Garry Rogers

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• Google Maps Charts the Frozen Home of the Polar Bear

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Polar bears may not have much use for pavement, but that didn’t stop Google Maps’ Street Vie... Read more

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

• Albania’s Hunting Ban: Birds and Mammals Get a Two-Year Break

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Vast numbers of European birds and other wildlife will be spared from illegal slaughter,... Read more

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

• Global Warming

  

  Slows Down Antarctica’s Coldest Currents A shift from briny to fresh in Antarctica’s ocean waters in recent decades could explain the shutdown of the Southern... Read more

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

• Platte River Sandhill Cranes: Enjoying North America’s Greatest Bird Spectacle

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Each year, more than 500,000 cranes congregate along 70 miles of Nebraska’s Platte River.... Read more

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

• Reasons to Love & Save the Asiatic Elephant. ~ Tanmay Sharma

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) One of the largest living mammals on the earth, the Asiatic Elephants are among the most... Read more

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

• “Kill ‘Em All Boyz” Are “Ethical Hunters” Once Again

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Ever since a friend sent me an article from back in 2006 about the poaching ring who gave... Read more

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

• Airgun Oil Exploration Wrongs Right Whales (East Coast, USA)

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) The U.S. government has given industry permission to use of lethally loud seismic devices... Read more

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

• World Wildlife Day

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Picture credit: CITES Secretariat ” On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United... Read more

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

• allAfrica.com: Uganda: Shoot Poachers On Sight – Museveni

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) Kaabong — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has given the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces... Read more

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

• Wildlife Extra News – New Forest Reserve for Philippines

  

  See on Scoop.it – Garry Rogers Nature Conservation News (#EcoSciFi) March 2014: An 80,000-acre reserve on Palawan Island in the Philippines is to be created by... Read more

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

• So Long Winter, See You in Nine Months Time

  

  After the Winter we have witnessed here in the United Kingdom, I think most would welcome a mammalian gestation period of calm before the rebirth of a Winter... Read more

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

• Shell Helps Endangered Forest Elephants In Gabon

  

  This blog entry might sound a little bit politically incorrect, but personally I have good experience of Shell. Saw in Swedish telly that Shell saved... Read more

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

• Don’t Care About Animal Welfare? Here’s Why You Should.

  

  Some folks are just crazy. I can’t think of another way to explain it. They cause untold suffering, while paying little or no consequences because of it.... Read more

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

• Saving More Than Just Snow Leopards

  

  By PETER ZAHLER and GEORGE SCHALLERFEB. 1, 2014 The cold and rugged mountains of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and China seem an unlikely place to find a... Read more

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

• The Extermination of the American Bison.

  

  The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Extermination of the American Bison, by William T. Hornaday This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with... Read more

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

• The Best News I Heard All Week!

  

  Oh Dog! Happy Oscars Sunday! And speaking of the Oscars, some shelter animals are gonna be mighty happy, thanks to some caring Oscar losers. WHAT? That’s... Read more

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

• The Gall Puzzle

  

  In a previous post I discussed some of the work of 17th century Italian scientist, Francesco Redi. Redi weighed against the notion that living things could... Read more

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

• Observations on Watching Wildlife

  

  Our recent trip to Uganda has led me to reflect a bit about the process and experience of wildlife watching. Back home in the UK, my approach usually centres... Read more

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

• Support Conservationists Fighting Wildlife and Forest Crimes

  

  Target: Andrea Crosta, WildLeaks project leader Goal: Commend environmental groups for creating the world’s first secure, online tool for reporting wildlife... Read more

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

• Help Save Rare Horseshoe Crabs

  

  Target: President Barack of the United States, Barack Obama Goal: Ask pharmaceutical industries to delay the harvesting of blood from horseshoe crabs, to keep... Read more

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