Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• Kenya Wildlife Service Struggles to Stop Poaching

  

  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s wildlife authority said Tuesday it needs help to curb the escalation of killings of the country’s endangered elephants and rhinos... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• A Tar Sands Skirmish for Human & Animal Rights

  

  Kathleen Stachowski Other Nations Well I won’t back down, no I won’t back down. You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I won’t back down. ~Tom Petty ... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Giraffe-Killing Copenhagen Zoo Euthanizes 4 Lions

  

  The Copenhagen Zoo, which generated controversy by euthanizing a healthy giraffe last month to prevent inbreeding, has now euthanized four healthy lions. See... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 110 – Przewalski’s Horse

  

  “A horse is a thing of such beauty. . .none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor” Xenophon By the early part of the... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Urge Circus World to End Cruel Elephant Exhibits!

  

  Earlier this year, Circus World in Baraboo, Wisconsin, confirmed that it intends to put on a cruel and antiquated elephant act during its 2014 season. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Is This All Humans Are? Diminutive Monsters of Death and Destruction?

  

  George Monbiot: New research suggests that there was never a state of grace. We have always been the nemesis of the planet’s wildlife . . Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 10 Limitations on Progress in Ecology

  

  Charley Krebs: “Ecological science moves along slowly in its mission to understand how the Earth’s populations, communities, and ecosystems operate within the... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Urge Congress to Protect Conservation Funding! – Defenders of Wildlife

  

  The future of imperiled species and public lands rests heavily on our federal financial support decisions. But you can make a difference. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Bison and They Said Never Again

  

  Bison slaughters in Yellowstone over for season after almost 600 killed, removed Yellowstone announces end to 2014 bison slaughter following one-man blockade... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Oklahoma Rattled by 15 Earthquakes

  

  March 2014 – OKLAHOMA – The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded 15 earthquakes in Oklahoma since about 9:30 p.m. Friday, the largest being a magnitude 4.0. The... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Monster El Nino Emerging From the Depths: Nose of Massive Kelvin Wave Breaks...

  

  (A monster Kelvin wave, possibly more powerful than the 1997-98 event, is now rushing toward the surface of the Eastern Pacific. Image source: NOAA/ESRL.) We ar... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Stop Militaries’ World War on Animals!

  

  Only five NATO nations—Canada, Denmark, Norway, the U.S., and the U.K.—continue to use animals in these barbaric exercises. The Canadian military cuts apart... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Sea of Cortez: Conserving the World’s Aquarium

  

  Jacques Cousteau called it the “world’s aquarium”: a place of flying mobula rays, frolicking sea lions and colorful reef fish. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Target the Ring Leaders to Defeat Poaching

  

  Paula Kahumbu: Richard Leakey, founder of the Kenyan Wildlife Service, has called on President Kenyatta to declare a national emergency and take personal... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wolf Weekly Wrap-Up – Defenders of Wildlife Blog

  

  DeFazio leads 73 Members on bipartisan letter urging Interior Secretary Jewell to maintain critical gray wolf protections; wolf advocates bring strong oppositio... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wolf OR-7 Expedition

  

  The Wild Peace Wolf OR-7 Expedition is an adventure to celebrate the remarkable journey of an ordinary wolf named OR-7. Follow the adventure Spring 2014. . . . . Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Beauty and Fragility of Nature – Living with Fire (USGS) – YouTube

  

  A compilation of scenes taken out of the original version of the USGS film, Living with Fire, to produce the 11 minute final available on the web. The final …... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• STOP the Proposed Silurian Valley Wind/Solar Project!

  

  Dear Readers and friends of the California Desert, I need your help opposing the proposed Silurian Valley Solar/Wind Project which is slated for development... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Injunction Sought to Halt Unnecessary Caltrans Highway-widening Project in Remot...

  

  Caltrans Ignores Impacts to Smith River Canyon, Coho Salmon EPIC along with several other conservation groups filed for a preliminary injunction in federal cour... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wolf Peer Review Public Comment – Defenders of Wildlife

  

  Last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) formally proposed to remove federal Endangered Species Act protection for nearly all gray wolves throughout... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT