Wildlife News Articles From April 2010

• Gulf oil spill endangers four-year fight to save rare terrapin population
• Animals’ right to privacy denied by documentary-makers
• Sea Shepherd will not compromise on whaling in Southern Ocean
• Louisiana oil spill: tragic consequences
• Wildlife at risk as UK's rivers dry out
• Highland tiger caught on camera
• Farmers getting up with the lark
• Homeowners warned about destructive power of parakeets
• Oak decline could be more devastating than Dutch Elm Disease
• Ditchling Beacon Land Appeal
• Migrants: the bird world's entrepreneurs
• Whale shark rescued from fisherman's nets in India
• Spotted leopard caught on camera in Malaysia
• New species of moth discovered in England
• New bat species discovered in UK for the first time
• Crane chicks hatch at Slimbridge in preparation for release in Somerset
• Garden birds: Winners and losers in 2009
• World’s largest Humpback population threatened by Western Australia plan to create massive industrial zone in the Kimberley
• Grey partridge project launched in Durham & Yorkshire Dales
• Killer whales are probably several different species
• Critically endangered Hawksbill turtles nesting in Abu Dhabi
• Volunteers needed for Seaquest Basking Shark Project
• Endangered moth spotted in Lancashire
• Devon Wildlife Trust acquires new culm grassland reserve
• RSPB Scotland appeals for members' help to purchase 150 acres of saltmarsh on the Solway Firth
• The most ironic headline? - “2 national wildlife refuges offer special hunts”
• Orang-utans using bridges to connect Borneo's fragmented forests
• IWC proposal will allow commercial whaling in Antarctic Ocean
• RSPB trying to attract ospreys to Poole Harbour
• Yet another huge haul of ivory seized at Bangkok Airport
• 112 tiger cubs reported in India
• Leatherback turtle nesting beach to be developed for tourism in Costa Rica
• Tiger to run in London Marathon
• Critically Endangered Orange-bellied parrot on the brink of extinction
• Red kite recovery in north Scotland put in jeopardy by illegal killing
• Whooper swans ignore no fly advice to reach Iceland through the volcanic dust
• Major environment prizes awarded to six conservation pioneers worldwide
• New ranger team created to reduce human-lion conflict in India
• Florida panther baby-boom
• New gorilla rescue centre to open in eastern Congo
• Leucistic North American robin in Oklahoma
• Wild crane reintroduction project hit by Iceland volcano
• Britain’s nestbox challenge 2010
• First ever record of Ocelot from Arizona
• Bottlenose dolphins versus commercial fisheries off Israel
• Dolphins' health shed light on human and ocean health
• Culling Minke whales has no effect on large whale populations
• Bonelli’s eagle: Improving the conservation of an endangered species across Europe
• More than 300 Right whales have died off Argentina since 2005
• New species of leech discovered that lives in noses
• Critically endangered Northern quolls taught to avoid poisonous cane toads
• First wild born cheetah for 40 years in Arabia
• Chinese bulk carrier refloated off the Great Barrier Reef
• Common Cranes cause stir at Forfar nature reserve
• Win a place on a photo assignment with Chris Packham
• Whale meat in sushi restaurants in Los Angeles and Seoul originated from Japan
• Rarest of the rare – Species on the edge
• Dolphins stranded on Tasmania’s west coast
• Cornwall - Scilly wildlife watching cruises
• Protea Hotels withdraws application to build hotel beside Zambian World Heritage site
• The white kite of Gigrin Farm
• Dwarf lemur rediscovered after 100 years
• Ruddy turnstone 27,000 kilometre migration revealed
• Man-eating tiger released back into the wild
• Critically Endangered Giant ibis spotted in Cambodia
• UK’s oldest osprey lays its 56th egg
• New Zealand Rock wren thriving on new sanctuary
• Bittern booming at RSPB Leighton Moss
• Mystery seal pup washed up on Dublin beach
• MPs say that the Severn Barrage is ‘A disaster waiting to happen for wildlife and fisheries’
• Cors Dyfi ospreys 2010
• New species of giant fruit-eating lizard discovered in the Philippines
• Oil pipeline empties into Delta Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana
• 2010 Great Backyard Bird Count results
• Madagascar's radiated tortoise threatened with extinction
• Illegal turtle egg harvest in Costa Rica an ‘Attack against nature’ – or not?
• Snowy owl returns to the Hebrides for 8th year
• Millions of sea turtles are killed as ‘collateral damage’ in the race for fish
• Rodent alert on New Zealand island sanctuary
• Five lions poisoned near Amboseli
• Feral cats destroying Australia’s wildlife
• Black rhinos to be released in North Luangwa Valley
• Leucistic black-crowned night heron
• Argentina creates a new marine protected area to protect Rockhopper penguins
• Chinese bulk carrier runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef – Oil leaking
• Major report launched on Britain’s Introduced mammal species
• Water voles move into old colliery site in Yorkshire
• Silverback mountain gorilla dies
• Florida panther photographed with cubs
• White stork using new football stadia for nesting in South Africa
• Plan launched to reintroduce Scimitar horned oryx back into the wild
• First ever photos of Endangered Santa Marta Sabrewing
• Hebridean mink eradication project enters last year