World's Last Male Northern White Rhino Under 24-Hour Guard

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"250 starving lions found in raid on trophy hunting farm"

tinyurl.com/j3fpmuy

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"There Could Be Hope For The World’s ‘Saddest’ Polar Bear" (video)

"A wildlife park has offered to give “Pizza” an escape from his home inside a shopping mall in China."

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/saddest-polar-bear_us_57e006f4e4b04a1497b59a59?ir=Green&utm_hp_ref=green

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"Cecil the lion’s son killed in a trophy hunt in Zimbabwe"

bangordailynews.com/2017/07/20/news/world-news/cecil-the-lions-son-killed-in-a-trophy-hunt-in-zimbabwe-officials-say/

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'This is what extinction looks like'

"With his wide mouth planted squarely on the dusty floor, it is almost as if Sudan understands his plight."

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/09/extinction-looks-like-photo-last-male-northern-white-rhino/

Yup. It's like he someway, somehow knows it. Fifty million years it walked the planet. Thats what I call a successful species. And we wipe it from the planet in a couple decades.

"The dying giant who will take a species with him to the grave: The world's last male white rhino is almost certain never to mate..."

"A dying northern white rhino is carrying the fate of his species with him - as conservationists pray for an unlikely miracle that he can father an offspring before passing away."

"The world's only remaining male of his kind, 42-year-old Sudan is seeing out his final years under armed guard to safeguard him from poachers."

"But with his back legs weakening and his sperm count lowering, the chances of Sudan being able to mount a female and sire more offspring diminishes daily."

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3162563/The-dying-giant-species-grave-world-s-male-white-rhino-certain-never-mate-lives-guard-protect-poachers.html



"Kauai 'O'o" (calling for a mate that would never come)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDRY0CmcYNU

"The Last Song of the Kauai O'o Bird"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRaC2Rx3BVY

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At least the Don Junior relief bill to allow him his wish for Elephant heads he's shot to be imported into the US is on hold following the outcry of it's announcement

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"South Koreans kick off efforts to clone extinct Siberian cave lions"

"Two infant prehistoric big cats - dating from Pleistocene times - were found in a 'sensational' discovery last year, as disclosed by The Siberian Times. The cubs were dug from their icy grave 'complete with all their body parts: fur, ears, soft tissue and even whiskers', said Dr Albert Protopopov, head of the mammoth fauna studies department of the Yakutian Academy of Sciences."

'You have to understand, the lion cub is very small, so it was not possible to take as much as we would like. In addition, the material is highly degraded, it is partially mummified, but the part that was in the ice, preserved very well. We managed to take some samples of skin along with the muscle tissue, and we hope that we will find what we want in these samples.'

siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0606-south-koreans-kick-off-efforts-to-clone-extinct-siberian-cave-lions/

"Stem-cell plan aims to bring rhino back from brink of extinction"

"The northern white rhinoceros is a species waiting for extinction. (waiting? makes it sound like they are looking forward to it) Its three remaining individuals, kept in a well-guarded Kenyan conservation park, cannot breed naturally. A 15-year-old female named Fatu could be the last of a creature that once roamed central African savannahs by the thousands."

www.nature.com/news/stem-cell-plan-aims-to-bring-rhino-back-from-brink-of-extinction-1.19849

I suppose if the stem cell approach fails, they could save tissue for cloning attempts.

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"San Diego Zoo Safari Park Artificially Inseminates Rhino in Effort to Save Species"

"Southern white rhinos could potentially serve as surrogates for a northern white rhino embryo in the future"

www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Zoo-Safari-Park-Artificially-Inseminates-Rhino-in-Effort-to-Save-Species-436391023.html

Done in July. Can't find any updates.

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"Horrifying Photograph Of Elephant And Calf On Fire Wins Top Wildlife Photography Award"

"In this jarring photograph, an adult elephant and its calf, startled and set ablaze, are desperately trying to escape a ball of flames. Up ahead in the distance, there’s a crowd of jeering men who have just throw flaming tar balls and firecrackers at them."

“For these smart, gentle, social animals who have roamed the sub-continent for centuries, hell is now and here,” Sanctuary Asia, a well-established wildlife magazine based in Mumbai, said in a statement accompanying the photograph.

www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/shocking-photograph-of-elephant-and-calf-on-fire-wins-top-wildlife-photography-award/

What the hell is wrong with people,,,especially in that part of the world. Yeah, the west has it's scum sucking trophy "hunters," and have driven species to extinction, and still has animal cruelty, but at least we're trying to change. Abuse of wildlife by Asians just keeps gaining steam. They are wiping Africa clear of wildlife so they can have their magic dick stiffening medicines or ivory trinkets.

