CHINA — (PHOTOS) With only a few thousand giant pandas in existence, every precaution is taken to successfully release captive-born pandas into the wild. Even if it means dressing up in a panda costume to prevent the baby pandas from becoming accustomed to humans. Previous attempts to release pandas into the wild were not successful, so researchers are hoping this new plan will help rebuild the panda population.
As grey wolves face a disastrous loss of protection under the Endangered Species Act, nature writer Brenda Peterson explains why wolves profoundly matter in this timely article.
Dec. 2, 2010, ATLANTA – Newborn pandas are a rare enough occurrence to be a cause of celebration! Congratulations to Lun Lun for her new baby boy. Follow this baby panda – and animals around the world – on a live streaming webcam at Global Animal’s WildCams.
Though Rudyard Kipling wrote how leopards can’t change their spots, modern science has created a more accurate picture. A recent study shows that leopards adapt to their environment, even going so far as changing their spots. Learn how…
Dec. 2, 2010 HOBART, AUS – Sea Shepherd set sail for their 2010-11 Operation No Compromise anti-whaling campaign today in the Antarctic. The conservation group’s fleet includes the Steve Irwin, Bob Barker and the new “Gojira” (Japanese for Godzilla) Ocean Adventurer trimaran.
December 1, 2010 JAPAN– JUST IN: According to conservationist Pete Bethune, Japanese whalers have left port in three harpoon ships for the start of the 2010 whaling season.
Dec. 1, 2010 JAPAN – Officials from 27 nations are gathered today in Shimonoseki, Japan, a whaling hub, amidst earlier reports of Japan luring pro-whaling participants with prostitutes and paying flight and hotels expenses for attendance.
Nov. 30, 2010 (WHALE WARS) – Is it possible to be cautiously ecstatic? If so, that may capture how people worldwide feel about the Japanese whalers possibly calling it quits, at least for this season. Sea Shepherd is reporting that the whaling fleet has not yet left port. Never before have the whalers left later than November 19. Let us hope that the volunteers aboard the three vessels in the Operation No Compromise campaign will be out of work! – Global Animal
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