Wildlife News Articles From September 2008

• Four rhinos poached in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi
• Two Hawaiian Birds on Brink of Extinction to be listed under US Endangered Species Act
• Invasive seaweed choking Scottish Lochs
• First 2008 Kiwi chick hatches at Maungatautari
• Illegal Maltese bird hunting getting worse
• Wind turbines 'safe' for farmland birds
• Four new species of frog and another ‘Extinct’ frog rediscovered in Ecuador
• Deadly litter killing wildlife
• Eu Parliament calls for more efforts to save the tiger
• Lapwings thrive on fallow plots
• Zimbabwe rhino poachers released
• Photo prize winners - Rare Birds Year Book 2009
• Hundreds of new species of coral and other species discovered on Great Barrier Reef
• Scientists may be able to recreate extinct species of Galapagos tortoises
• European amphibians sliding towards extinction
• Great bustards released on Salisbury Plain
• Leucistic Ibis, American robin, Western kingbird and Western scrub jay
• Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust advocates killing wildlife as an “effective conservation tool”
• Deer toll mounts due to poor fencing practices
• 800 Openbill storks killed in freak accident
• BTO was wrong - House Martins not declining, just late
• New legislation to halt the spread of concrete across front gardens.
• Devon seal moves to Cornwall to give birth
• Oregon spotted frog released into the wild to halt population crash
• Deadly Chytrid fungus introduced into Mallorca from captive breeding
• Second Honey buzzard poised to cross the Sahara
• Richard Leakey speaks about Bushmeat - The most significant immediate threat to the future of wildlife in Africa
• Whales recorded off New York
• Us senate introduce bill to conserve rapidly disappearing migratory birds
• Gamekeeper admits killing buzzards and badgers – gets 6 months suspended sentence
• Redstarts and Pied flycatchers invade Britain
• Kalahari Game Reserve devastated by fire
• Common birds declining worldwide – Indication of deteriorating environment
• 100 new shark and ray species recognised from Australian waters
• Wildlife flyovers in Spain – Saving wildlife and humans.
• How to manage wildlife in a highly developed country - Holland
• Maungatautari closing in on the last few pests - Mice, rabbits, hares & goats.
• Blue whales sighted off Irish coast
• New species of Iguana discovered in Fiji
• Amazing week long crossing of Greenland icecap by lone white-fronted goose
• Breeding failure prompts captive breeding proposal for Syria’s Northern Bald ibis
• Leucistic crow in Yorkshire
• Illegal tiger traders arrested on Sumatra
• Migrant birds threatened by global warming
• Yemen’s Last Leopards Get Some Help
• Blanket ban on bushmeat could be disastrous for forest dwellers in Central Africa - Ignoring it could be disastrous for wildlife
• Oil palm plantations are no substitute for tropical rainforests, a new study shows
• World’s oldest ant species discovered in the Amazon
• Maungatautari - Two fertile kiwi eggs discovered. Moved to special hatching facility
• Will pygmy crocodiles be first Australian species extinction from cane toads?
• World’s marine mammals under threat from noise pollution
• First rescue and rehabilitation centre for gorillas to open in eastern Africa
• Infanticide is rife and growing problem in guillemot colony
• Rare ants released onto Surrey common
• Humpback whale spotted in the Channel
• UK Red kite numbers reach record levels
• New bird hide at Carlingwark Loch
• Critically endangered California Condor dies from lead poisoning
• Czech naturalist sentenced to three years in India for illegal collecting
• Tigers for sale
• Grants available to boost woodland birds
• Another ‘extinct’ frog rediscovered – This time in Australia
• Mediterranean Bluefin tuna management is an international disgrace – must be suspended immediately
• Tigers and small carnivores in northern Myanmar
• Bay of Biscay whales research - 2009
• Hen harrier persecution means no population increase again in England
• Rose coloured starling spotted in north of Scotland
• World's rarest frog discovered in Costa Rica
• New population of Okapi discovered – First ever photos of wild Okapi
• Giant freshwater stingray gives birth
• Satellite tracking honey buzzards from Wales to Africa
• Critically endangered Asian vulture conservation efforts not enough to save the species
• US plans to slow ships down to protect critically endangered North Atlantic Right whales
• Britain’s biggest coastal wetland restoration – Wallasea Island
• Major storms devastate South African sea bird colonies
• Why are the no birds in my garden?
• Concern for wildlife in Kaziranga National Park during floods. 3 rhino calves killed.
• Natterjack toads, one of Britain’s rarest amphibians, reintroduced into Cumbria
• Research on blue whales near shipping lanes off California after spate of deaths.
• Thousands of seals shot in Scotland every year – Marine bill must act
• British government endangers rare birds
• Red kite shot dead weeks after release
• Some good news at last for Virunga as 1000 soldiers leave. But another wildlife ranger is killed.
• Is Namibia killing the golden elephants?
• 85 tonnes of whale meat to be dumped?
• Aquatic warbler visits east London
• 101 critically endangered hawksbill turtles found dead on Vietnamese fishing boat
• Best year on record for waders at Broadland reserve
• Pine martens not extinct in England – the search for proof
• Satellite tracking migrating birds – ospreys and Sea eagles.
• Sea reclaims part of RSPB Titchwell Marsh
• Norwegian whalers can’t find enough whales
• Indian government cracks down on vulture killing drug
• Forestry Commission create 100 wildlife ponds in Kielder Forest
• Sea eagle turns up on the Isle of May
• South Africa’s most important wetland disappearing
• Rope bridges help Red squirrels across major roads
• Harlequin ladybirds worse than thought
• Unusual whale and dolphin wash up on the Scilly Isles
• Spoonbills breed in Scotland for the first time
• Hope for Sumatra’s elephants and tigers as key national park doubles in size
• Plans for second population of Asiatic lions to be released in Madhya Pradesh
• Are we facing a new ‘Mass Extinction’?
• New technology to shine light on frog fungus deaths