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The Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED‘ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
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IUCN Species of the Day: Atlantic Sturgeon
Posted in Europe, IUCN Species of the Day, Oceans with tags Acipenser sturio, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animal Trafficking, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Atlantic Sturgeon, Biodiversity., captive breeding programme, caviar, channelization, CITES, Conservation, critically endangered, critically endangered fish, Current Events, Development, Dordogne Basin, Education, endangered fish, Endangered Species, Environment, erosion, Europe, European coastline, European fish, Extinction, fish, France, Garonne Basin, Gironde, Gironde basin, habitat degradation, habitat loss, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal fishing, illegal hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, killing, natal rivers, Nature, News, overfishing, overharvesting, poaching, pollution, river bank erosion, river channelization, river development, river systems, riverine habitat, sedimentation, silt, Society, spawning grounds, stop poaching, sturgeon caviar, sturgeon nursery haitat, sturgeon spawning grounds, sturgeons, vulnerable to overfishing, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, world's most threatened animal group on September 15, 2011 by Bush WarriorsIUCN Species of the Day: Tahiti Monarch
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., birds, black rat, botanical pest, captive breeding programme, Common Myna, Community, Conservation, critically endangered, critically endangered birds, Current Events, Education, endangered birds, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, habitat loss, hurricanes, introduced bird species, introduced birds, introduced predators, introduced species, invasive plants, Miconia calvescens, natural disasters, Nature, poaching, Pomarea nigra, rat control, Red-vented Bulbul, stop poaching, Tahiti, Tahiti Monarch, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on July 11, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Tahiti Monarch, Pomarea nigra, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Restricted to the west coast of Tahiti, this small flycatcher numbers fewer than 50 individuals – just 23 were counted in 2009. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Pinta Island Tortoise
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The Pinta Island Tortoise, Chelonoidis (nigra) abingdonii, is listed as ‘EXTINCT IN THE WILD’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. While there is some scientific disagreement as to whether the various Galapagos tortoises represent separate species or subspecies, all agree that Lonesome George is the last surviving individual of his kind.
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