  
 
More than two years after being evacuated following the 2007 killings of their mothers, mountain gorilla babies Ndakasi and Ndeze have returned home to the Democratic Republic of Congo, moving into a new custom-built forest sanctuary.
 
The Dec. 1 move was coordinated by the UC Davis-based Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, which has been providing veterinary care for the orphans since they were rescued.
 
"The move was a great success thanks to the tremendous effort of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project staff, and the caretakers and staff from the Congolese wildlife authorities," said UC Davis wildlife veterinarian Mike Cranfield ....
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  North Pole Wolves
 
"North Pole Wolf" Emails Locations to Researchers
Source: YubaNet.com By: USGS
 
Thanks to a satellite collar, two innovative scientists, and a blog, people can follow the travels of Brutus, the "North Pole wolf" as he leads his pack through the long arctic winter.
 
In July the scientists, one from the United States, the other from Canada, put the satellite collar on Brutus, the leader of his wolf pack, on remote Ellesmere Island, only 600 miles from the North Pole. Their goal – to finally find out what these "North Pole wolves" do in the long, dark days of winter in one of the harshest areas of the world.
 
"We first encountered 9-year-old Brutus back in 2003," said David Mech, a renowned U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) wolf researcher who has been studying the Ellesmere Island wolves for the last 24 years. That is, he's followed them during summer, which is ...
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