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April 02, 2013
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Critically Endangered Forest Elephant Populations Decimated During The Last Decade, -Extinction Eminent The species has declined by an incredible 62% in just the last decade. This decline, throughout all of the species range in central Africa, has been largely as a result of the growing trade in ivory. A new study published in the journal PLOS is warning that the extinction of the species is eminent. “Research carried out by the CITES-MIKE program has shown that the increase in poaching levels across Africa since 2006 is strongly correlated with trends in consumer demand in the Far East and that poaching levels are also strongly linked with governance at the national level and poverty at the local level. This has resulted in escalating elephant massacres in areas previously thought to be safe.” Nothing like milking your source to death, literally.  Guess all those chinese medicine types  will have to conjure up something different to consume once they’ve wiped out elephants. Image Credits: Forest Elephant via Wikimedia Commons

Critically Endangered Forest Elephant Populations Decimated During The Last Decade, -Extinction Eminent

The species has declined by an incredible 62% in just the last decade. This decline, throughout all of the species range in central Africa, has been largely as a result of the growing trade in ivory. A new study published in the journal PLOS is warning that the extinction of the species is eminent.

“Research carried out by the CITES-MIKE program has shown that the increase in poaching levels across Africa since 2006 is strongly correlated with trends in consumer demand in the Far East and that poaching levels are also strongly linked with governance at the national level and poverty at the local level. This has resulted in escalating elephant massacres in areas previously thought to be safe.”

Nothing like milking your source to death, literally.  Guess all those chinese medicine types  will have to conjure up something different to consume once they’ve wiped out elephants.

Image Credits: Forest Elephant via Wikimedia Commons

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January 18, 2013
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"New evidence has revealed that koalas may be extinct on the New South Wales far south coast."

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Evidence of koala extinction - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Well, after all, we are in the midst of the 6th greatest extinction event.  My grandkids probably will not live in a world with Koalas, Polar Bears, Orcas, and so many other amazing animals as we have.  That ought to make you very sad indeed.

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January 18, 2013
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Eyak and his Alaskan family, the world’s most contaminated creatures Eyak and his Alaskan Orca family, the world’s most contaminated creatures Unique Alaskan Orcas Slip Toward Extinction. So when the last Chugach transients pass from this earth, their language will disappear with them. Eyak’s jawbone, the actual and the artistically rendered, thus speaks to us from out of its great silence. We might also think of it as listening for our response. It reminds us of the fragility of life on our planet – that of other beings who share it with us – and our own. We are not representatives of our kind, but individuals, with stories to live and tell and pass on. What story will we leave behind of our human tenure on earth? Eyak’s bones are what poet W.S. Merwin called: “a single irreducible warning.” They are also a reminder of our responsibilities, our interdependence, our common fate. Wow, this is a sad one.
Eyak and his Alaskan family, the world’s most contaminated creatures
Eyak and his Alaskan Orca family, the world’s most contaminated creatures

Unique Alaskan Orcas Slip Toward Extinction.

So when the last Chugach transients pass from this earth, their language will disappear with them. Eyak’s jawbone, the actual and the artistically rendered, thus speaks to us from out of its great silence. We might also think of it as listening for our response. It reminds us of the fragility of life on our planet – that of other beings who share it with us – and our own. We are not representatives of our kind, but individuals, with stories to live and tell and pass on.

What story will we leave behind of our human tenure on earth? Eyak’s bones are what poet W.S. Merwin called: “a single irreducible warning.” They are also a reminder of our responsibilities, our interdependence, our common fate.

Wow, this is a sad one.

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November 30, 2012
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Spotted dolphins in freedomPhoto: Erwin Vermeulen / Sea Shepherd The tradition of extinction refers to Japan’s horrible history of  speciocide.   The near successful attempt on the short-tailed albatross, the Japanese sea lion, and Japanese river otter.   You’ve heard about the movie COVE and the mass dolphin slaughter they do yearly in Taiji.   They still go out after whales!!!   I found this quote extremely powerful: Japan is in no way unique in their terrible track record of protecting animals and their habitats. Japan is, however, one of the few countries that stubbornly persist in butchering animals both at home and on other parts of the planet with complete disregard for the fate of the species or biodiversity. The Sea Shepherd needs more volunteers to come to Taiji and make a stand against the Japanese tradition of extinction practices.  If you can’t go, perhaps you could donate.   Visit our Cove Guardianssite for more information.   Visit our Operation Zero Tolerancesite for more information about our2012-2013 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign

Spotted dolphins in freedom
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The tradition of extinction refers to Japan’s horrible history of  speciocide.  

