Best of our wild blogs: 4 Mar 09

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Antics of a bird trapper on the Bird Ecology Study Group blog Wildlife Of the Week: The Crimson SunBird on the Brandon Photography blog Crim...

Let us strive to be a bright green dot on the map

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Straits Times Forum 4 Mar 09; IT WAS reported recently that Singapore had improved its ranking last year in a climate change performance in...

'Worst cat mutilation case seen'

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SPCA offers $1,000 reward to nab culprit Teh Jen Lee, The New Paper 4 Mar 09; IT was the worst case of cat mutilation he had seen in his wo...

Papua New Guinea creates first conservation area

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Reuters 3 Mar 09; SINGAPORE, March 3 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainf...

Higher Penalty For Offences Against Wildlife in Malaysia

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Bernama 3 Mar 09; KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- The Wildlife Protection Act 1972 is to be amended to increase by between 10 and 30 tim...

Japanese fire up Malaysia's mangrove coal industry

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Varsha Tickoo, Reuters 4 Mar 09; KUALA SEPETANG, Malaysia (Reuters Life!) - A world away from Tokyo, Malaysians are toiling in baking heat ...

Dead dugong likely killed by fishing equipment

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Phuket Gazette 3 Mar 09; AO PANWA, PHUKET: An examination of a dead dugong found floating in Phang Nga Bay late last month suggests it died...

Sumatran tiger faces extinction as forest habitat shrinks

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Richard Lloyd Parry, Times Online 3 Mar 09; The Sumatran tiger is in danger of becoming the first major mammal to become extinct in the 21s...

Pangolins face worst threat in SE Asia: wildlife official

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Yahoo News 3 Mar 09; KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Pangolins face the worst threat from poachers and smugglers in Southeast Asia with inadequate pun...

The Big Question: Are shark attacks on the rise, and can anything be done about them?

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Steve Connor, The Independent 4 Mar 09; Why are we asking this now? There has been a spate of shark attacks on bathers swimming in Sydney, ...

Quarter of antelope species in danger of extinction

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IUCN 4 Mar 09; A quarter of all antelope species are threatened with extinction, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The...

Reintroduced golden eagle poisoned in Ireland

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Yahoo News 3 Mar 09; DUBLIN (AFP) – The Irish government said Tuesday it was considering banning poisoned baits following the death of a go...