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Chobe Wildlife Rescue, Botswana - Distemper Outbreak Prevention
Source:National Wildlife Humane Society/Chobe Wildlife Rescue
Dr Clay Wilson, renowned wildlife veterinarian and founder/director of Chobe Wildlife Rescue (CWR) in Botswana Africa, is facing a distemper outbreak in domestic pet/feral dogs. The virus can spread to indigenous wildlife as infected dogs crawl into the bush to die, then spread distemper to the wildlife. Owners of pet dogs, that die from distemper, sometimes dispose of their animals in the bush where again, they can infect wildlife. Because Chobe Wildlife Rescue is in Botswana and has no US Federal nonprofit status (in process), National Wildlife Humane Society has agreed to allow CWR to collect emergency donations through our organization on their Facebook Causes page, and a Special Project at Crowdrise .com.
It is Dr Wilson's program to vaccinate approximately 1,000 feral and pet dogs to reduce the possibility of "cross-over" of the disptemper virus from domestic dogs to wildlife (vaccinations have begun). It will require around $5,000 to complete this program. Click - From The Chobe Wildlife Rescue Website: CANINE DISTEMPER RAISES ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN "Last year we had an outbreak of Canine Distemper Virus In domesticated and feral dogs of Kasane, Botswana. In 4 years of service to the community I had not seen one case of this explosively deadly disease. I negotiated with relevant authorities for 9 weeks to try and get some support to vaccinate dogs. The main issue for me was that this is extremely contagious to the wildlife predator population. Lions, Cape (painted) Wild Dogs, Hyenas, Jackals and Leopards are susceptible to this virus." If you would like to assist Dr Wilson and Chobe Wildlife Rescue in this very important distemper vaccination project, preventing major wildlife losses, please consider a donation of any size using the following links. You do not have to be a member of Crowdrise to donate. Simply locate the donate button and follow the instructions... Click - Donate Using Crowdrise: Click - Facebook Members, Donate Using Facebook Causes: |
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Photos of leopards raise need for more forest corridors
Source:The Star Online By:Ruben Sario
KOTA KINABALU: A sequence of 12 photographs showing a clouded leopard and her cub moving about in the lower Kinabatangan region in Sabah [Malaysia] has strengthened calls among conservationists for the setting up of more wildlife forest corridors.
The photographs were captured last November by camera traps that were part of the Kinabatangan Carnivore Programme involving the Sabah Wildlife Department, conservation group Danau Girang Field Centre, French non-governmental organisation Hutan (that conducts conservation projects and research on orang utan) and WildCRU (the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, which is part of the University of Oxford Department of Zoology). Sabah Wildlife director Laurentius Ambu said pictures of the clouded leopard and its cub were captured in a narrow forest corridor between the Kinabatangan river and an oil palm plantation. Hutan co-director Dr Marc Ancre-naz said the photographs showed that carnivores were still present in the Kinabatangan floodplain... Click Here To Read Article In Full |
Black bears: More than meets the eye
Source:Glenwood Springs, Post Independent BY:Janice Kurbjun
To Gail Marshall, coordinator for Summit County's Bear Aware program, bears aren't always the vicious creatures - or the pestering trash hounds - they're often made out to be. "The more I know about [bears], the more I want to learn," Marshall said, which is part of the job of being the coordinator for the Bear Aware program, which goes door-to-door in areas with bear problems, educating humans on how to coexist with the critters. She said bears tend to be more fearful of humans than humans are of them, but interactions between the species can be dangerous - bears do have the capacity to kill.
"I ended up learning a lot about garbage," Marshall said about when she first started the chapter of the Colorado Division of Wildlife program in 1998. She said her role really came into play a few years later when drought came through the area and bears were ravaging trash cans for food and were needing to be put down. She and other volunteers visited many neighborhoods experiencing the problems. Throughout the years, Marshall has become so smitten with bears and their biology that she has planned vacations around them to learn more... Click To View The Entire Article and Black Bear facts |
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