A new study, published in the journal Conservation Biology, revealed how the cashmere trade is endangering the snow leopard population in Mongolia. Mongolia has always been home to most of the world’s cashmere. The demand continues to grow, which has resulted in more and more goats being raised for their cashmere. This growing demand has […]
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Lawsuit Aims to Protect African Leopards From U.S. Trophy Hunters
WASHINGTON— Animal protection and conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to propose stricter protections for African leopards under the U.S. Endangered Species Act to address the harms of trophy hunting. The United States is the world’s biggest importer of African leopard hunting trophies and consumed more than half the […]
Raising Orphaned and Abandoned Leopard Cubs at Wildlife SOS
India-based conservation charity—Wildlife SOS has been actively working towards human-leopard conflict mitigation in Maharashtra since 2007, prioritizing safe rescue and rehabilitation of injured and orphaned leopards. The NGO’s team holds expertise in reuniting leopard cubs with their mothers when they are found astray in sugarcane fields during the harvest season. As it turns out, sugarcane […]
Fury as British hunters offered ‘cynical’ 20% off to kill African big game on safaris
British hunters are being offered a “cynical” 20% discount to shoot leopards, cheetahs and rhinos in Africa. Hippos, buffalos and elephants are also on the sickening wishlist of targets. Safari boss Brian Roodt told the Sunday Mirror he launched the promotion to lure hunters back to Namibia after the pandemic. He insists hunting is vital […]
WATCH – Stolen leopard siblings rehabilitated and released
Eighteen months after being rescued from wildlife traffickers who kidnapped them from a den when they were tiny cubs, leopard siblings Jack and Claudi have been released into the wild at Nkomazi Private Game Reserve near eManzana (Badplaas) in southern Mpumalanga. Members of the Mpumalanga Parks and Tourism Agency (MPTA) saved the cubs last year […]
Activists enraged as photos emerge of endangered leopards killed in Yemen
Animal rights activists in Yemen have been horrified by photos circulating on social media since July 2 showing two endangered Arabian leopards that were killed. In a country torn apart by war, tracking down hunters and poachers and bringing them to justice is almost impossible. These photos, shared by animal rights activists in Yemen, show […]
Giant pandas no longer endangered in the wild, China announces
Giant pandas are no longer endangered in the wild, but they are still vulnerable with a population outside captivity of 1,800, Chinese officials have said after years of conservation efforts. The head of the environment ministry’s department of nature and ecology conservation, Cui Shuhong, said the reclassification was the result of “improved living conditions and […]
Green peafowl flourish in Thailand’s northern forests, but conflict looms
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Once widespread across Southeast Asia, from Java to southern China, green peafowl (Pavo muticus) have vanished from much of the region over the past few decades, due to forest habitat loss, overhunting and persecution following conflict with farmers. The endangered species is only present in 16% of its former range in […]