Garry Rogers

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• Why Are We So Afraid to Talk About Human Population?

  

  (Reblogged from ALERT) When it comes to the environment, human population is the 900-pound gorilla in the corner. I know this from first hand–I once got into ho... Read more

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

• Tanzania: Smarter Anti-Poaching Drive On Horizon

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Photo by c-puff.deviantart.com. allAfrica: “PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has said that the area... Read more

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

• Great Backyard Bird Count Top 10 Lists

  

  It’s time to put the exclamation point at the end of another exciting, record-breaking Great Backyard Bird Count with a look at how this GBBC stacked up by the... Read more

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

• Good News for Animals in Nepal: A Full Year Without Poaching

  

  Last year more than 700 wildlife criminals were arrested in Nepal, thanks to a multilayered system of information gathering, enforcement, and swift justice.... Read more

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

• MoveOn Petitions – Oppose HB4226 – The Legalization of Bobcat Hunting in Illinois

  

  Oppose HB4226 – The Legalization of Bobcat Hunting in Illinois Petition by Jennifer Kuroda To be delivered to The Illinois State House Bobcat hunting was... Read more

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

• Tell Congress – The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS)

  

  Founded in 1883, the American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) is the first non-profit animal advocacy and educational organization in the United States dedicate... Read more

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

• Long-Term Warming Likely to Be Significant Despite Recent Slowdown

  

  A new NASA study shows Earth’s climate likely will continue to warm during this century on track with previous estimates, despite the recent slowdown in the rat... Read more

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

• “Dolphin Asks Diver for Help, Diver Lends a Hand.” Video

  

  Man helps Dolphin: it’s poignant when the barrier of language falls away, we are left looking into the eyes of a sentient being… It is interesting how trustin... Read more

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

• Arctic Heat Drives Sea Ice Back Into Record Low Territory At Top of Melt Season

  

  (Record low sea ice cover on March 10, 2014 a time that typically features sea ice maximum. Note that all basins show sea ice area and extent below the,... Read more

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

• Killing Wolves: A Hunter-Led War Against Science and Willdife

  

  **Photo courtesy of Tim Springer.Wednesday, March 5, 2014″”We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized... Read more

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

• How To Kill A Wolf: An Undercover Report from the Idaho Coyote and Wolf Derby

  

  This is a much-needed expose on what wolves are being subjected to in the worst of the worst wolf killing state of Idaho. Four brave souls went undercover to... Read more

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

• Enforce Animal Protection Laws… – The Petition Site

  

  Civil servant Kim Sung-hee was devastated when the new puppy she brought home from a pet shop passed… (193 signatures on petition) See on www.thepetitionsite.co... Read more

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

• New Bird Flu Outbreak in Korea; 500,000 Chickens Culled | Food Poisoning Bulletin

  

  A new H5N8 bird flu outbreak in Korea has led to the culling of 500,000 chickens. See on foodpoisoningbulletin.com Share this:MoreGoogle+ Garry RogersLike... Read more

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

• A Glimmer of Hope for Canadian Pigs | Animal Legal Defense Fund

  

  Last Thursday, Canada’s National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) released the new Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs. Though the new Code... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Japan To Half Its Tuna Catches In Northern Pacific

  

  The Fisheries Agency has decided to increase protection for bluefin tuna amid international concerns about declining stocks, according to major media,... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Is Fukushima Radiation Posing a Threat to Fish Caught off the B.C. Coast?

  

  After a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, triggering meltdowns at three reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, public... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Zimbabwe Rhino Poaching Drops In 2013, 750 Animals Remain

  

  Environmental Investigation Agency: “Zimbabwe rhino poaching drops in 2013, but only 750 remain. See on havehest.wordpress.com Share this:MoreGoogle+ Garry... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Idaho Sage Grouse Decision Looms

  

  Don’t Let Idaho Wolf Management Become a Distraction from Idaho’s Sage Grouse Management Reblogged from article by Ken Cole in The Wildlife News “With all of th... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Illegal Logging in DRC Continues

  

  Illegal Logging in the DRC One year after the publication of a Greenpeace Africa report on the situation of the logging sector in Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wanted: People to Knit Jumpers for Penguins

  

  A conservation group is calling on knitting enthusiasts to donate small woolly jumpers for sick penguins. See on metro.co.uk Share this:MoreGoogle+ Garry... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT