Calgary Zoo wildlife centre aims to save endangered species
The Devonian Wildlife Conservation Centre, which opened in 1984 and is operated by the Calgary Zoo, is dedicated to saving endangered species. Continue reading
Endangered Species
Canada announces 2019 measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales
The area where mandatory speed restrictions apply will be adjusted this year to reflect data on right whale sightings and to minimize the impact on the cruise ship and shipping industries. Continue reading
Transport Canada lifts speed restrictions implemented to protect North Atlantic right whales
The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium (NARWC) says that by the end of 2017 there were only 411 North Atlantic right whales left. Continue reading
Environmental groups call on federal government to protect caribou in northern Ontario
Three organizations issued a petition to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna this week requesting that she recommend federal cabinet issue what’s known as a “safety net order” under the Species at Risk Act for two boreal caribou populations. Continue reading
Earth’s wildlife population declined by 60 per cent in 44 years: WWF
By Erin Ubels News Anchor
The global wildlife population has declined by nearly two-thirds since 1970 according to the World Wildlife Fund, Continue reading
Right whale found dead off U.S. coast, 3rd to be discovered this year
NOAA experts have since confirmed it to be a North Atlantic Right Whale and a sub-adult male due to its size. It is the third specimen of the endangered species to be found dead this year. Continue reading
Tiger population has doubled in Nepal since 2009, official says
Gopal Prakash Bhattarai of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation said that the latest tiger count showed there were 235 tigers in the jungles — almost twice as many as the 121 that were found in 2009. Continue reading
U.S. judge restores protections to grizzly bears, blocks hunts
A U.S. judge ordered federal protections restored for grizzly bears in the Northern Rocky Mountains on Monday, a move that blocks the first grizzly hunts planned in the Lower 48 states in almost three decades. Continue reading
Minesing woman helping to shelter, release endangered monarch butterflies
Fotherby has now released more than 180 monarch butterflies. Continue reading
Sick orca known as J50 has received antibiotics, still low chance of survival
By Richard Zussman Online Journalist based at B.C. Legislature
After days of tracking the killer whale known as J50, Dr. Martin Haulena from the Vancouver Aquarium was finally able on Thursday to get close enough to administer of a dose of antibiotic through a dart. Continue reading