Endangered Species

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The Orca-Scat Tracking Dog

October 6, 2011 Endangered Species

Tucker isn’t really interested in the water. But, he spends his working days on a boat, sniffing out orca scat in the breezes of the Salish Sea. He’s a labrador mix, trained as part of the Conservation Canine program — at the University of Washington’s Center For Conservation Biology. Tucker’s ambivalence about water actually makes [...]

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Wolves Back on Endangered Species List

August 6, 2010 Endangered Species

I’ll let the Defenders of Wildlife release speak for me. I’m just elated the wolf hunts have come to an end. A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted illegally when it removed wolves from the endangered species list in Idaho and Montana but left them on the list in Wyoming. [...]

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Seeking Justice for a Sea Otter: It’s a Small World

July 22, 2010 Bay Area Faves

I received a notice tonight from Defenders of Wildlife, asking for help in finding the killer of a young sea otter. The female otter was found along Morro Strand in June of this year — slain illegally, with the post-mortem revealing a shot to her head. In seeking additional information on this case, I landed [...]

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Blog Trail: Howling for Justice

April 1, 2010 Endangered Species

I have a history and a breadcrumb trail, but I’m still not sure how I ended up at Howling For Justice. I’m glad I did, though.

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Bald Eagle Recovery Story

May 7, 2009 Endangered Species

I just read this piece by British Columbia wildlife biologist David Hancock. It’s posted at the Hancock Wildlife Foundation website, a site I found by way of their Bald Eagle cam at Sidney, B.C. Hancock’s account traces the eagle’s trajectory from pre-1950s “vermin” status to today’s recovery of populations in both urban and wild settings. [...]

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Video: California Condor Released After Gunshot Wounds & Lead Poisoning

May 2, 2009 Endangered Species

Update May 13, 2009: Sadly, the second bird, Condor 286 did not recover from lead poisoning, and died at the LA Zoo on Monday, May 11. The full story is here at the Ventura County Star. California Condor 375 was released back into the wild on May 1, 2009. She was one of two condors [...]

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Salazar Moves to Delist Wolves in Rockies

March 11, 2009 Endangered Species

Update: Defenders of Wildlife sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to ascertain what new scientific review Secretary Salazar used in making this determination. Defenders President Rodger Schlickeisen noted: “There’s no way, in six short weeks, that the Department of the Interior had time to properly review the proposed delisting and examine the latest [...]

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Tagging the Endangered Clapper Rail

January 13, 2009 Endangered Species

Through 1915, the California Clapper Rail was a menu delicacy. The bird was hunted to near extinction (a sad but common fate for Bay Area and U.S. species).

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