Endangered Species - Parks Victoria's Role, Definitions populations in Australia including cats, dogs, foxes, rabbits denote species thatare extinct, endangered, vulnerable, rare not located in the wild during the http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/education/endangered_species/ba3.htm
Extractions: The State of the Parks Report has been developed to gather statewide information to establish a baseline against which progress towards maintaining and improving the condition of these parks can be measured. Strategies can include: Working groups exist for specific issues such as kangaroo and koala population management. Some Facts 70% of all native vegetation has been lost or significantly modified in Australia since European settlement. As much land was cleared over the last 50 years as the previous 150 years. Native vegetation is being cleared at the rate of 600,000 hectares per year - about 12 times the size of Wilsons Promontory National Park. Australia has the world's worst record of animal extinctions. In the past 200 years we have lost 10 of the 144 species of marsupial and 8 of the 53 species of native rodent.
My Views On Ferret Legalization In California domestic ferret, unlike domestic cats and dogs, can not to become accustomed to livingin the wild. now federally and state listed endangered and threatened http://www.geocities.com/angelica_falconi/laws.htm
ENDANGERED In The Wild : North America of canine distemper brought by domestic dogs and coyotes 10 known blackfooted ferretsin the wild. listed as endangered when the endangered species Act (ESA http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_ferret.htm
Extractions: BLACK-FOOTED FERRET North America Unknown The rarest native mammal in the United States, the black-footed ferret is a short-legged, slender-bodied weasel. It measures just 1 1/2 feet (46 cm) nose to tail. This small carnivore once was widely distributed throughout the North American Great Plains from Alberta, Canada, south through the Rocky Mountains to the southwestern United States. The last wild black-footed ferrets were taken into captivity in 1987. Today, the ferrets have been reintroduced to a few limited areas in the state of Wyoming. The black-footed ferret is a nocturnal prowler whose fate is closely tied to that of the prairie dog. The ferret eats ground squirrels, mice, birds, and insects. It lives in burrows dug by prairie dogs, which also are its primary prey. A colony of prairie dogs 100 to 148 acres in size is necessary to support one ferret. Massive hunting and poisoning campaigns against the prairie dog, its main food source, caused the ferret to decline. Since the pioneers arrived on the Great Plains, ranchers and farmers have conducted an extensive campaign to get rid of prairie dogs, which were considered pests. Discovery of sylvatic plague in the colonies stepped up efforts to eliminate the prairie dogs. From 1900 to present, prairie dog populations plummeted to about 5 to 10 percent of their former numbers.
ENDANGERED In The Wild : Oceans Includes information about the appearance, length, weight, and diet.Category Kids and Teens School Time Leatherback Turtles Domestic dogs and pigs, which accompany human settlement, also are Can you think ofany other endangered species in a or hinder the survival of wild sea turtles http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_turtle.htm
Extractions: LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE Global Oceans Unknown Once a male leatherback sea turtle struggles from its egg and makes its way to the sea as a 4-inch (10 cm) hatchling, it may never again return to land during its 80-year lifetime. Although they are air-breathing animals born on land, leatherbacks, like all sea turtles, spend their lives in the ocean. Females return to land only to lay their eggs. The leatherback is the largest sea turtle. It can grow up to 6.5 feet (2 m) long and weigh 1,400 pounds (636 kg). The leatherback gets its name from its shell, which is like a thick leathery skin, with the texture of hard rubber. It is a circumglobal species, meaning that it can range throughout almost all the oceans of the world. It nests on tropical beaches in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Once abundant throughout the world's oceans, all eight species of sea turtles are now threatened or endangered. Leatherback populations have plummeted in recent years. In the 1980s the worldwide population was estimated at nearly 100,000. Breeding
Conservation Of The Wild Ancestors Of Domestic Animals populations of New Guinea singing dogs (Canis lupus Although the wild boar is notgenerally threatened genetic integrity of its most endangered subspecies, Sus http://www.uga.edu/srel/Reprint/2004.htm
Extractions: The genetic resources embodied in the wild ancestors and long-term, free-living feral counterparts of common domestic animals may be one of the least understood and underappreciatcd components of the world's wildlife biodiversity. Whereas other endangered and threatened species, such as pandas, rhinos, and gorillas, attract worldwide conservation attention and concern, the last remaining genetically pure populations of those species that gave rise to the common domestic animals, which helped form and still sustain human civilization, may be slipping into oblivion without an active conservation advocacy. Canis lupus dingo ), which likely represent the most primitive living form of the domestic dog-wolf complex (Brisbin et al. 1994). Although the wild boar is not generally threatened as a species, the genetic integrity of its most endangered subspecies, Sus scrofa rittkiuanus of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, is now similarly threatened by hybridization with escaped or introduced domestic, feral, or hybrid pigs that have been brought to its island habitats for the farming of "wild pig" meat (Oliver 1993).
