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Saturday 24 October 2020
Richard Sheridan, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 14 months in prison.
Crayfish plague has been detected in eight other Irish rivers in the past four years.
A global refuge for angel shark remains in the Canary Islands.
The zoo is inviting the public to suggest names for the cubs.
At least 18 pygmy elephants have been killed in the region since April.
He was caught smuggling 14 rhino horns from Africa to Thailand.
Conservationists are calling it a “deliberate” attack.
The Earth’s species are dying out at more than 1,000 times the usual rate.
There were as little as 50 southern white rhinoceroses left in the wild in the early 1900s – now there are as many as 20,000.
It helps zookeepers monitor the animals’ health and well-being.
A quarter of the main land carnivores’ prey are now threatened themselves.
“Dried geckos are used as an aphrodisiac; monkey skeletons are used to treat general pain”.
Patrick Sheridan, from Rathkeale Co Limerick, illegally bought and sold tens of thousands of dollars worth of rhino horns.
George Bush posted 141 endangered animal specimens for sale online.
No matter the species.
Genetic databases, ultrasounds and frozen sperm – expensive, complicated… and it doesn’t always work.
The move, hailed by primatologists, would afford all chimpanzees protected status and affect their use in medical research.
It has emerged that the Tasmanian tiger – the last of which died in 1936 – was wiped out by human actions rather than an unknown disease.
The passing of this vote means that all sharks caught by EU vessels have to be landed intact.
Authorities are buying hundreds of kilos of fish a day for a colony of birds which has taken up residence at a seaport.
Prepare for a strong dose of cute…
What’s not to love about this giant of the hardwood giggling with a bear in his lap?
The Iberian lynx one of the world’s most endangered big cats, however new research shows the species has had very little genetic diversity for thousands of years.
Wildlife biologists announced today that there are no longer any wild populations of mountain lions in the eastern United States.
Misguided “Orang utan Weekend” promotion appears to link red-haired children with the endangered species.
A white tiger cub in an Indian zoo is baffling visitors.
WE’RE JUST OVER 10 days out from what has been called one of the most important US presidential elections ever.
The United States will vote on 3 November on whether to back four more years of a Donald Trump presidency or opt for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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