Photo credit: Dai Hurbert
Burnup’s Hunter Slug, Chlamydephorus burnupi, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
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IUCN Species of the Day: Burnup’s Hunter Slug
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Africa, agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Biodiversity., Burnup's Hunter Slug, Chlamydephorus burnupi, Community, Conservation, Current Events, deforestation, Drakensberg, Drakensberg foothills, Education, Endangered Species, endemic invertebrates, endemic slugs, endemic species, Environment, Extinction, forest habitat, forest invertebrates, forests, garden pests, habitat degradation, habitat loss, illegal, illegal timber harvesting, invasive plants, invasive species, killing, KwaZulu-Natal, leaf litter dweller, livestock, midlands, mist-belt Podocarpus forests, montane Podocarpus forests, Nature, overgrazing, pill millipedes, poaching, predatory slug, slugs, Society, South Africa, South African forests, threatened invertebrates, threatened slugs, timber extraction, vulnerable, wild fire, wildfire, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on September 9, 2011 by Bush WarriorsIUCN Species of the Day: Pale-Headed Brush-Finch
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Atlapetes pallidiceps, Biodiversity., birding, breeding success, Conservation, cowbirds, critically endangered, critically endangered birds, Current Events, Ecuador, Education, endangerd birds, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, habitat loss, habitat rehabilitiation, habitat restoration, human landscape modification, intensive habitat management, intensive management, introduced birds, introduced species, introduced species control, invasive cowbirds, invasive species, invasive species control, Molothrus bonariensis, Nature, Pale-Headed Brush-Finch, poaching, rediscovered species, restricted range, shiny cowbird, South America, stop poaching, thought to be extinct, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, Yunguilla Reserve on August 2, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Pale-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes pallidiceps, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Jamaican Iguana
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., Community, Conservation, critically endangered, critically endangered reptiles, Current Events, Cyclura collei, Education, endangered iguanas, endangered lizards, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, habitat loss, Hellshire Hills, iguana conservation, iguanas, illegal, introduced predators, introduced species, invasive species, Jamaica, Jamaican Iguana, mongoose, Nature, News, non-native mammalian predators, poaching, recovery programme, repatriation, stop poaching, urban development, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, world's rarest lizards on July 26, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Jamaican Iguana, Cyclura collei, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Cuvier’s Hutia
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., bushmeat, Community, Conservation, crop pest, Current Events, Cuvier's Hutia, deforestation, Dominican Republic, Education, endangered rodents, Endangered Species, endemic species, Environment, Extinction, feral cats, feral dogs, habitat loss, Haiti, Hispaniola, Hispaniolan Hutia, Human-Wildlife Conflict, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, introduced mongooses, introduced predators, introduced species, invasive species, killing, mongooses, Nature, News, Plagiodontia aedium, poaching, rats, stop poaching, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, wildlife persecution on July 18, 2011 by Bush Warriors
Photo credit: Eladio Fernandez
Cuvier’s Hutia, Plagiodontia aedium, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Mountain Pygmy-Possum
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags alpine habitat, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Australia, Australian Alps, Australian mammals, Biodiversity., Bogong Moth, Burramys parvus, bushfire, captive breeding programmes, climate change, Conservation, critically endangered, Culture, Current Events, depletion of prey base, Education, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, global warming, habitat loss, habitat restoration, illegal, introduced mammals, introduced predators, introduced species, invasive species, loss of prey, monitoring, Mountain Pygmy-Possum, National Recovery Plan, Nature, poaching, predator control, Research, ski industry, ski resorts, skiing, snow cover, stop poaching, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on July 4, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Mountain Pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
