Happy #InternationalLeopardDay this is my 'trophy' #BetterOffAlive #KillingIsntConservation

First case of walrus dying from bird flu recorded in Arctic

Virus has already killed other mammals, including sea lions and seals, while also taking toll on farm animals😟 theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

For the past decade, an estimated 10+ football fields per day of Mexican forests have been cleared to expand avocado production. Tell U.S. officials to protect Mexico's forests by halting avocado imports from recently deforested land.

Take action 🦋➡️ biodiv.us/49TXbHD

We're breaking the news in English! A poaching gang wiped out 10% of the world's Javan rhinos. How could this happen?

My article for Mongabay (hat tip to all the great reporting in Indonesia on this) IntlRhinoFoundation 🦏, Helping Rhinos 🦏 WWF :

news.mongabay.com/2024/04/a-sing…

The numbers don’t support Botswana’s threat to send 30,000 elephan africanelephantjournal.com/the-numbers-do…

Cows now must get tested for #AvianFlu #HPAI before crossing state lines, but what about milk? #GotBirdFlu ?
cnn.com/2024/04/24/hea…

Unpopular opinion: If a zoonotic virus emerges but its control, or even transparent information on the situation, will interfere with industrys interests, the safety of all of us will be thrown under the bus. Looking at you, wildlife traders, fur farms, meat & dairy industry

As one scientist says in this article: 'In my flu career, we have not seen a virus that expands its host range quite like this.' We should all be worried and watchful when it comes to #AvianFlu #HPAI nytimes.com/2024/04/22/hea…

#EarthWeek serves as a reality check that we have the tools to rapidly phase out the burning of fossil fuels driving our climate and extinction emergencies, write Jean Su 蘇安君 and Tanya Sanerib of Center for Biological Diversity.
commondreams.org/opinion/44000-…

The majestic monarch butterfly is but one of over 44,000 species at risk of extinction due to the #ClimateEmergency .

Phasing out fossil fuels is vital to beating the dual climate & extinction crises.

Oped by Tanya Sanerib & me via Common Dreams

commondreams.org/opinion/44000-…

Two more elephants trophy hunted in Tanzania near the Kenyan border – threatening Amboseli’s dwindling tusker population.

⬇️Read more here⬇️
africageographic.com/stories/ambose…

* Pictured: Two Amboseli elephants near Mt. Kilimanjaro (not the hunted elephants)

Biodiversity MAG #9 is out! Featuring countless wildlife biologists, conservation experts and rewilding advocates. Read my colleague Tanya Sanerib’s piece on pay to play trophy hunting and why we need environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act.

online.flipbuilder.com/LaurentDingli/…

Protect biodiversity to prevent future pandemics. Lessons from an important new study for the World Health Organization (WHO)

#PandemicAccord via David Cooper

🥳🍾🥂 Biodiversity MAG #9 on ' #Hunting , #Animal Welfare & #Biodiversity ' is online.
Fascinating articles & interviews by/with MEPs, scientists, animal advocates, wildlife photographers & film directors. Myths & Facts.
Feel free to read and share 👉 online.flipbuilder.com/LaurentDingli/…

'It's not an investment if its destroying the planet.'
~Vandana Shiva.

RT if you agree.

#ActOnClimate #climate emergency #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

2 #AvianFlu things of note: Experts fear that #H5N1 may be transmitted through cattle feed called “poultry litter”–a mix of poultry excreta, spilled feed, feathers, and other waste scraped from the floors of industrial poultry plants. Worry about pigs. telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Alarm over trophy hunters taking aim at Amboseli’s ‘iconic giants’ africanelephantjournal.com/alarm-over-tro…

New analysis reveals that #elephant numbers had decreased by 25% in areas open to hunting — and increased by 28% in areas where hunting isn’t allowed. news.mongabay.com/2024/04/analys…

New analysis reveals that #elephant numbers in protected areas without hunting in Botswana remained either stable or increased between 2018 and 2022 while elephants in forest reserves, farming areas, and hunting blocks have negative population trends. africageographic.com/stories/kaza-e…

#Elephants

Elephant trophy hunting in Botswana resumed in 2019.

Between 2018 - 2022, the number of elephants decreased by 25% in areas that were open to hunting.

Elephants in Africa: in 1930 about 10 million
Now ~ 415K

You can see where they are heading ....

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