The near successful attempt on the short-tailed albatross, the Japanese sea lion, and Japanese river otter.   You’ve heard about the movie COVE and the mass dolphin slaughter they do yearly in Taiji.   They still go out after whales!!!  

I found this quote extremely powerful:

Japan is in no way unique in their terrible track record of protecting animals and their habitats. Japan is, however, one of the few countries that stubbornly persist in butchering animals both at home and on other parts of the planet with complete disregard for the fate of the species or biodiversity.

The Sea Shepherd needs more volunteers to come to Taiji and make a stand against the Japanese tradition of extinction practices.  If you can’t go, perhaps you could donate.  

Visit our 
Cove Guardians
site for more information.

 

Visit our 
Operation Zero Tolerance
site for more information about our
2012-2013 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign

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March 18, 2012
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ELEPHANTS are in danger of being hunted to extinction across Africa, with poaching reaching “unprecedented levels” to supply demand from Asia for the animal’s ivory tusks, experts have warned.

ELEPHANTS are in danger of being hunted to extinction across Africa, with poaching reaching “unprecedented levels” to supply demand from Asia for the animal’s ivory tusks, experts have warned.

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March 14, 2012
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The parent species of the Maui dolphin - Hector’s dolphinImage by: JShook / Wikimedia Commons The world’s smallest and rarest dolphin has seen its population fall by half to about 55 in the last seven years and is at risk of extinction, a survey released this week showed.

The parent species of the Maui dolphin - Hector’s dolphin
Image by: JShook / Wikimedia Commons

The world’s smallest and rarest dolphin has seen its population fall by half to about 55 in the last seven years and is at risk of extinction, a survey released this week showed.

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March 07, 2012
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"If you happen to see a frog hopping around in your back yard, take a good look— it might not be around for much longer. Ecologists are increasingly warning that due to habitat destruction, widespread infectious disease and climate change, amphibians are facing “extinction in real time.” As many as 40 percent of amphibious species, which include frogs, salamanders and newts, could be facing “imminent extinction,” according to David Wake, a researcher at the University of California Berkeley. “It’s happening around the world … we’re seeing it on our watch,” he says. “People talk more about birds or mammals because they are charismatic, they’re in the public eye. I’m concerned about rhinos and tigers, too, but in the meantime, we’re losing the things that are in our backyard."

— Are Frogs Rapidly Facing Extinction? - US News and World Report

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February 22, 2012
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Northeast sees massive bee losses

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MORRISONVILLE — Beekeepers across the Northeast have experienced massive losses of bees this winter.

Champlain Valley Beekeepers Association President Dick Crawford said the beekeepers he has spoken with are reporting deaths of 90 percent to 100 percent of their hives.

“I have some friends in Pennsylvania who lost 100 percent of 2,000 hives.”

Crawford personally lost 90 percent of his 60 hives and about half of his “nucs,” the nucleus colonies that he creates in the fall to cover winter losses.

“This is the highest percentage I’ve ever seen.”

But he expects most beekeepers will be able to recover from the setback in time for pollination season.

One of a million reasons why I get huffy when people here talk about how great it was that we didn’t get any snow this year. Not good people. The northeast needs its damn snow.

What all is effecting bees is still unknown but some potential causes are becoming evident - alum & barium air / rain pollution, wifi (who knows what the bands we’re using does to us and wildlife), pesticides (using Seven dust kills bees, they think it is pollen and take it back to their hives), and many others.  We should admit to ourselves and shout far and wide that we are creating a toxic world and it needs to stop.

