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| Milgis Trust Update |
| Montane Red Foxes |
| Russian Tiger Cubs Gift |
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The ivory is theirs
Source:WildlifeDirect, Milgis Trust BY: Helen Douglas-Dufresne
PLEASE HELP US KEEP OUR ELEPHANTS SAFE..
THANK YOU DAVID SHEPHARD FOR THE DONATION OF THE PRINT OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL PAINTING CALLED ‘THE IVORY IS THEIRS’ (I have not seen it yet, but I gather that it is stunning). What a fitting one for these terrible times of a rise in poaching of the elephants. Since we have been communicating with Mel, Davids daughter, I have read a lot about how much the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation does for the wildlife. Thank you so much. We are very glad to be affiliated! The 'JUST AROUND THE CORNER' Art Auction raising money for the VOSS foundation, and Milgis Trust projects is on the 22nd may in Norway. Please check it out, their are some lovely pieces of art, and it's all for a very good cause. Check out the wonderful painting [at Helen's WD blog article*] on the car door of a land rover that was delivering firewood to the cooks who were looking after the eye doctors and patients, (see my last blog) and by the way, many people can see again, in the Milgis area!! (more about that soon). It's a lovely old bull having a peaceful drink out of the Milgis! It's not a scene one sees too often here, an elephant comfortable enough to drink during the day. Please remember, that only about 30 years ago the Elephants were wiped/poached out of this area almost completely, and slowly but surely they are coming back, and need to be looked after. They have become so gentle and calm, and the communities are realising the wonderful benefits of these gentle giants. Our job is too keep it this way!! If you are wondering from these pictures [at Helen's WD blog article*] if we’ve had rain. Well, a little bit is the answer, not everywhere, and very patchy. The water here is very muddy, and we hope for more. The Samburu truly believed that when Jupiter over took Venus, that it would rain, but there is something holding it back... View Helen's blog article* and more photos, at Dr Leakey's WildlifeDirect NWHS NOTE: Milgis Trust is an NWHS Wildlife Conservation Ally. Explore their ally page at NWHS to learn more about their amazing work in remote northern Kenya. Click To View Milgis Trust's Ally Page & Video At NWHS |
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Genetic Study Clarifies Evolutionary Origin of Elusive Montane Red Fox
Source:Science Daily
North American red foxes originated from two separate genetic lineages that were isolated from each other by glaciers some half a million years ago, according to a U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station study. The research, featured in the April/May 2011 issue of Science Findings, a monthly publication of the station, can assist efforts aimed at conserving potentially imperiled montane populations of the species.
"When most people think of the red fox, they envision the ones that thrive in low-elevation, human-dominated landscapes," said Keith Aubry, a research wildlife biologist at the station who led the study. "But there are other extremely elusive and rarely seen populations that live only in isolated alpine and subalpine areas in the mountains of the Western United States," The latter group, the montane red foxes, may be imperiled by climate change and other contemporary pressures and were the focus of Aubry's doctoral work in the early 1980s. Contrary to prevailing theory at the time, Aubry hypothesized that native North American red foxes were descended from two distinct lineages, not one, that were isolated from each other in both northern and southern ice-free areas during the most recent Ice Age. Such an evolutionary history would help explain the unique ecological adaptations of the montane foxes, and why native red foxes in southern British Columbia are so much bigger than the montane foxes that occupy nearly adjacent areas in Washington's Cascade Range... Click To View Article In Full |
Russia presents South Korea with tigers
Source:The Voice Of Russia
Two Siberian tiger cubs - a male and a female - will be delivered from Moscow to Seoul as Russia's gifts to South Korea.
The two tigers will fly by a Korean Air flight after being in quarantine in Moscow. They were born in July last year and weigh about 50 kilograms each. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised to present South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak with tiger cubs on the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and South Korea which the two countries marked recently... Click To View The Source Article |
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