Garry Rogers

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• The Mauritius Kestrel is a Scrappy Bird but Will It Survive Humans? –...

  

  The Mauritius kestrel, once “the world’s rarest bird,” was a conservation success story. But their troubles aren’t over, thanks to habitat loss. Luckily, they... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Any Way You Look at It: Vegetarians Live Longer – MFA Blog

  

  A recent article published by “Time” details seven different ways in which vegetarians are poised for longer, healthier lives than their meat-eating... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness

  

  * Believing that non-human consciousness exists is like believing the Earth orbits the Sun. Oliver The Cambridge Declaration summarizes and affirms non-human... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Baby Animals and Their Nursing Mothers Are Living (and Dying) in Horror at UK Lab

  

  An undercover investigation conducted by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection has exposed a world of nightmares for companion animals who are born... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Earth Our Home Too : Parrots

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) The parrot is a medium sized group of birds, with the parrot being best known for it’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Concern Over Decline Of World’s Rarest Sea Lion

  

  Wellington, March 6 (IANS) New Zealand’s expanding fishing activities were again under fire Thursday with falling numbers reported of yet another of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Whither the Hunter/Conservationist?

  

  By George Wuerthner On March 5, 2014 Many hunter organizations like to promote the idea that hunters were the first and most important conservation advocates.... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Sixth Extinction: Earth is on the Brink of Another Massive Loss of Animal...

  

  Earth is on the brink of a sixth mass extinction – and this time the calamity isn’t an asteroid or a cold snap There have been five mass extinction events in... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• A Faustian Bargain on the Short Road to Hell: Living in a World at 480 CO2e

  

  On the highway to a smokestack hell, Faust met a devil who said to him: “Give me all your tomorrows, all your children and all your children’s children, and I... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Sportsmen Donate $15,000 to Wildlife Services

  

  The Montana Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife recently contributed $15,000 to the federal agency focused on reducing damage to livestock caused by coyotes and... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• CEO Note: State Shark Fin Bans Protected

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Late last year, I wrote to you about how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Miranda Cosgrove Stars in New Oceana PSA to Save Dolphins

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Atlantic dolphins are in danger, and Miranda Cosgrove needs your help to save them. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Save Bird Sanctuary from Becoming a Garbage Dumping Ground by PMC

  

  Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is one of the lone and Oldest bird sanctuary in Pune. And the 20-acre park is been used as a dumping ground for garbage from... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Australian Native Animals Are Being Left to Die/hunters Return to Forests

  

  Native animals are being left to die a lingering and painful death as hunters return to state forests JANET FIFE-YEOMANS The Daily Telegraph March 04, 2014... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Hope for Madagascar?

  

  I recently posted here about signs of improvement in the political shambles that has passed for government in Madagascar over the past five years. My article wa... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Likelihood of Extreme Weather For Some Regions Increases by 500% Through Early...

  

  Heat overburden at the roof of our world. It’s a dangerous signal that the first, worst effects of human-caused climate change are starting to ramp up. And... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Dolphins ‘should Be Recognised as Non-human Persons’

  

  Dolphins and whales are so intelligent that they should be recognised as “non-human persons” and given their own bill of rights, researchers claim. By Nick... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Australia’s (latest) War on the Environment

  

  Yes, the signs were there, but they weren’t clandestine messages written in the stars or in the chaos of tea-leaf dregs. We saw this one coming, but... Read more

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

• Volunteer Opportunities in AZ

  

  AZ Volunteers Great opportunities for a little outdoor work this spring. Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona conducts trail building and habitat restoration projects... Read more

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

• Is Outdoor Observation Still Relevant for Nature Conservation?

  

  Nature Conservation Needs More Observers Ben Kilham argues that simple observations are still an important component of conservation science. Read more

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