WWF Urges United States To Save Polar Bear

NOVOSTI:

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is urging the U.S. to follow Russia’s conservation efforts to save the polar bear, the regional program director for WWF Russia said on Tuesday…

White House Blocking Whale Protection Rule

OMB Watch:

Multiple White House offices are working in concert to block a new policy that would expand federal protections for the North Atlantic right whale. The offices, including the office of Vice President Cheney, are questioning the findings of scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the agency attempting to finalize the rule…

Forestry Commission Hosts Badger Watching

The Press:

A chance to see the UK’s largest land carnivore and one of its most elusive inhabitants in its natural habitat is being offered by the Forestry Commission.

Due to stringent protection and the work of conservationists, the badger has made a comeback in North Yorkshire but, despite its distinctive stripes, the majority of people have never seen one. Spotting one can be difficult as they are mostly active during the night and spend long hours underground in their multi-chambered setts or dens…

Rare Black Grouse Back In Northumberland

New Post Leader:

Black grouse could once again roam across the Northumberland countryside as part of a new restoration drive…

Greenpeace Confiscates Fishing Net

Wildlife Extra:

Greenpeace ship, Artic Sunrise, confronted Italian fishing “pirates” in the Mediterranean and confiscated nearly two kilometres of illegal driftnet containing dead undersized blue-fin tuna and a small sea turtle that was later released alive.

Six Critically Endangered Blue Iguanas Butchered

Wildlife Extra:

Six critically endangered Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas were brutally killed in the Cayman Islands QE II Botanic Park. The crime was discovered by volunteers with the National Trust’s Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, shortly after 9am on Sunday morning…

Suspected Illegal Badger Cull

 Farmers Guardian:

The RSPCA has called in the police to investigate whether some farmers have taken a proposed Welsh cull of badgers into their own hands after four of the animals were found dead in a West Wales field…

Unilever To Buy Sustainable Palm Oil

Brand Republic:

Unilever has bowed to pressure from Greenpeace, which recently staged a protest outside the consumer giant’s UK sites and the offices of its marketing services agencies, and agreed to start buying palm oil from certified sustainable sources…

Crocodile Sighting in Swansea

This Is South Wales

A Crocodile expert has been to investigate claims of a sighting of a metre-long reptile at a Swansea lake.Police and RSPCA officers were at Pluck Lake, opposite Morrisons in Morfa on Sunday, after receiving a report of a crocodile there…

Call For Protection After Oil Spill

The Galloway Gazette:

Wildlife conservationists have called for tougher regulations at sea following an oil spillage along a stretch of Scottish coastline.

RSPB Scotland said the spillage at Sinclair’s Bay near Wick in Caithness had the potential to harm thousands of seabirds.

Highland Council are continuing the clear up of the 4km stretch of beach where the oil has washed up to form tar balls…