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| NWHS Intro |
| China's Ivory Demand |
| Tristan Oil Spill |
| Water At The Milgis |
| Arabian Leopards |
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Tristan da Cunha Oil Spill Project
Source:National Wildlife Humane Society WebNews
National Wildlife Humane Society and The Foundation for Antarctic Research (FAR) have teamed up to heighten public awareness of this ecological disaster and generate much needed funding to provide assistance.
MS Oliva ran aground on Nightingale Island on 16th March 2011. All 22 crew were rescued by March 17th before the ship broke up and now Nightingale and surrounding islands are facing an environmental catastrophe. This major oil spill off the coast of Nightingale Island, in the South Atlantic, has affected more than 20,000 endangered Northern Rockhopper Penguins. The combination of harsh conditions, remote location and external factors has combined to put the largest population of Northern Rockhoppers in grave danger. The Tristan da Cunha island group represents the second largest concentration of sea birds in the world. Half of the world’s endangered Northern Rockhopper Penguin population is found here. Nightingale Island holds more than 100,000 pairs of Northern Rockhopper Penguins, 20,000 pairs of Albatrosses including the Yellow Nose Albatross, and 2,000,000 pairs of Broadbill Prions. The island is also home to the highly endangered Tristan Bunting. Only 50 pairs remain in the world, all of which are found on Nightingale Island... Click To View The Entire Article At NWHS WebNews Learn more about this oil spill and how you can Help Click To View The Special NWHS/FAR Tristan Oil Spill Web Page At NWHS NWHS NOTE: NWHS has created a special Tristan Oil Spill YouTube Presentation. Click To View The NWHS/FAR Tristan Presentation At YouTube |
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What a wonderful show of GRATITUDE!
Source:Dr. Richard Leakey's WildlifeDirect BY:Helen Douglas-Dufresne, Northern Kenya
YES, and this THANKS is to VOSS FOUNDATION, from every one who lives at Ndonyo Nasipa! A very special occasion for the Samburu people, THANK YOU FOR DRINKING WATER.
100s and 100s of Samburu women, dressed in FULL celebration gear, came from far and wide to witness this special day. Kara, from VOSS FOUNDATION came all the way from America to turn on the tap, to the sounds of the beautiful voices of the women. The music all day was absolutely fabulous. To open the water project we walked, with 8 women from Norway and America, from the Milgis (for 2 days) with camels carrying our camp, to witness this special day with the Samburu people of Ndonyo Nasipa. At the top of the hill we were met by the chief, councillor, and many Elders, who accompanied us down to where some women were waiting for us to officially 'TURN ON THE WATER'... Click To View Article And Very Cool Photos at WildlifeDirect NWHS NOTE: Milgis Trust is a conservation ally of NWHS. Their conservation work covers 8,000 sq. km of very remote northern Kenya. Visit their NWHS Ally page to learn more about their incredible work and view their video. Click To View The Milgis Trust At NWHS |
Ghost safari: spotting leopards in Oman
Source:Guardian UK News BY:Kevin Rushby
In the mountains of Oman, visitors can join the only conservation project in the world trying to save the endangered, and elusive, Arabian leopard.
Khalid stopped the pick-up truck and inspected the ground ahead in the light of the headlamps. There were a few tiny greyish plants on a gently convex plateau of jagged loose rocks. It felt like we had landed on a small and rather inhospitable planet. There was no track, and hadn't been for the past few miles, not since we had stopped to look at a wolf track in the dust. "This is it," he said, "our campsite." He grinned. "It's not as bad as it looks, there'll be enough firewood to boil a kettle, and in the morning, you'll see, it's a good view." The rest of the team were coming up in two cars. "And leopards?" I asked, "Are they here?" Khalid made a face. "Insha'Allah [God willing]. There's a trail camera near here which we'll check tomorrow." He jumped out of the car and started unloading, a man used to this life of remote camps in the Dhofar mountains of Oman. As a wildlife protection officer with Oman's Arabian leopard project, Khalid is on the front line when it comes to saving one of the world's rarest creatures. There are probably fewer than 200 individual Arabian leopards left in the wild, mostly in Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia... Click To View The Full Article And Photos |
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