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The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife
2024-03-11 by in The ConversationBird flu is decimating species already threatened by climate change and habitat loss.
Just 131 shoots & game farms rear and release 6.2million pheasants
2024-03-05 in whoownsengland.orgImage: a pheasant rearing farm in Buckinghamshire. This post is by Guy Shrubsole; big thanks to Lewis Winks for GIS mapping skills. New official data that I've obtained via a Freedom of Information request shows that just 131 shoots and game farms are responsible for rearing and releasing a staggering 6.2 million pheasants in England.…
Tagged under: UK | Birds | Agriculture
Seal pup die-off from avian flu in Argentina looks 'apocalyptic'
2024-01-17 by in Popular ScienceThe highly contagious strain of bird flu is not spreading among humans, but it may in the future.
Tagged under: Argentina | Disease | Birds
African vultures declining at a critical rate | University of St Andrews news
2024-01-07 (or before) in University of St Andrews NewsBirds of prey in Africa experiencing population collapse, study finds
2024-01-04 in The GuardianSeveral species have vanished across swathes of the continent – and scientists say their disappearance holds unknown risks for humans
Tagged under: Collapse | Birds | Africa | Wildlife
Accelerating declines of North America’s shorebirds signal the need for urgent conservation action
2023-05-19 (or before) in Oxford AcademicAbstract. Shorebirds are declining to a greater extent than many other avian taxa around the world. In North America, shorebirds, along with aerial insectivores
Plants at risk of extinction as climate crisis disrupts animal migration
2022-01-13 in The GuardianHeating and habitat loss drive birds and mammals to cooler areas where plants can not follow, study shows
Tagged under: Birds
With Temperatures Rising, Can Animals Survive the Heat Stress?
2021-06-28 (or before) in Yale E360A growing number of studies show that warming temperatures are increasing mortality in creatures ranging from birds in the Mojave Desert, to mammals in Australia, to bumblebees in North America. Researchers warn that heat stress could become a major factor in future extinctions.
Tagged under: Birds
Pioneering rewilding project faces ‘catastrophe’ from plan for new houses
2021-03-21 in The GuardianStorks, butterflies and turtle doves could all suffer at the Knepp estate in West Sussex
Tagged under: Birds | Housing | Wildlife | Butterflies and Moths | Rewilding
Vast majority of Europe's key habitats in poor or bad condition – report
2020-10-19 in The GuardianState of Nature in the EU survey finds only a quarter of species have good conservation status
Tagged under: Farming | Birds | Fish | Wildlife | Trees
Trump administration moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections
2020-06-05 in PBS - Public Broadcasting ServiceThe Trump administration is moving forward with plans to scale back a century-old law protecting most American wild birds despite warnings that billions of birds could die.
Tagged under: Birds | Donald Trump
Huge ‘hot blob’ in Pacific Ocean killed nearly a million seabirds
2020-01-16 by Kenya Evelyn in The GuardianStudy finds common murres probably died of starvation after thousands of bodies washed up on North America’s Pacific coast
Tagged under: Oceans | Birds | Pacific Ocean | Wildlife
Slaughter of the songbirds: the fight against France's 'barbaric' glue traps
2019-11-30 in The GuardianFrench hunters claim ‘tradition’ justifies their exemption from EU rules. But with many species endangered, there is growing pressure for a ban
Tagged under: Birds | France | Wildlife
Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted since 1970
2019-10-03 by Damian Carrington in The GuardianQuarter of mammals and nearly half of birds assessed are at risk of extinction, says State of Nature report
Tagged under: Oceans | Farming | Agriculture | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss | Wildlife | Birds
Farne Islands seabirds in danger as heavy rain kills chicks
2019-06-27 in The GuardianNational Trust says species decline apparent as climate crisis brings more frequent destructive storms in summer
Tagged under: Birds | Wildlife
Climate crisis may be a factor in tufted puffins die-off, study says
2019-05-29 in The GuardianResearchers believe 3,150 to 8,500 birds starved in Bering Sea due to loss of prey species
Tagged under: Birds | Wildlife
UK will miss almost all its 2020 nature targets, says official report
2019-03-22 in The GuardianFailure to protect wildlife, cut pollution and increase funding have left nature in ‘deep crisis’
Tagged under: Birds | Wildlife
RSPB boss: Britain has one last chance to save endangered species
2018-08-18 in The GuardianRSPB boss warns of a devastating loss of wildlife if three new parliamentary bills do not rein in UK farming practices
Tagged under: Farming | Birds | Wildlife
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