Wildlife | https://ens-newswire.com We Cover the Earth for You! Thu, 11 May 2023 23:51:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://ens-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/favicon.jpg Wildlife | https://ens-newswire.com 32 32 U.S. Ends Private Ownership and Breeding of Big Cats https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-ends-private-ownership-and-breeding-of-big-cats/ Thu, 11 May 2023 23:51:08 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98716 WASHINGTON, DC, May 11, 2023 (ENS) – Somewhere in the United States an estimated 20,000 big cats are kept in private ownership, often purchased as cubs or bred for photo [...]

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]]> Bird Flu Kills Condors Recovering From Near Extinction https://ens-newswire.com/bird-flu-kills-condors-recovering-from-near-extinction/ Tue, 09 May 2023 00:32:34 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98711 PHOENIX, Arizona, May 8, 2023 (ENS) – Bird flu has killed 21 endangered California condors in northern Arizona this spring, weakening a reintroduced flock that has been carefully nurtured for [...]

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]]> Kruger Park Ensnared in Corruption Linked to Criminal Syndicates https://ens-newswire.com/kruger-park-ensnared-in-corruption-linked-to-criminal-syndicates/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:54:55 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98600 By Don Pinnock

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa, March 28 (ENS) – Yet another suspected poacher has died in a hail of bullets fired by unknown gunmen in the eastern [...]

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]]> U.S.-South Africa Wildlife Task Force to ‘Follow the Money’ https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-south-africa-wildlife-task-force-to-follow-the-money/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:38:10 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98272 PRETORIA, South Africa, January 25, 2023 (ENS) – In her meeting with South African officials today, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced a commitment between the U.S. Treasury and South [...]

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]]> Earth’s Biodiversity Crisis Activates Governments, Police https://ens-newswire.com/earths-biodiversity-crisis-activates-governments-police/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 03:10:06 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98092 LYON, France, December 7, 2022 (ENS) – A wildlife and timber trading law enforcement crackdown by the international police force Interpol and the World Customs Organization has yielded more than [...]

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]]> Living Planet Report 2022 Shows Wildlife Species Dying Out https://ens-newswire.com/living-planet-report-2022-shows-wildlife-species-dying-out/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 22:59:28 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97871 WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 2022 (ENS) – “The roar of the jaguar could be heard near the community three years ago, but not anymore. Compared with my childhood, I’ve witnessed [...]

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]]> Global Police Join Prince in Fighting Illegal Wildlife Trade https://ens-newswire.com/global-police-join-prince-in-fighting-illegal-wildlife-trade/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 01:35:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97857 LONDON, UK, October 5, 2022 (ENS) – The world does not have “the luxury of time” to tackle organized wildlife crime, but it does have “a proven roadmap to success [...]

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]]> Tiger Numbers Rise, But Monarch Butterfly Numbers Crash https://ens-newswire.com/tiger-numbers-rise-but-monarch-butterfly-numbers-crash/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:54:25 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97685 GLAND, Switzerland, September 1, 2022 (ENS) – The migratory monarch butterfly, known for its unique annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles) across the Americas, has entered the [...]

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]]> Lions, Tigers, Bears, Apes Rescued from Ecopark Under Fire https://ens-newswire.com/lions-tigers-bears-apes-rescued-from-ecopark-under-fire/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:33:32 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97199 KHARKIV, Ukraine, April 27, 2022 (ENS) – The evacuation of the Oleksandr Feldman Ecopark in the bombed city of Kharkiv is still going on – the animals are being removed [...]

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]]> South Africa Inflates Value of Trophy Hunts to Conservation https://ens-newswire.com/south-africa-inflates-value-of-trophy-hunts-to-conservation/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 21:57:57 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97049 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 29, 2022 (ENS) – The High Court of the Western Cape Friday ruled against South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment on its 2022 [...]

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]]> Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market https://ens-newswire.com/campaigners-nations-encourage-japan-to-close-ivory-market/ Sun, 06 Mar 2022 23:58:33 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96829 LYON, France, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – Africa’s elephants top a packed agenda for the CITES Standing Committee meeting opening Monday that covers protection for 30+ species of plants and [...]

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]]> Exploring Whale Superhighways With a Global Team of Scientists https://ens-newswire.com/exploring-whale-superhighways-with-a-global-team-of-scientists/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:11:09 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96647 GLAND, Switzerland, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – An in-depth new map and report that tracks whale migrations around the globe, highlights where the whales go in the high seas and [...]

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]]> Police, Diplomats Form United Front for Endangered Wildlife https://ens-newswire.com/police-diplomats-form-united-front-for-endangered-wildlife/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:07:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96531 BEIJING, China, February 12, 2022 (ENS) – The endangered animals and plants protected by the global treaty known as CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, now have [...]

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]]> Newly Discovered Mekong Region Monkey Endangered Already https://ens-newswire.com/newly-discovered-mekong-region-monkey-endangered-already/ Sun, 30 Jan 2022 01:34:44 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96116 VIENTIANE, Laos, January 29, 2022 (ENS) – On the steep hillsides of the dormant volcano that is Myanmar’s sacred Mount Popa, live more than 100 monkeys of a newly discovered [...]

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]]> Italy to Ban Fur Farming, Fur Growers Will Be Compensated https://ens-newswire.com/italy-to-ban-fur-farming-fur-growers-will-be-compensated/ Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:28:19 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95570 ROME, Italy, December 21, 2021 (ENS) – The Budget Committee of the Italy’s Senate today voted to approve an amendment to the budget law which will see the country’s 10 [...]

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]]> World’s Tigers Vanishing Into Tiger Bone Glue Pots https://ens-newswire.com/worlds-tigers-vanishing-into-tiger-bone-glue-pots/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 01:55:10 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95504 COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 10, 2021 (ENS) – More tigers now live in illegal captivity on so-called tiger farms than in the wild, raised from cubs as livestock, and slaughtered when [...]

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]]> Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist https://ens-newswire.com/vietnam-cracks-down-on-wildlife-trafficking-but-crimes-persist/ Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:37:23 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95408 LONDON, UK, November 28, 2021 (ENS) – Vietnam needs international help to disrupt the operations of Vietnamese-led wildlife crime syndicates active in Africa and Asia. Despite government efforts to turn [...]

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]]> Humans ‘Hold the Survival of Other Species in Our Hands’ https://ens-newswire.com/humans-hold-the-survival-of-other-species-in-our-hands/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:34:45 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94966 WASHINGTON, DC, October 12, 2021 (ENS) – An agreement to halt human-induced extinctions in 2022 is under consideration as countries gather online this week for the 15th meeting of the [...]

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]]> Tech Firms Block 11.6M Online Wildlife Trafficking Deals https://ens-newswire.com/tech-firms-block-11-6m-online-wildlife-trafficking-deals/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:15:28 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94855 WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2021 (ENS) – The budding Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online, with 47 member companies across the tech sector, issued its second progress report on [...]

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]]> 23 Species Off U.S. Endangered Species List: All Are Extinct https://ens-newswire.com/23-species-off-u-s-endangered-species-list-all-are-extinct/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 20:53:58 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94820 WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 2021 (ENS) – Endangered Species Act protections came too late for 23 species that will be removed from the Endangered Species List because they are already [...]

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