Sentences with phrase «endangered population of»

The calf belongs to a critically endangered population of beluga whales.

Grupo Tortuguero is a grass - roots conservation organization working to protect and advocate for endangered populations of sea turtles.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Operation Jairo II campaign, defends endangered populations of turtles...

Critically endangered populations of hammerhead and oceanic white tip sharks have plummeted by 70 % and 99 % in the North Atlantic respectively according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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That is, Druckenmiller can clue you to the shocking truth about your self - interest, which to defend you will need to vote Republican at all state and national levels of government, at least until the population of the endangered species Fiscally Conservative Democrat rebounds sufficiently.

Thus has life been endangered not only for the poor, but for all sectors of the human population and for many of the creatures with which we share the earth.

Allowing free access to contraceptives doesn't endanger our population, it allows families to have a number of children that they know they can support, families with more can support more, and there is nothing stopping them.

Throughout the essays are scattered references to everything from ozone depletion to recycling strategies to the effects of American pet shops on the population of parrots in New Guinea — and recommendations of particular courses of action: Aeschliman's commendation of conservancy strategies, for instance, through which churches purchase endangered land to ensure preservation.

In addition, not that many people are affected by the lie — less than five percent of the population — so it's not important enough to endanger Obama care.

The most passionate argument in the book, in a chapter on declining Jewish population, pleads that, after the Holocaust, Jews are an endangered species, deserving protection and enhancement for the sake of diversity, like the bald eagle: «You have friends who work to rescue endangered animal and plant species, so you know why this matters.»

In February 2015, a sub-population of Murray hardyhead were translocated to this site from the South Australian Riverland, as part of ongoing efforts by several agencies to restore the population of this endangered fish species.

That they are endangered in many places in Central America, but Belize has the healthiest population of jaguars in the region because Belize has so much intact forest; there is a habitat for them.

There is ample evidence that the combination of stockmen and federal poisoners has already succeeded in eliminating certain animal populations and endangering others.

The Baltimore Checkerspot, Regal Fritillary, Silver - bordered Fritillary, and Swamp Metalmark are just a few of the species that have benefited from the Nature Museum's pioneering work to bolster populations of rare and endangered butterflies native to the region.

Through the Blanding's Turtles Restoration Project, the Nature Museum is committed to restoring the population of this endangered, native species and help reestablish ecological balance to the area.

The belugas are part of an endangered population that is the focus of a binational conservation effort that includes Shedd Aquarium.

The awardee is Carolyn Mostello, a coastal waterbird specialist for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (Mass Wildlife) who has devoted her career to restoring populations of federally endangered roseate terns and other island nesting species in Buzzards Bay.

Many of the projects focus on endangered or threatened species, or those that have declining populations.

The campaign aims to help the endangered animals in their homeland, educate the public about the damage ivory consumption does to elephant populations and secure a moratorium on ivory trading in the U.S., the world's second largest importer of ivory.

The species was assessed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2009 after more than two decades of population studies indicated that its numbers had plummeted by more than 99 percent over three generations.

Entergy, the plant's owner, has a history of quickly responding to charges the facility isn't safe or would endanger the high - density population that lives within meltdown range.

The study, published today in the online journal PeerJ, will be available to federal and state wildlife agencies for their consideration to determine whether distinct geographic population segments of the coastal marten warrant state or federal listing as threatened or endangered, said Katie Moriarty, a certified wildlife biologist and lead co-author on the study.

and the Endangered Species Act protects nine West Coast populations of chinook salmon.

The variation between eastern diamondback populations could provide crucial information to authorities managing the conservation of this species, which is in decline and under consideration for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

In a paper published in Mammal Review, the researchers crucially also found no evidence of infection in current populations of captive gibbons — an endangered species — and no evidence that the virus is still a threat.

Jeff Whitworth, associate professor of entomology, says endangered bee populations can be revived through simple practices like growing native plants.

Ultimately, the application will be limited — just selected populations of prairie dogs that are either in ferret territory or endangered themselves, such as the Utah prairie dog (C. parvidens).

These insults have whittled their population down 90 percent of its level from 45 years ago and put the species on the critically endangered list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

«We have started cryopreservation of [the spermatogonia of the] endangered sockeye salmon population in Idaho with NOAA -LSB-(National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)-RSB-,» Yoshizaki says.

African wild dogs are one of the world's most endangered carnivores and their populations are in decline, with estimates suggesting that fewer than 700 packs currently remain in the wild.

Idaho wants to control the burgeoning wolves because the animals, though ranked as an endangered species, may have begun to make a dent in the elk population within the Frank and also in some of the cattle herds outside.

The species was on the brink of extinction late in the 20th century but has largely recovered and now has a stable population and is in the process of being removed from the U.S. federal government's list of endangered species.

Eight kits, including offspring of Scarface, were born recently, significantly increasing the gene diversity of this endangered population that a dedicated team is working to recover in the wild.

«The findings bring into question how important sharks and rays are to the alligator diet as well as the fatality of some the juvenile sharks when we think about population management of endangered species,» Nifong said.

Ultimately, the scientists will examine a variety of populations — from threatened species to those that are critically endangered — to explore the full implications of the model.

A genetic analysis suggests more overlooked species than scientists anticipated, raising concerns that populations of new species are quite small and endangered

Nevertheless, the demand side grows fastly with booming population growth and urbanization, while the supply side is more endangered with increasing water scarcity due to global change, limited phosphorus reserves and vast amounts of energy required for nitrogen production.

«Losing 1 % of an endangered population is pretty significant,» says corresponding author Denise McAloose, Head Pathologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society in The Bronx, New York.

As conservationists work to recover endangered species populations, taking individuals that are maintained and protected under human care and reintroducing them into the wild, it becomes apparent that there is a great deal to learn about the science of species recovery.

However, two population segments recently were added as endangered by the IUCN — one in the Sea of Arabia, the other in Oceania — and it is likely that one or more of the newly identified populations in the North Pacific may be considered endangered, Baker said.

After 40 months of deliberation, the agency concluded that «the species is not on the brink of imminent extinction,» because of the large Caspian population, and therefore does not qualify as «endangered,» says Roddy Gabel, chief of the USFWS Division of Scientific Authority.

Japan claims that the current population of around 761,000 Antarctic minkes (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is so abnormally abundant that it is hindering the recovery of other large endangered species, such as the blue whale.

The first comprehensive genetic study of humpback whale populations in the North Pacific Ocean has identified five distinct populations — at the same time a proposal to designate North Pacific humpbacks as a single «distinct population segment» is being considered under the Endangered Species Act.

These diseases would endanger the already - threatened wild population if the orang utans were released back into their native forests of Indonesia and Malaysia.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the whorled sunflower, Short's bladderpod and fleshy - fruit gladecress for protection under the Endangered Species Act because populations of the three are dwindling to critical levels.

A South African court has sentenced a rhino poacher to 77 years in jail, the heaviest penalty imposed by authorities desperate to halt a wave of poaching that is threatening the population of the endangered animals.

Since the animals were first listed as endangered, the human population of Florida has more than tripled, and efforts to help the Florida's state animal recover have had limited success

Last year a study by the National Academy of Sciences reported that in the last three decades the Steller sea lion population dropped from several hundred thousand to about 30,000 — so few that they are now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Core sage - grouse states like Idaho and Nevada have scrambled to craft plans to increase populations of the bird so it won't be added to the threatened and endangered species list.

Scientists find themselves choosing between animals as explosions of some populations endanger others