As for the weather - not only is the Northeast without snow this year, the central USA (KY, TN, MO, IL) has had virtually ZERO winter this year.  No snow, and no days of hard freezing weather, and maybe 7-10 nights of freezing temps.  NO WINTER!!!   Spring flowers not usually seen until late Feb, early March were sprouting and blooming in late Jan / early Feb - virtually unheard of by the local old time farmers.    Some say it is due to climate change and others are saying it’s due to geo-engineering.  I suspect both.  

You can farm organic, you can spend your money only only honorable businesses, you can take yourself off the grid and to some extent withdraw from the pathological behavior of our government (USA) and corporate plutocrats but if our dirt and air are ruined it won’t matter, will it?  

Regarding Bees …  my uncle kept two hives, all the bees from them died end of last year  he has no idea why.  This is happening everywhere.    If you haven’t seen it already - you may want to check out (full version may be on YouTube).  On Netflix you can also watch Colony. 

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January 20, 2012
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Just one of the beautiful ocean creatures at risk of extinction due to increasing ocean acidification.  Photo credit: lostandcold See 9 other creatures at risk, here.

Just one of the beautiful ocean creatures at risk of extinction due to increasing ocean acidification.  Photo credit: lostandcold

See 9 other creatures at risk, here.

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January 19, 2012
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Saving the Tigers from Extinction

Citing the example of the Kaziranga tiger killing incident, Mubina Akhter expressed anger in her speech stating that the authorities have not taken any visible actions against the responsible police personnel who were involved in the killing of the tigress near the 430 square kilometer UNESCO World Heritage Site.

She advocated that a group of dedicated reporters should be trained in environmental and wildlife issues. Regular interaction among themselves through a network and sufficient space for the issue in the mainstream newspapers and news channels were also emphasized in her speech.

Local watchdogs… That’s what I want here.  A huge group of watchdogs posting environmental stories from their locale.  

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January 18, 2012
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After 12 million years, plant species at risk of extinction. an endangered 12-million-year-old plant species, the cycad, which can sell for as much as $100,000 on the global black market. Prized for their rarity and oddity and their link to the prehistoric age, cycads have become objects of fascination for a cult of hard-core collectors around the world. But poaching by organized criminal syndicates has become so devastating that many African cycad species are threatened with extinction in the wild, forcing officials to consider a ban on their trade and prompting a scientific race to catalogue their DNA so they will be harder to smuggle.

After 12 million years, plant species at risk of extinction.

an endangered 12-million-year-old plant species, the cycad, which can sell for as much as $100,000 on the global black market.

Prized for their rarity and oddity and their link to the prehistoric age, cycads have become objects of fascination for a cult of hard-core collectors around the world. But poaching by organized criminal syndicates has become so devastating that many African cycad species are threatened with extinction in the wild, forcing officials to consider a ban on their trade and prompting a scientific race to catalogue their DNA so they will be harder to smuggle.

(Source: The Globe and Mail)

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January 05, 2012
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"the authors of the paper, published in the January 4th online edition of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, believe that the current predictions of biodiversity loss as a result of climate change could be vastly underestimating species extinction. The authors note that tropical communities could be among the hardest hit in a changing climate, due in part to the fact that many species often live within a very confined location."

— Do Climate Models Underestimate Extinctions?

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January 03, 2012
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"There may be as little as 20 Sierra Nevada Red Foxes left in the mountain ranges of the Sierra and South Cascades, or as many as fifty. Either way, they are living on the brink of extinction, but haven’t been given endangered species status. Recently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced they will begin a review to see if they will grant that legal protection, the red foxes undoubtedly deserve."

— Fox Could be on Endangered List | Care2 Healthy Living

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December 12, 2011
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"Did you know: Today, there are more tigers living in captivity than in the wild?"

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‘Last Lions’ documents near-extinction of species - southbendtribune.com

And as for Lions:  In my lifetime Lion population has gone from 450,000 to 20,000.   20,000…. that’s approximately the number of seats in a college stadium the size of Rupp Arena.  That’s all.  That’s it.  Something else for mankind to be ashamed of. 

Check out National Geographic’s Big Cat Week.

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December 07, 2011
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"Recessions come and go: extinction is forever,” they said."

— DOC cuts will send species extinct, top academics warn | NATIONAL News

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