Sentences with phrase «wildlife conservationists in»

We've teamed up with Rhinos Without Borders, a non-profit organization started by some of the most highly regarded wildlife conservationists in Africa, to raise money for a critical rhino relocation project.

«The 2016 Indianapolis Prize Nominees represent many of the most significant and accomplished wildlife conservationists in the field today,» said Michael Crowther, president and CEO of the Indianapolis Zoo, which initiated the Indianapolis Prize.

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Since our founding in 1896, Mass Audubon has joined with partner organizations, scientists, government officials, conservationists, and community activists to protect and maintain the natural heritage of Massachusetts for people and wildlife.

The work is a «huge breakthrough» that should help conservationists protect this endangered predator, says Melvin Sunquist, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Rats have long wreaked bloody devastation in the wildlife haven of South Georgia — now conservationists are planning brutal retaliation

With the arrival of wind energy projects in Kansas and throughout the Plains, Sandercock and his team were part of a consortium of stakeholders — including conservationists, wildlife agencies and wind energy companies — who studied how these wind projects influence grassland birds.

Although SpaceX has won praise from some wildlife managers for its plans to minimize negative effects, the launch facility is a worry for conservationists such as Carole Allen of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project, particularly about the Kemp's ridley turtle, which nests primarily in Texas and northern Mexico and nearly went extinct in the 1970s.

1) Facilitate safe off - label use of existing vaccines — Support collaboration between the zoological community and conservationists in the field to determine the safety as well as efficacy of existing distemper vaccines that could be, at a minimum, administered opportunistically to endangered wild carnivores whenever they are being handled (e.g. during radio - collaring exercises or when being translocated to mitigate human - wildlife conflict).

The first statewide competition in decades to hunt wolves and coyotes in Idaho has sparked outrage among wildlife conservationists, who condemned it as «an organized killing contest.»

(Reuters)- A U.S. judge restored federal protections to wolves in Wyoming, at least temporarily, in a victory for wildlife conservationists that was sure to draw criticism from ranchers and hunters who see wolves as a threat to livestock and big - game animals.

Growing concern over the dwindling number of plant and animal species has led to a hunt for ways to save them, and in the past decade, the idea of maintaining wildlife corridors — strips of land to connect these sanctuaries — has become popular among conservationists.

Conservationists found an unlikely ally in an expert wildlife tracker who previously brought mountain lions to the verge of extinction

A new study of lions in African reserves suggests that most populations should be protected with fences, a strategy that can be expensive in the short - term and is at odds with some conservationists» vision of wildlife.

As a wildlife conservationist, I am very interested in understanding what makes an «effective population size»: that fraction of a population that is fertile, actively reproducing, and able to produce the next generation.

Conservationists must try to reduce the demand for tiger parts in China as part of a campaign to save the big cats, wildlife experts warned at an anti-poaching conference

Adaptation of wildlife and people to new conditions in the Arctic represents one of the most significant challenges for conservationists and local communities, not just in the future but right now.

But if the problem of wildlife impacts festers, the growth of concentrated solar, which by one recent estimate could grow to a $ 9 billion worldwide industry in 2020, up from $ 1 billion in 2013, could be crimped by lawsuits and opposition from conservationists.

I read a one paragraph mention of her death in The New York Times Digest, headlined «Conservationist Killed»: «Joan Root, animal lover and conservationist who collaborated with her husband, Alan, on wildlife documentaries in the 1970s, was killed on Jan. 13 in NConservationist Killed»: «Joan Root, animal lover and conservationist who collaborated with her husband, Alan, on wildlife documentaries in the 1970s, was killed on Jan. 13 in Nconservationist who collaborated with her husband, Alan, on wildlife documentaries in the 1970s, was killed on Jan. 13 in Naivasha, Kenya.

Black cats get lucky; a Colorado sanctuary teaches horses to trust; shelters feel the fallout from the backyard chicken craze; Florida shelter educates its staff and volunteers about fomites to prevent the spread of disease; New York rescue groups showcase foster kitties in stylish chapeaus; a wildlife biologist discusses ways for cat advocates and conservationists to work together; and more.

[8] In attendance were more than 200 veterinarians, animal control officials, wildlife conservationists, and animal advocates — each with a different perspective on feral cats in general and TNR in particulaIn attendance were more than 200 veterinarians, animal control officials, wildlife conservationists, and animal advocates — each with a different perspective on feral cats in general and TNR in particulain general and TNR in particulain particular.

«The United States assumes that Mr. Clark intends to testify that Defendant, as a wildlife conservationist, would not have poisoned cats in order to prevent the feeding of feral cats.

«I believe that building capacity in current and future wildlife veterinarians and conservationists is the best way to safeguard biodiversity,» said Shields.

About Site - Steve Williamson is an award winning wildlife photographer & conservationist living in British Columbia's Comox Valley.

Melissa Groo is an award - winning wildlife photographer, conservationist, and writer currently residing in Ithaca, New York.

Three of the confiscated tortoises were determined to be among others stolen in October from a wildlife sanctuary in central Myanmar, where WCS and TSA conservationists have been working with the Myanmar Forest Department to reintroduce the species back into the wild.

As if satellite - controlled, motion - triggered remote cameras for wildlife conservation wasn't enough, the images from the Instant Wild project are not only available to conservationists, but are also sent to a mobile app that allows users to see the photos and then help identify any animals in them.

«I have never seen wildlife like that, in such numbers, not even when flying over the mass migrations of the Serengeti,» said survey leader and renowned conservationist J. Michael Fay in 2007.

Conservationists are warning that drought might represent a bigger threat to rhinos, and South Africa's wildlife in general, than poaching.

But in hopes of preserving the rhino, hunted illegally for their coveted horns, conservationists offered a lifeline to the threatened species by relocating seven of them to a wildlife reserve in South Africa in 1964.

He is an international wildlife conservationist with more than 25 years of experience in program development, fundraising, communications, and management.

The Wildlife Picture Index will allow conservationists to accurately measure biodiversity in areas that previously have been either too expensive, or logistically prohibitive... we believe that this new methodology will be able to fill critical gaps in knowledge of wildlife diversity while providing much - needed baseline data to assess success or failure in places where we work.

British About Blog Steve Williamson is an award winning wildlife photographer & conservationist living in British Columbia's Comox Valley.