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Bat and Darter Among Five New Endangered Species

US News & World Report - Mon Nov 9, 1:37 pm ET

Feds expand the endangered species list with a bat, a darter, a mussel, and two plants.

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Nasa plans to irradiate monkeys anger animal rights groups
Daily Telegraph - Mon Nov 9, 6:32 am ET
Nasa's plans to irradiate squirrel monkeys in an attempt to model the effects of longterm exposure to cosmic radiation has met with protests from animal rights groups.
Fla. Fern, Bat May Be Protected
WPBF Palm Beach - Sun Nov 8, 5:03 pm ET
A bat and a fern found only in Florida may be added to the federal list of endangered and threatened species.
Animal-rights group says Texas zoo mistreats lone elephant
Texarkana Gazette - Mon Nov 9, 9:04 am ET
SAN ANTONIO—A nonprofit animal-rights organization based in California filed a complaint last week with the U.S. Department of Agriculture against the San Antonio Zoo, claiming the zoo’s treatment of its only elephant violates federal law.
DOT commits to conserve rare bird species
Malaya - 1 hour 58 minutes ago
The Department of Tourism (DOT) now joins Prince Albert II of Monaco and Sir David Attenborough in the "Birdlife Species Champions" honor roll, as it seals its commitment to the conservation of one of the rarest birds in the world, the Cebu Flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor), only found in the Philippines.
Animal rights groups irate at ritual slaughter green light
Queensland Country Life - Mon Nov 9, 3:47 pm ET
ANIMAL rights groups are angry that the religious ritual slaughter of conscious animals will be allowed to continue at some Australian abattoirs, after a decision by federal and state agriculture ministers.
Wolffish ugly, tasty, but not endangered
Portsmouth Herald - Mon Nov 9, 6:17 pm ET
PORTSMOUTH — It may be ugly and it may be delicious, but the Atlantic wolffish is not an endangered species, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced last week.
Global endangered species list grows
CBC.ca - Wed Nov 4, 2:35 pm ET
The International Union for Conservation of Nature is adding over 2,800 plants and animals to its 2009 Red List of endangered species.
Conservation groups teaming up
Sherwood Park News - Mon Nov 9, 11:27 pm ET
Seven conservation agencies in the province are teaming up to preserve 1,509 acres of ranch land in eastern Strathcona County's Cooking Lake Moraine Natural Area, an estimated $12 million conservation project.[...]
Indian crocodiles "video blog" for survival
People's Daily - Mon Nov 9, 9:19 pm ET
Call it video blogging for reptiles: conservationists are attaching cameras to the critically endangered Indian gharial, a crocodile-like creature, to understand more about its life in a bid to save it. Only about 1,000 gharials, who have a characteristically narrow snout, are believed to live in the wild in India's Chambal and Yamuna rivers. The species is almost extinct in several other ...
One in Five Mammals Threatened With Extinction
CommonDreams.org - Tue Nov 3, 5:21 pm ET
by Mark Henderson A fifth of the world's known mammals, a third of amphibians and reptiles and more than two thirds of plants are threatened with extinction, according to the latest "Red List" of endangered species. Of the 5,490 mammal species that have been identified by scientists, 79 are extinct or extinct in the wild, 188 are critically endangered, 449 are endangered and 505 are classed as ...