Oil search puts dolphins at risk
Rosemary Penwarden, of Waitati, links seismic testing for oil and gas with serious harm to whales and dolphins.
Please don’t read this if you want a good news story.
It’s a story of loss, of taking our eyes off the ball and letting bad stuff happen …
Otago Daily Times – Jan 23, 20152
www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/…
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Ebola ‘has killed a third of the world’s chimpanzees and gorillas’
By Erin Conway-Smith in Johannesburg
Ebola has wiped out a third of the world’s chimpanzee and gorilla populations, and could threaten the survival of these already endangered great apes, conservationists have warned.
The ongoing Ebola epidemic in west Africa is the worst-ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever among humans, killing 8,641 people according to the latest World Health Organisation figures …
Telegraph.co.uk – Jan 22, 2015, 05:37 PM
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world…
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Rhino poaching hits record high in South Africa
By Michael Casey
Despite stepped up enforcement ( www.cbsnews.com/news/operation… ) in South Africa, endangered rhinos are being killed in record numbers to supply booming consumer markets for their horns in Asia.
There were 1,215 rhinos killed for 2014 representing a 21 percent increase over the previous year when 1,004 were killed, according to the South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs. Kruger National Park, which holds the majority of the country’s rhinos, remains the epicenter of illegal activity, losing 827 rhinos during 2014, nearly two-thirds of all animals killed …
CBS News – January 22, 2015, 2:03 PM
www.cbsnews.com/news/rhino-poa…
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