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"Mexico creates vast new ocean reserve to protect 'Galapagos of North America'"

"The measures will help ensure the conservation of marine creatures including whales, giant rays and turtles."

"Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, announced the decision in a decree that also bans mining and the construction of new hotels on the islands."

"The area is a breeding ground for commercially fished species such as tuna and sierra. However, the various fish populations had suffered, unable to reproduce fast enough for the rate at which they were fished."

"The creation of a marine reserve is expected to help them to recover, as all fishing activities will now be prohibited. This will be policed by the Mexican navy."

“It wasn’t an easy decision because they had significant opposition from the commercial fishing industry, which I think is unfortunate,” Rand said. “I would love to see a commercial industry embrace this notion that certain areas should be protected.” (you would think the fishing industry would want to preserve fish, but they don't. Canadas fishing industry wiped out cod. Result? Fishermen lost their livelihood)



www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/18/canada-overfishing-cod-stock_n_3111173.html

"The United Nations convention on biological diversity aims to protect 10% of the world’s oceans by 2020." (not enough by any stretch)

"However, some experts argue that protecting 30% of the world’s oceans from exploitation and harm would be a more appropriate goal in the drive for a more sustainable planet. Just 6% of the global ocean has been set aside as marine protected areas or been earmarked for future protection."


"Conversely, President Trump is considering shrinking two marine national monuments in the Pacific: Rose Atoll and the Pacific Remote Islands. These would be opened to commercial fishing, along with the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, off the coast of New England, the Washington Post has reported."

www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/25/mexico-creates-vast-new-ocean-reserve-to-protect-galapagos-of-north-america

This is great news. Lets hope Peña Nieto's successor doesn't overturn it.

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"Conversely, President Trump is considering shrinking two marine national monuments in the Pacific: Rose Atoll and the Pacific Remote Islands"

Would overturn George Bush's decision to protect them.

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"Canada’s Fishing Industry at Risk of Major Stock Collapse"

"In fall report, federal watchdog said 15 threatened stocks are still being fished."

thetyee.ca/News/2016/10/05/Canadian-Fishing-Industry-Collapse-Risk/

Why are the fishermen so hellbent on destroying their livelihoods.


"How Norway and Russia Made A Cod Fishery Live and Thrive"

"The prime cod fishing grounds of North America have been depleted or wiped out by overfishing and poor management. But in Arctic waters, Norway and Russia are working cooperatively to sustain a highly productive — and profitable — cod fishery."

e360.yale.edu/features/how_norway_and_russia_made__a_cod_fishery_live_and_thrive

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"The man who risks his life to rescue zoo animals from war zones"

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/08/man-risks-life-rescue-zoo-animals-war-zones/

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"The oldest tree in the world was alive when Stonehenge was under construction"

m.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/10/oldest-tree-in-the-world/

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fascinating stuff, the oldest colonial tree is estimated to be between 800,000 to a million years old, its not a single trunk as the bristle pine is, but a root system that lives on and spouts new trunks from tome to time

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)

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"One member of this species, noted to be 5066 years old, is considered the oldest known living organism on Earth."

Wow, something older than Avi!

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older than he considers world has existed even.

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Dec 11, 2017 13:54:31 GMT rick49 said:

"The oldest tree in the world was alive when Stonehenge was under construction"

m.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/10/oldest-tree-in-the-world/

I've driven past the turn-off to Ancient Bristlecone Forest quite a few times, but never made the turn. Because the turn is on CA 395, which is a stunning road along the sharp eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada with 14,000 foot granite mountains on one side, and Death Valley on the other; often driving from Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoiah. A three of four hour diversion to see a scraggly tree - no matter how good its backstory - is almost certain to be a let-down in comparison.

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Yeah but.. imagine the vibes man. You could hug it.

As an aside, the last remaining tree in the Nigerian Sahara desert was knocked down by a drunk driver. link

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The trees beauty, or lack of, isn't the point. I would love to just sit by it and think about how it's outlived all the civilizations and empires in history. And give it a gentle hug.

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Dec 12, 2017 8:50:54 GMT @oneofthelessergods said:

Yeah but.. imagine the vibes man. You could hug it.

As an aside, the last remaining tree in the Nigerian Sahara desert was knocked down by a drunk driver. link

"was drunk at the moment that he plowed into the only obstacle for miles—the tree."


Oh, good grief. Effing humans.