Trump’s Border Wall Might Impact up to 10,000 Species
I have shared multiple news stories about the potential impacts of Trump’s border wall on jaguars (Panthera onca). As a recap, jaguars were wiped out of the United States due to…
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National Geographic: Snaring is now the Dominant Threat to Africa’s Lions
I recently read another great story from National Geographic. In it, author Rachel Nuwer and photographer Steve Winter detail the rise of the new dominant threat to African lions: snaring.…
Lion Poaching is on the Rise in Parts of Africa
I have to interrupt my brief hiatus to share an important story. According to Damian Carrington, writing for The Guardian, lion poaching has recently become far more prevalent in parts…
China Reverses Ban on the Use of Tiger and Rhino Parts in Traditional Chinese Medicine
I literally just announced that I was going to take a short break from blogging, then I made the mistake of checking Twitter. Here is what I saw at the top…
Palm Oil is Threatening the Elusive Clouded Leopard
Clouded leopards are some of the most elusive and understudied cats on the planet. They comprise two species: the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) and the Indochinese clouded leopard (Neofilis…
Environmental Group and Congressman sue Over Trump’s Border Wall
On April 12, 2017 the Center for Biological Diversity and Arizona Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva announced that they had sued the Trump administration over planned border security measures. This includes the proposed…
Conservationists Decry South Africa’s Plan to Legalize Lion Bone Trade
South Africa recently proposed to legalize the trade in captive-bred lion carcasses. The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) announced that it plans to allow up to 800 lion skeletons per…
Jaguars are More Threatened than they Appear, Study Finds
Currently, the jaguar (Panthera onca) is classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. This is the second lowest threat level, right behind Least Concern. This global assessment is…
