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National Wildlife Humane Society
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Wildlife Conservation News
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September 26, 2009
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NWHS
National Wildlife Humane Society
A non-profit wildlife conservation organization working to preserve & protect threatened and
endangered species.
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NWHS Member Newsletter #2
Thank-you for joining NWHS. As you know, we are just getting this new NWHS membership program off the ground and the Member Newsletter. If you are new to NWHS and missed the first newsletter, there is a link at the bottom of this page to the newsletter archive. You can view the old newsletters we use to send out, and the new member newsletters offered now. Many of the previous newsletters are still interesting and pertinent.
Like any new membership program, we are going for a big push for new members, a Membership Drive! Now that you are an official member of NWHS, please help us grow. NWHS is a grassroots groundfloor wildlife conservation organization and together we can build a wildlife movement. You can help! Forward this Newsletter to all of your friends and ask them to join by:
clicking here to Join NWHS.
Patrick D. Webb
President - National Wildlife Humane Society
Founder/Director - Top Of The Rock Wildlife Sanctuary
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Touch The Jungle:
August 2009 Trip Report
Source: NWHS News - Written by: Tracy Wilson
Many who are already familiar with NWHS know that we are a Participating Supporter of the "Touch The Jungle" Rainforest Program. Click "Rainforest Program" to the left, to learn more about saving real rainforest!
You can go to Ecuador on an "eco-tour" (inexpensively) and explore pristine protected equatorial rainforest. There was a fun and exciting tour that was conducted in August '09. Read about it in the Trip Report! Click the link to read and see photos!
Click Here To Read More
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Giant Squid Caught Off Coast of Louisiana "Size of SUV!"
Source: NOAA Fisheries Service
Scientists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service have captured a giant squid while conducting research off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. This is only the second known giant squid obtained from the Gulf of Mexico – the first was collected in 1954 off the Mississippi Delta where it was found floating dead at the surface.
This giant squid was collected on July 30, during a 60-day scientific study where scientists from NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center and the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service were studying the availability and diversity of sperm whale prey.
The scientists were aboard the NOAA research vessel Gordon Gunter when the squid was caught in a trawl pulled behind the research vessel at a depth of more than 1,500 feet.
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Koalas Threatened with AIDS-like Epidemic: Extinction Looms
Source: ecoworldly.com - Written by Rhishja Larson
Wildlife experts fear that the spread of an AIDS-like virus could force already threatened koalas into extinction.
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations are in serious decline - victims of habitat loss, domestic dog predation, vehicular deaths, and bushfires. Sadly, a new and deadly danger is facing the iconic koala: The koala retrovirus.
The spread of the koala retrovirus is having a catastrophic effect on the species. According to a recent Scientific American article, director of research and ecological services at the Australian Wildlife Hospital, Jon Hanger, says that the retrovirus is already forcing smaller populations of koalas into extinction.
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National Wildlife Humane Society
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