Extractions: Black-footed ferrets hunt prairie dogs at night, but occasionally they are active above ground during the day. In search of prey, they move along in loping bounds from one burrow to the next. [US FWS Line Art by Robert Savannah] Photograph (39.3 K image) [US FWS Photograph By Rick Krueger] Biologists consider black-footed ferrets to be the most endangered mammal in the United States. Recently, however, thanks to aggressive captive-breeding and reintroduction programs, much progress has been made toward recovering the ferret population. Black-footed ferrets are members of the weasel family (Mustelidae), a distinction they share with weasels, martens, fishers, otters, minks, wolverines and skunks. Larger than weasels, black-footed ferrets are long, slender-bodied animals similar in size to a mink. They are characterized by a brownish-black mask across the face, a brownish head, black feet and legs, and a black tip on the tail. Ferrets' short, buff-colored fur becomes lighter on the underside of their bodies. The middle of the back has brown-tipped guard hairs that create the appearance of a dark saddle. Black-footed ferrets may look like the ferrets found in pet stores but they are actually a different species. Both belong to the weasel family but ferrets sold as pets evolved in Europe, while endangered black-footed ferrets evolved in North America.
Conservation This decline in prairie dogs and their in the reintroduction of ferrets into thewild. the species, eg, extinct, endangered, threatened, regionally threatened http://oz.plymouth.edu/~lts/conservation/Endangered/ferret.html
Extractions: Black-footed ferret Briefly describe the biology of the species. The black footed ferret is the only ferret native to North America. This secretive, nocturnal mammal is almost always found in prairie dog burrows, which the ferret uses for protection from predators, shelter, a place to eat, and a place to breed and raise young. Prairie dogs make up over 90% of the ferretís diet. Female ferrets have one litter of 1-5 kits per year. The kits are born helpless and blind, but are fully grown and independent by that fall. Male ferrets do not assist females with raising the young. Wild ferrets usually live 4-5 years. Describe the geographic range of the species. The ferret was formerly widespread throughout the Great Plains in short-grass prairie. The last known wild population was in Wyoming. Prairie dogs, which the ferret depends upon for survival, currently occupy just 2% of their former range. This decline in prairie dogs and their habitat is an important consideration in the reintroduction of ferrets into the wild. Describe the status of the species, e.g., extinct, endangered, threatened, regionally threatened, locally threatened, etc.
New Conservation Center To Breed Endangered Ferrets footed ferret and reclassify it from endangered to threatened about 1,350 ferretswere released into the wild. free colonies of blacktailed prairie dogs remain http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/pressrel/01-33.htm
Extractions: Mike Lockhart 307-721-8805 NEW CONSERVATION CENTER TO BREED ENDANGERED FERRETS The heart of the conservation center, located along Interstate 25 in Fort Collins, Colorado, will be its captive breeding facility, part of the national black-footed ferret recovery program. Without a captive breeding program, black-footed ferrets would have become extinct in the late 1980s. The last known individuals in the wild were trapped in Wyoming and placed in captivity to save the species in 1986 and 1987. The new National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center will replace a smaller center currently located in Sybille Canyon, Wyoming, and provide an expanded outdoor area more closely simulating natural conditions. Raising captive-bred ferrets using techniques that mimic their wild environment has proven critical to improving their survival rate after release. "The conservation center, and the recovery program as a whole, represent what can be accomplished when government agencies and private organizations come together for the common purpose of protecting a species," said Ralph Morgenweck, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Mountain-Prairie Region. "The success of our black-footed ferret recovery program so far has truly been the result of this cooperative effort. All those involved should be applauded for their contributions."
Welcome To Korea Customs Sercvice dogs that have been in Central and South America pose a special health Under theConvention on International Trade in endangered species of wild Fauna and http://www.customs.go.kr/eng/PRBS141.htm
Extractions: The Korea Customs Service is concerned with the importation, trade, sale, and taking of wildlife and with protecting endangered species, both plant and animals. Some wildlife species of dogs, cats, turtles, reptiles, and birds, although imported as pets, may be listed as endangered. Endangered and threatened animal and plant wildlife, migratory birds, marine mammals, and certain injurious wildlife may not be imported without special government permits. All birds and animals must be imported under humane and healthful conditions. The Korean regulations require that careful arrangements be made with the carrier for suitable cages, space, ventilation, and protection from the elements. Cleaning, feeding, watering, and other necessary services must be provided. Under the Livestock Epidemics Prevention and Control Act, the Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for setting the standards concerning the transportation, handling, care, and treatment of animals.
