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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 IUCN Species of the Day, Oceans, Europe with tags News, Education, Nature, Environment, Current Events, Society, killing, illegal, poaching, wildlife, Animal Trafficking, Conservation, Endangered Species, Animals, Anti Poaching, Extinction, Animal Rights, illegal hunting, Illegal Animal Trade, CITES, Illegal Wildlife Trade, stop poaching, Europe, critically endangered, habitat loss, fish, Development, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, wildlife blog, pollution, wildlife blogs, animal blog, animals blog, animal blogs, Biodiversity., habitat degradation, overfishing, illegal fishing, sedimentation, endangered fish, captive breeding programme, France, overharvesting, caviar, spawning grounds, riverine habitat, critically endangered fish, erosion, Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, sturgeons, world's most threatened animal group, European fish, European coastline, Gironde, Gironde basin, Garonne Basin, Dordogne Basin, vulnerable to overfishing, sturgeon caviar, channelization, river channelization, silt, river bank erosion, river systems, sturgeon spawning grounds, sturgeon nursery haitat, river development, natal rivers on September 15, 2011 by Bush WarriorsIUCN Species of the Day: Cave Catfish
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags News, Culture, Education, Nature, Community, Environment, Current Events, Society, Africa, killing, illegal, poaching, wildlife, Animal Trafficking, Conservation, Endangered Species, Animals, Anti Poaching, Extinction, Animal Rights, Illegal Animal Trade, CITES, Illegal Wildlife Trade, Drought, Namibia, stop poaching, Sustainability, critically endangered, habitat loss, desert, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, animal blog, animals blog, animal blogs, Biodiversity., southern Africa, caves, endangered fish, catfish, aquarium trade, water supply, Cave Catfish, critically endangered fish, cave fish, Clarias cavernicola, Aigamas Cave, cave pools, water extraction, unsustainable water use, arid, cave habitat, cave animals on July 28, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Cave Catfish, Clarias cavernicola,, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED‘ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Oreochromis karonga
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Africa, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animal Trafficking, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., captive breeding, chambo, chambo fish, chambos, CITES, Community, Conservation, Culture, Current Events, diet, Education, endangered fish, endangered freshwater fish, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, freshwater fish, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, killing, Lake Malawi, loose shoals, Malawi, mouthbrooder, Nature, Oregochromis karonga, over-fishing, over-harvesting, overfishing, poaching, stop poaching, subsistence hunting, susbsistence fishing, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on July 25, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Oreochromis karongae, Oreochromis karongae is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
