Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Coal Company and the Great Barrier Reef

  

  A mega coal company wants to build the world’s biggest coal port at the heart of the pristine Great Barrier Reef, potentially damaging it forever – and it’s... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Save the Endangered Species Act From Corporate Polluters!

  

  About the Petition Right now the Endangered Species Act is under attack—and ferrets, gray wolves, and the more than 1,500 other plants and animals it... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Global Eco Crime Report

  

  Environmental Investigation Agency: Very good coverage by Nirmal Ghosh of yesterday’s Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime report. Organised... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Fish Are Sentient and Emotional Beings and Clearly Feel Pain

  

  Fish are Sentient Puffer Fish CC BY-SA 3.0 Brocken Inaglory Fish deserve better treatment based on data on their emotional lives Source: www.psychologytoday. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• See Rescued Elephant Sunder in His New Home

  

  The picture shows one of Sunder’s visitors. Congratulations to everyone who helped with the #FreeSunder campaign! It was an enormous effort with a wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• D-CON: the Poison That Keeps on Killing

  

  Earlier this month, my wife and I tried out a job as caretakers of a river front lodge in the heart of the Oregon Coast Range. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• WildLeaks – Wildlife Crime Stories

  

  Wildlife and Forest Crimes can be better understood in their complexity and disastrous effects through stories and case studies. Source: wildleaks. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• WildLeaks – Wildlife Crime Stories

  

  Wildlife and Forest Crimes can be better understood in their complexity and disastrous effects through stories and case studies. Here are the basic statistics... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Change: Historians Will Look Back and Ask ‘why Didn’t They Act?’

  

  Harvard historian Naomi Oreskes talks about her new book, which imagines that current inertia in the face of climate change will puzzle academics for centuries... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Debunking the Legal Trade Concept for Rhino Horn

  

  Visit the post for more. GR: Experts debunk the idea that legalizing the trade in rhino horns will lower cost, decrease demand, and end poaching. See on... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Japan Wants to Start Whaling Again: Here’s Why They Can Legally Do It

  

  Care2.com: “Japan’s Prime Minister has said that, despite a court order banning Japan’s whaling practices, the country will begin whaling again in the near... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Changes Needed to Help Mexican Wolves

  

  “Recently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed one very good and many very bad changes to the rules governing the Mexican wolf reintroduction. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• News – IUCN Red List Raises More Red Flags for Threatened Species

  

  “Almost 80% of temperate slipper orchids and over 90% of lemurs are threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatene... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Military-style Attacks in DRC Result in 68 Elephant Deaths

  

  Elephant Poaching in DRC “African Parks has intensified its anti-poaching efforts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to counter the poaching onslaught... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Global Protection Proposed for Sharks, Rays, Sawfish, Polar Bears and Lions –...

  

  Bonn, Germany, 13 June 2014 - “Some of the world’s most endangered species, many of them migratory, are facing unprecedented threats from climate change and... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• To Save Australia’s Mammals We Need a Change of Heart

  

  Twenty-nine Australian land mammals have become extinct over the last 200 years, and 56 are currently facing extinction. These losses and potential losses... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Zealand MPI to Be Principal Agency for Animal Welfare

  

  “To ensure a better overall response to adverse events the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management is currently updating the National Civil Defence... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Ghana: Endangered Species Near Extinction

  

  Monkeys carry their young ones to safety in the morning rain, while squirrels and other rodents flee across ravaged portions of Accra’s only forest reserve bein... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Hundreds of Scientists Sign Letter Urging Harper to Reject Northern Gateway...

  

  “Tuesday, June 3, 2014 (Dene Moore). VANCOUVER — A letter signed by hundreds of scientists from around the world is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Finland Becomes Latest Country to Unveil Climate Change Law

  

  Finland has become the latest country to announce a new climate change act, setting a legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT