National Wildlife Humane Society

 Wildlife Conservation News
 
November 14, 2009  
 
In This Issue
Member News
Losing Our Lions
Siberian Tigers
Dominican Republic
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Welcome members of National Wildlife Humane Society (NWHS). I would like to make a special request of our members to click the link in the Losing Our Lions article, and explore reasons why African lions are in big trouble.
 
Join our NWHS sponsored internet community, Wildlife Community Network (WCN), and become even more involved. Also, meet like-minded people who care about wildlife, animals and nature. WCN is free and has No Ads.
 
Please help NWHS grow. Together we can build a true "wildlife conservation movement". Please continue to help! Invite friends who care about wildlife and our precious Earth to join NWHS and WCN.


Patrick D. Webb
 President - National Wildlife Humane Society
Founder/Director - Top Of The Rock Wildlife Sanctuary
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  Losing Our Lions
Source: NWHS News

African lions are experiencing pressures from several fronts now. They have declined drastically from habitat loss, hunting, poaching and losses due to killings by herders and farmers protecting their livestock. Within the effort of herders and farmers to control predation, a new deadly weapon has been employed. The use of poisoning can now be added to the list of pressures that are driving the African lions rapidly towards extinction.

There has been resistance in adding them to the endangered species list, even though their numbers are falling fast. They lack the protections afforded other species whose numbers are in trouble, so the outlook is bleak. Humans need to make efforts NOW, or risk losing .....
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Siberian Tiger

   
Seoul asks Russia to donate Siberian tigers
Source: Korea Herald By: Song Sang-ho  
 
The government has recently requested that Russia donate three Siberian tigers in an effort to prevent the genetic isolation of the endangered animals.
 
The request for two male tigers and one female tiger came during a Korea-Russia environmental cooperation meeting in Moscow on Oct. 30, the Environment Ministry said yesterday. The next biennial meeting is to take place in Seoul in 2011.
 
"We have decided to hold a working-level meeting to discuss how and when the tigers will be donated after having found that tigers bred in zoos or elsewhere that would be donated," said a ministry official who ....
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New reserve in Dominican Republic protects threatened endemics
Source: Wildlife Extra.com
 
New Refuge to Protect Migratory and Resident Birds in the Dominican Republic
 
November 2009. Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) is delighted by the creation of a new reserve, 'Reserva Biológica Loma Charco Azul' (La Placa), within the Sierra de Bahoruco Important Bird Area (IBA) in the south-west of the Dominican Republic. This IBA holds essential habitat for high numbers (32 of the 34) of Hispaniola restricted-range birds, 14 threatened bird species and over 30 Neotropical migratory birds.
 
Loma Charco Azul has been declared a reserve after several years of active lobbying by Grupo Jaragua and its partners. The President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández, proudly announced the decision to extend the protection in Sierra de Bahoruco by 28,748 hectares ....
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