First Interstate Tiger Translocation Completed in India
For the first time, a tiger (Panthera tigris) has been successfully translocated between two Indian states. I was first alerted to this story from The Times of India by a tweet…
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The US Fish & Wildlife Service and Snow Leopard Conservationists Team up to Fight Poaching
The Snow Leopard Trust (SLT) recently shared an important article on their blog. The United States Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) has joined the fight against snow leopard poaching. Poaching…
Some Predators are Returning to Areas where they are not ‘Supposed’ to Be
Dana Kobilinsky, a science writer for The Wildlife Society, recently published a fascinating article. It concerns predatory animals appearing in seemingly ‘new’ habitats. The article tells the story of Brian…
Armed Conflicts are Driving Wildlife Declines in the Sahara-Sahel Region
I have just come across an excellent blog post from Malini Pittet. In it, she reviews a recent study which found that armed conflicts are having significant impacts on wildlife…
Engaging New Story About Jaguars in The Atlantic
I admit, when I first saw the title of Nadia Drake‘s new story The Jaguar is Made for the Age of Humans, I had my doubts. To me this title sounded…
Amur Leopard Population Triples
It has been a long time since I have been able to share good news on this blog. An article published on The Revelator by John R. Platt contains hopeful…
Leopards are also Being Killed for the Traditional Asian Medicine Trade
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) just released a worrying article. Apparently leopards (Panthera pardus) are also being killed in large numbers to support the Traditional Asian Medicine trade. Big cats,…
Yet Another Article Slams the Ecological Impacts of Trump’s Border Wall
Writer Stephen Leahy published an article on Motherboard last week titled, “Trump’s Border Wall Would Condemn US Jaguars to Extinction.” With this piece, Leahy joins the long list of authors…
