Wildlife News Articles From February 2009

• Have you seen an alien species in Norfolk?
• Another huge freshwater stingray landed on the Maeklong River in Thailand
• RSPB Scotland is looking Scotland's most wildlife-friendly farmer
• The state of Australia's birds - 2009
• Kakapo population edging towards 100, may reach 120 in next few weeks
• UK Police to focus on bird of prey crime
• Game count in the Nairobi National Park
• Website reveals appalling levels of badger baiting in Northern Ireland - Includes traumatic images
• Sea eagle in Dumfriesshire
• Isle of Harris votes to become National Park
• Otter holt constructed at Manchester Airport
• Silver-spotted skipper butterfly distribution limited by lack of suitable habitat
• Riflemen, New Zealand’s smallest bird, moved to Tiritiri Matangi Island
• Canadian company fined $45,000CAN for trading tiger parts.
• Huge success for Albatross Task Force as albatross deaths reduced by 85%
• Bittern found wandering on road released at Leighton Moss
• Mad March hares boxing early
• Critically endangered Saharan cheetah photographed in Algeria
• World’s rarest ape gives birth
• Five elephants killed in Tsavo National Park in Kenya
• Coyote tracked by satellite across New York State and into Pennsylvania
• New butterfly species found – In London’s Natural History Museum
• Wild Jaguar collared in Arizona
• Species need help in responding to climate change
• Red squirrel watching at Loch Garten
• Trumpeter swans reintroduced into Arkansas
• More bad news for penguins. Argentina's Magellanic penguin population down 20% due to anchovy fishing
• New reserve to protect last remaining Fuertes Parrots
• Lady bird spider back from the brink of extinction
• Scottish snow storms are good for wildlife
• Elephants under threat as illegal ivory price soars in Viet Nam
• Rutland Water – New lagoons, hides and walks.
• US longline fishermen using new gear to protect albatross
• Black wolves: The first genetically modified predators?
• First comprehensive predictions of impact of climate change on global marine biodiversity and fisheries
• Hen harrier. Persecution is prime cause of disappearance, says Natural England – Could be reintroduced to new areas
• Early Whales Gave Birth on Land, Fossil Find Reveals
• Greylag geese boom in Orkney a pest for farmers
• National Nest Box Week 2009
• UK Governments tribute to Darwin is just lip service
• No joy in discovery of 408 new mammal species since 1993 - just a warning for humanity
• Bird movements in North America reveal global warming threat in action
• Ten new amphibian species discovered in Colombia
• Jaguar photographed in central Mexico for first time in 100 years
• 2,200 hectare farm in Brazil to be dedicated to Spix’s Macaw restoration
• Sea Shepherd leaves Antarctica.
• The Javan Hawk-eagle. National icon but target of illegal trade
• UK Wild deer populations are booming – Problems and benefits
• Many nestboxes not fit for purpose - Do and don'ts for nextboxes
• Another mutilated Hector’s dolphin found in New Zealand
• Long lost kakapo rediscovered after 21 years
• Bird identification
• Otter road death appeal
• Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project – 52 wolves known to be alive in Arizona and New Mexico
• Sea Shepherd crew film the death of a Minke whale
• Richard Leakey very concerned about Krill fishing – needs information.
• Newly discovered fossil snake weighed more than 1 tonne
• Aggressive tactics and sonic weapon being used in Antarctic whale war - Photos and video
• UK Toad crossing points pinpointed on Google Earth
• UK Farmland birds face 7 week food shortage
• Gabon protects a million hectares of wetlands
• Ultralight-led Whooping cranes arrive at Florida wintering grounds
• London Zoo animals in the snow - photos.
• Sea Shepherd relocates the Japanese whaling fleet
• Mink eradication proves successful first step in saving North East Scotland’s water voles
• Cattle ranching is the main cause of deforestation in the Amazon
• Garden birds flocking to filled-up feeders
• Whaling compromise upsets conservation bodies
• 4 Condor chicks to be released in Arizona in March – Public invited
• Twelve new species of frog found in India’s Western Ghats
• Uganda could house internationally important numbers of lions
• Tuatara becomes 1st time Dad at 111 years old