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Madagascar's 'lemur lady' on saving endangered animals
Source: CNN - African Voices
Berenti, Southern Madagascar (CNN) - Thirty years ago, a young Hanta Rasamimanana was dispatched by the Madagascan government to spy on a delegation of American scientists in the country's Berenti reserve. The scientist was fresh out of her university course studying animal husbandry in the Soviet Union and working at the national zoo in Madagascar when she was sent to join the group.
"I said, for what?" she recalled. "Who are they?" She was told that she'll be watching leading primatologist Alison Jolly and her group. "They said, you don't have to teach her anything. You just have to follow, see what they are doing, and report to us." However she soon forgot about her secret assignment once she encountered lemurs, which the Americans were studying. For Rasamimanana, it was love at first sight... Click Here To View The Entire Article, Includes Videos And Lemur Slideshow |
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Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil's beaches
Source: Yahoo News Watch BY: Stan Lehman
SAO PAULO – Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die. About 500 of the black-and-white birds have been found just in the last 10 days on Peruibe, Praia Grande and Itanhaem beaches in Sao Paulo state, said Thiago do Nascimento, a biologist at the Peruibe Aquarium.
Most were Magellan penguins migrating north from Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands in search of food in warmer waters. Many are not finding it: Autopsies done on several birds revealed their stomachs were entirely empty, indicating they likely starved to death, Nascimento said.
Scientists are investigating whether strong currents and colder-than-normal waters have hurt populations of the species that make up the penguins' diet, or whether human activity may be playing a role. "Overfishing may have made the fish and squid scarcer," Nascimento said...
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Democratic Republic of Congo Increases Efforts to Stop Ivory Trade
Source: Bush Warriors
At the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) fifteenth Conference of the Parties (CoP) held this past March in Qatar, the ivory trade was one of the most heated and controversial topics discussed by attending members. There was much debate about one-off sales of confiscated ivory stockpiles, and even talk about lifting the ban on ivory trade all together.
Of course, neither of these proposals were approved and ivory trade remains banned. At one point in the discussions, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was accused of being involved in the illegal ivory trade industry and that their military may be responsible for as much as 75% of elephant slaughters.
In response, the DRC has declared that they will strengthen their efforts to fight against the trade...
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