The recent arrest of 14 volunteers working to stop whaling in the North Atlantic Ocean’s Faroe Islands has focused a spotlight once again on a local tradition stretching back over a thousand years. Six of the protesters were found guilty this week of interfering with the grindadráp, or grind, as these drive hunts are called, […]
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Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 06 Sep 2014
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize is awarded to Jim Ehle for his outstanding image “Final Approach”, Nitin Jain wins Second Prize with “Colorful Male” and Third Prize goes to Myer Bornstein for “Little Blue Heron Feeding” (click on thumbnails for full scale […]
Vultures in Africa and Europe could face extinction within our lifetime warn conservationists
BirdLife International – the world’s largest conservation partnership – has announced that vultures have rapidly become one of the most threatened families of birds on the planet. In a bid to stop this important family of birds slipping towards extinction in Europe and Africa, today we have launched a global campaign asking for public support […]
Federally Protected Birds at Risk from Expansion of Wind Development Near Lake Michigan
(Washington, D.C., September 3, 2014) Two bird species federally listed as endangered, the Piping Plover and Kirtland’s Warbler, as well as many other federally protected birds are at risk from the proposed expansion of Heritage Sustainable Energy’s (HSE) Garden Peninsula Wind Energy Project near Lake Michigan, according to American Bird Conservancy (ABC). The warning from […]
UK wagtails face long-term decline
The three species of wagtail that breed in the UK are suffering long-term declines, a study has revealed. Yellow wagtails, grey wagtails and pied wagtails are all in decline, according to the annual breeding bird survey’s latest report, though conservationists say the reasons for the reductions are not clear. Yellow wagtails, farmland birds which migrate […]
Barn owls ‘threatened’ by new legislation
Barn owls and red kites could be threatened under new legislation that will allow farmers to kill them because they are classed as non-native species. Leading zoologists have warned that new laws that compel landowners to take action to combat the spread of invasive foreign species will also impact on animals that have been reintroduced […]
Russia Stops Japanese Whaling Ship Dead In Its Tracks
Whales in the Sea of Okhotsk are safe from hunters today — at least for now. A Japanese whaling ship that entered Russian waters has been seized by Russian authorities, and is now docked. The 712-ton vessel, the Shonan-maru No.2, was ordered into Russian port last week after it changed course in Russian waters without […]
New round of English badger culls given go-ahead
The culling of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle has been given the go-ahead in two pilot areas for a second year. Natural England has issued authorisation letters for a new round of culling in Gloucestershire and Somerset, confirming that the criteria for allowing the second year of the four-year schemes had been met. Under […]