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Petition: Ban Fur Farms in the U.S.

Petition: Ban Fur Farms in the U.S.

May 21, 2020February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 8 Comments

There have been investigations exposing fur farms in Finland, France, and other countries, but there are also still fur farms in the United States. Despite the progressive efforts of states like California to ban fur trapping, the nation still allows fur farms. According to Four Paws, “The U.S. is the fifth largest mink farming country […]

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Record-setting shark catch sparks talk of overfishing

Record-setting shark catch sparks talk of overfishing

June 10, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper 1 Comment

A giant mako shark caught by a sports-fisherman in California Monday has spurred a conversation about declining shark populations worldwide, reports the Associated Press. The female shark caught Monday off Huntington Beach by Jason Johnston of Mesquite, Texas, weighed in at 1,323 pounds and measured 11 feet long and eight feet around at its midsection. […]

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Atlantic puffin population is in danger, scientists warn

Atlantic puffin population is in danger, scientists warn

June 5, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world. In the Gulf of Maine, the comical-looking seabirds have been dying of starvation and losing body weight, possibly because of shifting fish populations as ocean temperatures rise, according to […]

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Famed bird reappears after 400,000 miles of flight

Famed bird reappears after 400,000 miles of flight

May 26, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A migratory shorebird that has flown more than 400,000 miles has reappeared once again. The bird, dubbed “B95” after the number on his leg band or “Moonbird” for the distance he has flown over his lifespan, is a rufus red knot (Calidris canutus rufus) that scientists have been tracking for 19 years. Each May his […]

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U.S. loses nearly a third of its honey bees this season

U.S. loses nearly a third of its honey bees this season

May 22, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper 9 Comments

Nearly a third of managed honeybee colonies in America died out or disappeared over the winter, an annual survey found on Wednesday. The decline—which was far worse than the winter before—threatens the survival of some bee colonies. The heavy losses of pollinators also threatens the country’s food supply, researchers said. The US Department of Agriculture […]

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Featured video: saving sea turtles in Mexico’s Magdalena Bay

Featured video: saving sea turtles in Mexico’s Magdalena Bay

May 21, 2013December 25, 2019 Supertrooper 2 Comments

A new short film, Viva la tortuga documents the struggle to save loggerhead and green sea turtles in Magdalena Bay, Mexico. Once a region for a massive sea turtle meat market, the turtles now face a new threat: bycatch. Loggerhead sea turtles are drowning in bottom-set gillnets, unable to escape from the nets once entangled. […]

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Frankenfish or scientific marvel?: giant GM salmon await U.S. approval

Frankenfish or scientific marvel?: giant GM salmon await U.S. approval

May 19, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper 1 Comment

It is hard to think of a more unlikely setting for genetic experimentation or for raising salmon: a rundown shed at a secretive location in the Panamanian rainforest miles inland and 1,500m above sea level. But the facility, which is owned by an American company AquaBounty Technologies, stands on the verge of delivering the first […]

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US windfarms avoiding prosecution for eagle deaths

US windfarms avoiding prosecution for eagle deaths

May 15, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

More than 83,000 hunting birds are killed by windfarms each year but no wind energy company has been fined. The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a windfarm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation […]

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