Sentences with phrase «causes of lion»

The authors note that we know surprisingly little about the causes of lion mortality, or even the amount of land used for lion trophy hunting.

Not exact matches

Despite the premier's statement that,» it isn't the price of oil in Texas that is causing the real problem,» I would argue that it was the lion's share of the problem, or at least a good barometer for the problem.

Congressman Henry Hyde, that lion of pro-life, has characterized the movement as one of the most admirable in history since those who labor in this cause reap absolutely no material gain from its success.

«Previous experience demonstrates that changes in these contracts can cause significant disruption for farmers, and we are still in the process of assessing the impact on our business and the most appropriate way forward,» said Stuart Irvine, Lion CEO.

This year his injury has been a case of turf toe which has slowed him down and caused the lions to go to Kevin Smith for a part of the year and now Maurice Morris as the primary runner.

Watching Rodriguez in a Blue lion's Jersey will certainly excite a lot of fans from the bridge, but is a midfielder what Chelsea really need or is this an act of desperation caused by missing out on a number of transfer targets.

The end of the film made an appeal for viewers to care about the ocean, citing the accidental release of the lion fish coinciding with overfishing in the Caribbean for how we humans can cause great problems with what we see as minor mistakes.

What do you do with a 10,000 - gallon water tank, 32 miles of Lion Brand Wool - Ease, Thick & Quick yarn, seven speed crocheters, and a worthy cause?

• In Antarctica, they are the plausible cause of sharp declines of southern sea lions and southern elephant seals.

In the flurry of new research on the rapid decline of Steller sea lions, harbor seals, and northern fur seals, I thought one of the most likely causes was a dramatic climate shift in the region they inhabit.

The results refocus the debate on the causes of sea lion pup weight loss from episodic stresses associated with El Niño years to a decadal - long trend of declining forage quality in the waters around the California Channel Island rookeries, the researchers wrote.

While canine distemper has been known for many years as a problem affecting domestic dogs, the virus has been appearing in new areas and causing disease and mortality in a wide range of wildlife species, including tigers and lions.

From MRI brain scans of dead sea lions, they knew the toxin caused shrinkage in the hippocampus, which is involved in memory.

But tests of lion blood samples collected before 1994 showed that CDV infections had occurred before without causing deaths, says ecologist Craig Packer of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul.

«A lion tale: Humans cause most mountain lion deaths in Southern California: Genetic hopes of the population may rely on one lady lion.»

Marion L East, head of the research team, continues: «The results do not support the long - held assumption that the 1993/1994 epidemic was caused by a virulent CDV variant spilled over from domestic dogs to lions and hyenas in the Serengeti NP.»

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), conducted genetic analyses of CDV strains obtained from a range of carnivores between 1993 and 2012 and discovered that lethal CDV infections in lions and hyenas during the 1993/1994 epidemic was caused by a rare and genetically distinct CDV strain with three rare mutations not present in any other Serengeti strain isolated from domestic dogs or wild canids.

As for the whole food choices being a circle, it reminds me of something I've heard before about food choices... oh yeah... «cause it's the circle, the circle of life» (from the Lion King).

This will cause the front leg to take the lion's share of your body weight, which leads to fatigue.

But after they have met Aslan, and come to understand what the great lion is willing to do to free those oppressed by the cold - hearted tyrant, the children are ready to champion the cause of Narnia.

Male lions will kill the cubs of another male, and the mate with the female (because the killing of the cubs will cause her to go into heat).

The organism is now infecting whales, dolphins, seals, and sea lions from the Arctic to Australia; and is a major cause of death in California sea otters.

«Heartworm disease is a serious and potentially fatal condition caused by parasitic worms living in the arteries of the lungs and occasionally in the right side of the heart of dogs, cats and other species of mammals, including wolves, foxes, ferrets, sea lions and (in rare instances) humans.

Carly Padilla, Outreach Educator for Project Wildlife of the San Diego Humane Society said once a sea lion bites, they often don't let go and can cause a lot of tissue damage.

Cancer - Causing Viruses Found in Wild and Domestic Cats: Three previously undetected viruses in a family called gammaherpesvirus have been found in in several U.S. populations of bobcats, mountain lions, and domestic cats.

The FWCC itself acknowledges the following: cats are the most common carriers of rabies among domestic animals, and can transmit rabies to wildlife such as raccoons, skunks an foxes; feline leukemia virus, a leading cause of death due to infectious disease in cats, has been reported in a mountain lion, a close relative of the endangered Florida panther; domestic cats were identified as one possible reservoir host for feline panleukopenia, which has been discovered in the Florida panther.

The discovery of a dead sea lion at Lovers Point on Friday morning sent a wave of concern about its cause of death.

Scores of convulsing sea lions are washing up on Central California beaches after eating fish poisoned by a plume of toxic algae that could spread north toward the Bay Area and cause widespread problems, marine biologists said.

In otariid species like the South American and Australian sea lions, non-territorial subadults form «gangs» and cause chaos within the breeding rookeries to increase their chances of mating with females.

The airport closure caused the cancellation of 34 departure flights and 37 arrival flights from - and - to Lombok by several airlines namely Garuda Indonesia (11 departures and 11 arrivals), Lion Air (10 departures and 12 arrivals), Batik Air (four departures and four arrivals), Citilink (three departures and three arrivals), Wings Air (four departures and five arrivals), and Air Asia (two departures and two arrivals).

A decade of live California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) strandings along the central California coast: causes and trends, 1991 - 2000.

Rich countries who caused the lions share of the problem should help out poorer countries who face the lions share of the costs of unmitigated climate change.

AND IT»S DISAPPOINTING, GIVEN THAT JOHN HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT, OTHERWISE, HE WAS GOING TO GIVE THE LION»S SHARE OF IT TO ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER WORTHY CAUSES).

I think you are right when you say that ABS won't put an end to off - the - chart billing by litigators (including the OTLA lawyers who inhabit your 1 % of lawyers causing the lion's share of the problems).

A federal judge dismissed the lion's share of the 300 birth injury lawsuits filed by children and their parents against Pfizer that alleged that Zoloft caused birth defects in children whose moms consumed the antidepressant during pregnancy.

The concern, perhaps, is that jurors» knowledge that the lion's share of punitive damages will go to the state will cause the size of those awards to increase in, for example, «bad faith» suits against insurers.

Royal Pacific's senior vice-president Sing LimYeo, who works out of the Oakridge office and is involved in the fund - raising efforts for the lion dance team, says that Royal Pacific is recognized for contributing to community causes and supporting local projects.