most forms of African hunting, including hunting for food, were officially deemed poaching. Commercial poaching was an issue in these years and a threat to animal populations, but it was not at the crisis levels seen in the late 20th and early 21st centuries...
Habitat destruction, hunting and poaching for illegal trade are threatening the long-term survival of the Palm cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus. In 1983 the confiscation of 103 Palm cockatoos by the US Fish and Wildlife Service led to the formation of a breeding consortium, which in 1988 was for...
more than 200,000 lions lived in the wild; today, their numbers have been drastically reduced. Like most wild cats, lion populations are rapidly downtrending due to habitat loss, illegal trade, poaching, hunting, retaliation, killing, and loss of prey. ...
Animal Bios by Ellen Roth Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelson) There are several species of Bighorn Sheep native to the United States, such as the Rocky Mountain or the Sierra Nevada variety; however, it is the desert bighorn that is unique to Organ Pipe National Monument. Like th...
ANIMAL populationsPARKSIn many elephant populations in Africa, adverse effects of poaching including altered age and sex structure and long calving intervals continue to negatively impact the rate of recovery. The study reported here characterized the demographic status of the elephant population in Meru...
a 49-year-old Thai woman was killed by a wild elephant that charged her atPhu Kradueng National Park. (https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40044052). She was one of 240 victims of elephant violence over the past 12 years. Consequently, animal rights advocates have renewed efforts to...
David was the first to let the westerners know of the existence of this rare animal. The fur was exhibited in the French National Museum in Paris and it was formally named the 'Giant Panda'. Since the early 20th Century, there have been many western explorers penetrating into Sichuan and...
The Egyptian mythologists, in order to account for animal worship, said that the gods, pursued by the violence of earthborn men, who were their enemies, had formerly been obliged to disguise themselves under the semblance of beasts.—The Natural History of Religion,David Hume ...
Keeping these mammals from extinction, as we know, requires controlling mortality from poaching [210], but the large deciduous dental battery keeps young able to take advantage of good conditions. Investing in present versus future offspring is a central trade-off in life-history [211]. A ...
A documentary filmmaker tells the story of John Brinkley, a fake doctor who was shut down due to his ineffective method of curing impotence.