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High Country News Zoology professor David Wasser uses dogs to sniff out bear scat but decides not tolist it as endangered yet The Alliance for the wild Rockies has launched the http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.ArchiveBySubject?subject=Endangered Species&cate
Glossary dogs and ferrets do not depend on people, they are wild. Stray cats and dogs usuallylive in towns and cities Vulnerable species, The species isn't endangered yet http://www.kcc.org.nz/glossary.htm
Extractions: Glossary Here's a list of words and terms that are good to know when you are studying native animals, the environment and conservation. The words are in alphabetical order. Breed To produce more of a species. Animals have babies and plants produce seeds or spores. Captivity To be kept in a cage, pen or building, not in the wild. Conservation To protect, and manage carefully. To keep from change, loss or injury. Critically Endangered Species Numbers are very low and unless the species receives special attention they will become extinct. A critically endangered species needs to be kept safe from predators, like rats and cats and weeds. They often need to be moved to safe places and given help to reproduce. Domestic Animal They are pets living in homes with people. Domestic pets depend on people for food and shelter, but may still hunt because it is their natural instinct. Ecosystem A natural community of animals and plants which interact with each other and the environment around them. Endangered Species There are low numbers of a species and it will become critically endangered if the species does not breed successfully. Endangered species are very vulnerable to habitat destruction and pests. They may need to be moved to safe places to be able to reproduce.
WWF US: Endangered Spaces - Global 200 Habitats Of The Earth And Ocean is working to protect wild salmon threatened by mining about how to protect this endangeredspecies and its Tracking Africa's wild dogs wild dogs once roamed http://www.worldwildlife.org/global200/spaces.cfm?sectionid=207&newspaperid=20
Endangered Species Images From Optilearn Red Wolf Canis rufus This endangered species is smaller Northern wild Monkshood Northernwild monkshood Aconitum prairie and very many prairie dogs are needed http://eelink.net/EndSpp.old.bak/Optilearn.html
Animal Facts In 1998, there were 56.8 million dogs and 71.3 and gunning of nearly one million wildanimals and all large mammal species are threatened or endangered in the http://www.animalliberationfront.com/animal_facts.htm
National Geographic News: Animals & Nature difference between wolves that remained wild and wolves CrisisResponse dogs OfferComfort After Tragedy those federally designated as endangered or threatened http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/animals_05.html
Extractions: India's often-feared snake species have no voice of their own, but they do have at least one energetic and determined protector. For over a decade, animal welfare activist Snehal Bhatt has championed the cause of India's reptile residents, teaching her fellow citizens how to save both themselves and the snakes. This story airs on the National Geographic Channel. GO Four-Winged Dinosaurs Found in China, Experts Announce Paleontologists in China have discovered the fossil of a four-winged dinosaur with fully developed feathers on all its limbs. The new species provides more evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and could help answer the question of how a group of ground-dwelling flightless dinosaurs evolved to a feathered animal capable of flying. GO U.K. Fly Fishers Left in Knots by Mayfly Collapse
African Wildlife Foundation: News And Headlines But African wild dogs are a globally endangered species. the remnant populationof perhaps 75 wild dogs in Kajiado The wild dogs survival as a species http://www.awf.org/news/10502
Extractions: AWF and Disney Partner to Save Wild Dogs 16 December 2002 They can run down antelopes under 100 pounds. Large packs have been known to take zebras and even elands. But African wild dogs are a globally endangered species. Now the Walt Disney Company Foundation and the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund are supporting an African Wildlife Foundation study that will lead to a better understanding of a remnant wild dog population in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania - and will help promote coexistence with local Maasai pastoral communities. Only 3,000 to 5,000 wild dogs are thought to remain in Africa. They are so rare that elephants now outnumber the continents wild dogs by almost 100 to one. Several years ago, an AWF-funded project confirmed the remnant population of perhaps 75 wild dogs in Kajiado district in the Kilimanjaro Heartland. This small but important group may represent a third of Kenyas entire wild dog population. The wild dogs survival as a species is threatened by habitat loss, disease and competition. Deliberate or accidental killing by people is also a major barrier to the species recovery. Conservationists have been at a loss to respond to the problem because they can offer farmers few alternatives to killing the troublesome wild dogs.
EcoISP.com Switch Now And Save The Earth While You Surf! as food sources like prairie dogs and ground few swift foxes remain in wild populationsscattered The Turner endangered species Fund (TESF) has undertaken the http://www.ecoisp.com/species6.asp
ESPN NBA.com NHL.com RPM ABC EXPN Insider Shop foxes are listed as a threatened species in South efforts to give federal Endangeredspecies Act protection smallest of North America's wild dogs, weighing up http://espn.go.com/outdoors/conservation/news/2002/0103/1305135.html
Extractions: The Turner Endangered Species Fund has asked the state's Animal Industry Board to allow for the release of the threatened animal on Turner's ranch in Stanley and Jones counties. The Turner group wants to release 180 swift foxes in the next several years. The animals, about the size of house cats, would be trapped in Wyoming and moved to South Dakota. "It makes sense to try to advance recovery of this important and imperiled component of South Dakota's natural history," said Mike Phillips, director of the Turner fund, a private, nonprofit charity founded in 1997 to help threatened and endangered species. Swift foxes once were common from Canada to Texas and from Montana to Minnesota. The disappearance of prairies and accidental trapping, shooting and poisoning under programs aimed at wolves and coyotes have contributed to the animal's decline. Also, food sources such as prairie dogs and ground squirrels have fallen in number. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 1995 that the swift fox needed protection under the Endangered Species Act but the agency has not had the resources to pursue it.
