Highly Endangered Iberian Lynx Cubs Born in Spain
Efforts to save the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), the most endangered wild felid in the world, may be paying off. According to this press release, a female lynx named Kiowa…
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Q&A with Jessica James of the ICARUS Foundation
The ICARUS (International Consortium for Animal-Welfare Reform United in Stewardship) Foundation is a brand-new group that is dedicated to eradicating crimes against wildlife. I have been following their blog since…
A New Tool for Conserving Jaguars: Beer
This has to be one of the most unanticipated and uplifting stories I have yet shared on this blog. A Peruvian beer brand known as Cerveza San Juan has joined…
Help Communities in Costa Rica Celebrate National Wild Cats’ Day
July 4th may be Independence Day in the United States, but in Costa Rica it is National Wild Cats’ Day (Día Nacional del Felino Silvestre). That is right, as of…
Help Stop Crucial Tiger Habitat from being Turned into a Coal Plant
There is a new threat that could inflict serious damage to the Sundarbans: a UNESCO world heritage site and the largest mangrove forest in the world (UNESCO, 2016). The Bangladeshi…
Farmers and Conservation Organizations Unite to Create Jaguar-Friendly™ Ecolabel
I have just found an exciting article on Jaguars.org’s Facebook page. The story, originally posted by The Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network (WFEN), concerns a new development in the fight to…
New Protected Area will Benefit Mongolia’s Snow Leopards
I just received a notification from the Snow Leopard Trust about an exciting new development. Nearly 8,163 square kilometers of land is about to be turned into a Nature Reserve,…
Reports of Tiger Population Increase Decried as “Misleading” by Scientists
Only four days ago, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) broke the story that world tiger numbers had increased for the first time in over a…
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