Sentences with phrase «threaten national bird»
Or, how prohibiting TNR and the feeding of outdoor cats would, as ABC claims in its October 2011 letter to big - city mayors — to which Antoniotti refers in her story — «stop the epidemic spread of feral cats that threaten national bird populations as well as scores of other wildlife.»
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Ecological research already carried out in these national parks and surrounding coffee plantations has shown the presence of more than 300 species of birds, (including endemic species, threatened forest specialists and birds of prey e.g. Black Hawk - Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus), 31 mammals species (some of them are endangered species such as the ocelot, cacomistle and Mexican porcupine), 26 reptile species, and 326 tree and bush species.
The authors of the new study found that 85 percent of world's 4,118 threatened mammals, birds, and amphibian species are not adequately protected in existing national parks, and are therefore vulnerable to extinction in the near term.
In collaboration with the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley), University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Academy scientists extensively mapped the bird's genetic material to better understand how this threatened forest dweller is interacting with non-native owls invading its habitat.
In August 2007, the journal Science published the results of a study * which concluded that the trans - national conservation measures required to be implemented by European Member States under the EU Birds Directive have made a significant contribution to reverse the population decline and provide protection for many of Europe's most threatened bird species.
However, the charismatic national bird continues to be threatened by another human - driven cause: lead.
An animal advocacy group has temporarily halted a $ 700,000 National Park Service plan to rid Anacapa Island of thousands of black rats that officials say are threatening survival of a rare bird species.