Zimbabwe: Poisoned elephant death toll rises to 81
Zimbabwean authorities say at least 81 elephants have been killed for their ivory tusks by poachers using cyanide poison in water holes in a vast western national park.
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Critically endangered elephant, unborn baby suspected poisoned in Indonesia
A critically endangered Sumatran elephant and its unborn baby were found dead from suspected poisoning in western Indonesia, a conservation official said on Thursday.
Ecology
May 26, 2022
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Recent report contends feline friends killing wildlife at alarming rate: Experts say issue is more complex than that
Scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a report in the journal Nature Communications that sought to estimate the number of wildlife killed by ...
Ecology
Mar 26, 2013
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Code of practice on kangaroo killing 'inadequately enforced'
Weaknesses in the enforcement of standards for the humane killing of kangaroos have been identified in a new report by THINKK, the UTS-based think tank for kangaroos.
Ecology
Sep 28, 2012
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Oldest ivory workshop in the world discovered in Saxony-Anhalt
In an international cooperative project, archaeologists from the Monrepos Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for the Evolution of Hominin Behaviour are excavating the 35,000 year old site of Breitenbach, close to Zeitz ...
Archaeology
Sep 27, 2012
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Clearance of deer cull carcasses is a loss to ecosystem, finds Scotland study
The removal of deer bodies following annual culls in Scotland may be depriving the environment of essential nutrients, according to a new study published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence.
Ecology
Jul 26, 2024
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Study reveals wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl
A scavenger study that used fish carcasses as bait provides additional evidence that wildlife is abundant in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, University of Georgia researchers said.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2019
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Bald eagle died of lead poisoning in Montana's Glacier Park
A bald eagle found dead in Montana's Glacier National Park died of lead poisoning.
Ecology
May 1, 2019
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What should we do with the millions of animals killed by bushfires?
Bushfires this season have left an estimated 1 billion dead animals in their wake, their carcasses dotting the blackened landscape.
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2020
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Federal lab to examine birds believed poisoned
A federal forensics laboratory will examine the carcasses of birds believed to have been poisoned last week in Portland, Oregon, parks.
Ecology
Dec 2, 2014
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