Four Javan rhinos, among the Earth’s most endangered species — and possibly the rarest mammal — have been captured on a motion-activated camera deep inside Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park. The two adults and two calves were caught on two separate videos taken in December and released this week by the World Wildlife Fund.
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The recent intense two-week meeting on trade in endangered species has been described as a failure in many newspapers and blogs, principally because member countries could not reach an agreement on new trade measures to protect certain marine species. (more…)
Please share this video about efforts in Nairobi National Park to care for a group of black rhino before sending them off to protected parks. (Video opens in new window).
More than 90 per cent of all rhino species have already been wiped out. We must act now before it’s too late. Join our campaign to save these endangered species from extinction.
Illiegal hunting and habitat destruction has decimated African lion populations by 80 to 90 per cent in the past 30 years.
The African Lion & Environmental Research Trust (ALERT) works with all sectors of society throughout Africa to promote the development of sustainable conservation management plans for the African lion (Panthera leo); collaboratively developing and implementing African solutions to African challenges.
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Say “no” to tiger farms and help save tigers from extinction
There are fewer than 3,200 wild tigers left on the planet. Click here to join the campaign to save these magnificent creatures from extinction.
Save Tigers Now is a global campaign by World Wildlife Fund and Leonardo DiCaprio. Our goal is to build political, financial and public support to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger.
By Leonardo DiCaprio and Carter S. Roberts
Tigers have long provoked awe in the human imagination, becoming symbols of untamed nature whose “fearful symmetry,” in the words of William Blake, has inspired everything from art to advertising. In the wild, however, tigers are on the verge of disappearing.
A century ago, some 100,000 tigers roamed the wilderness across much of Asia. But 100 years of human overhunting of tigers’ prey, such as deer and wild pigs, and of poaching driven by demand for tigers’ skins and other body parts has been catastrophic. As few as 3,200 tigers remain, living in only 7 per cent of their original natural habitat. (more…)
Illegal hunting and poaching of tigers has driven these magnificent predators to the verge of extinction. Watch this slideshow to learn more about what actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as the World Wildlife Fund, are doing to save tigers from extinction. Then join our global campaign to Save Tigers Now.
Rhino poaching in southern Africa has escalated to horrific levels. The 2010 death toll is higher than the three previous years combined, with 20 rhinos being poached every month. Earth-Touch has put together a short video that highlights this shocking reality. We need to raise awareness and gather funds to strengthen anti-poaching units. If you would like to get involved, visit Stop Rhino Poaching and join the community, or CLICK HERE to join our campaign.
