Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Obama Urged to Sanction Mozambique Over Elephant, Rhino Poaching

  

  Environmentalists are formally urging President Barack Obama to enact trade sanctions on Mozambique over the country’s alleged chronic facilitation of elephant... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Study Shows That Migration Flyways and Winter Destinations of Sparrows Are...

  

  “A new paper by Dr. Jeremy Ross from the University of Oklahoma describes the use of tiny devices strapped to birds’ backs called geolocators, which capture... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Montana Department of Livestock Proves Once Again That Only Livestock Owners Hav...

  

  Despite an executive order signed by Governor Steve Bullock on May 22 that restricts Montana Department of Livestock agents from entering “private property... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Smuggled Elephant Ivory Price Triples

  

  The price of ivory taken from African elephants slaughtered for their tusks has tripled in the past four years in China, the world’s biggest market,... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Animal Bill of Rights

  

  Each Fourth of July in the United States, we celebrate our freedom and our independence—our legal “rights” are a point of pride. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Just One Road Can Destroy a Forest

  Roadfree.org “The international community is engaged in a race to halt biodiversity loss and reduce carbon emissions caused by deforestation. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Great Barrier Reef ‘whale Zones’ Proposed to Reduce Deadly Ship Strikes

  

  Conservationist urge boat speed limits as report reveals whales suffering propeller lacerations, blunt trauma and severed spines. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Take Action to Protect Wildlife

  

  “The “Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014″ is harmful to wildlife and natural areas in many ways, and would force local land managers to give priority to... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Stop the Execution of Siberian Wolves

  

  Here is the link to sign the Siberian Wolf petition to the Parliament of Latvia requesting an end to wolf killing. Source: wiwildlifeethic. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Director : Daniel M. Ashe: USFWS.: Ban Endangered African Animal Trophy Imports...

  

  Stop Corey Knowlton now! Sign the petition to the Fish and Wildlife Service. Corey Knowlton has been granted permission for the hunt by Namibia ; United States... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• I Didn’t Care About Climate Change Until I Visited Greenland

  

  I was speechless. At the end of the Greenland journey, we all wanted to commit to doing something. No one person alone can convince governments to price... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Friends of the Earth Petition to Lowe’s to Stop Pesticide Sales

  

  Home Depot responded to our Valentine’s Day wishes, and we are now in dialogue with the company. This is a critical step in the right direction, and we are... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Tests Find Bee-killing Pesticides in 51% of “bee-friendly” Plants from Garde...

  

  Washington, D.C. – “Many “bee-friendly” home garden plants sold at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have been pre-treated with... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Sentience in Plants: Plants Respond to Sound of Chewing Caterpillars

  

  Plants Hear and Respond Caterpillars on a Grape Leaf “Previous studies have suggested that plant growth can be influenced by sound and that plants respond to... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• World’s Oceans Filling with Plastic

  

  At least 88 percent of the surface of the world’s open oceans is polluted by plastic debris, says a new scientific report. The findings raise large concerns of... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Tell Congress to Protect Your Right to Know: Oppose the DARK Act; Don’t Hide Foo...

  

  The Grocery Manufacturers Association, along with allies like Monsanto and Dow, have teamed up with Koch-backed Congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas to introduce... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Hot Arctic Water, High Pressure Domes Pushing Sea Ice Toward New Record Lows

  

  It doesn’t take much to shove Arctic sea ice toward new record low values these days. Human caused climate change has made it easy for all kinds of weather... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New York Mets Smitten with Meatless Meat

  

  “According to recent reports by The Wall Street Journal, the superstar plant-based company Beyond Meat is reaching out to the New York Mets, in hopes of... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Pipeline Proponents Consider Explosives in Ocean to Scare Whales from Potential...

  

  June 29th, 2014 (Stanley Tromp). The proponents of two controversial pipelines to British Columbia’s coast say they would consider deploying underwater... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Why Animal Rights?

  

  Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. Many of us bought our beloved “pets” at pet shops, had guinea pigs, and... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT