Save the Florida Panther From Extinction – Petition Sight

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There are fewer than 200 Florida panthers left in the wild--making it one of the country’s most critically endangered species.

Federal conservation programs have been crucial in preventing the Florida panther from going extinct, but right now these and many other programs that are important to wildlife conservation are at risk of getting cut by Congress.

We ask Ken Salazar and President Obama to help save the Florida panther by making sure crucial conservation programs are not gutted in efforts to reduce the federal budget. Oppose cuts to crucial conservation programs.

 

Bella the Lioness – On the Road to Recovery

Born Free Foundation

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Bella the lioness, a resident at The Lilongwe Wildlife Centre in Malawi, has not been too well of late. She gave the LWC team a big scare one morning just before Christmas when they found her pacing up and down and panting, obviously in discomfort.

Fortunately, after treatment Bella is on the road to recovery and you can read the full story of her treatment here; http://bit.ly/bella-2012

You can read the full story here http://bit.ly/bella-2012

 

THE ERADICATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA’S LIONS HAS BEGUN

THE ERADICATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA’S LIONS HAS BEGUN http://myemail.constantcontact.com/This-Week–Eradication-of-South-Dakota-s-Lions- It’s the day after Christmas, and South Dakota‘s lion hunters – all 4,000 or so of them – are enjoying the present South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Commission gave them: an early and expanded lion hunting season. This year, so as to not frustrate all those impatient lion hunters that received new guns or hunting equipment in their Christmas stockings, the Commission moved opening day forward six days and increased the Black Hills lion hunting quota to an unprecedented level. Now the killing begins. Reminiscent of the global warming debate, South Dakota’s game commission believes that it can authorize the killing of as many mountain lions as it wants with no repercussions. As far as they are concerned there will always be sufficient lions to kill, no matter what scientists say. The following excerpt from a letter we recently received sums up the problem facing South Dakota’s lion population: “The situation here in South Dakota is worse than grim; you would have to live here to realize what a backward state this is. Not that many of the people are not friendly, generous and hardworking, but there is a stubbornness against change (no matter how needed) that borders on pathological. That, coupled with an entrenched good-old boy political climate that views words like “environment” and “progressive” as Satan‘s vocabulary and subscribes to the idea that animals are only here for our enjoyment; having no other intrinsic worth other than monetary value . . . .” Things look pretty bad for South Dakota’s mountain lions. The season just started a few hours ago and already one female lion has been reported killed. Worse still are the 27 mountain lions that have died in South Dakota since the close of last year’s hunting season: mortalities that don’t count against this year’s lion hunting quota. South Dakota’s small lion population has proven to be critical to the recolonization of the American Midwest. However, chances are that within the next three months the population will be so decimated that experts will be more concerned as to whether it still exists, much less whether it can propagate the species in other states.   To help fight for their survival, please donate to MLF’s South Dakota Defense Fund

 

Greetings From Wild Cats World

 Wild Cats World

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Wishing you all a Very Merry X-Mas and everything that is good for 2013. Thanks a lot for your great support, please keep following us in the new year to come and your great support and enthusiasm to our new projects will be very appreciated as always!

Plodprasop granted bail over tiger case

ANUPAN JANTHANA
THE NATION December 20, 2012 1:00 am

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The Ratchadapisek Criminal Court yesterday approved a Bt120,000 bail guarantee for Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, who faces charges for allegedly authorising the export of 100 tigers to China in 2002 while he was Royal Forest Department (RFD) chief.

 

Plodprasop and senior RFD official Manop Laoprasert are accused of pushing through the export of 100 tigers from the Chon Buri’s Sri Racha Tiger Zoo to the Sunya Zoo in China from September 9 to December 24, 2002, without following the legal criteria, procedure and conditions. As per the Animal Exchange Law, private firms are prohibited from trading animals. Both zoos are privately owned.

After the Department of Special Investigation filed this case with the National Anti-Corruption Commission, it was discovered that this accusation had grounds and subsequently led to the public prosecutor asking the court yesterday to punish the minister. However, Plodprasop pleaded “not guilty” and set up a team of lawyers to defend him. The evidence from both sides will be reviewed on April 22.

Plodprasop said he is happy for being given a chance to prove his innocence in court after waiting for more than 10 years.

 

Zulu reaches his one-year anniversary with the Dambwa pride.

 African Lion & Environmental Research Trust

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Happy anniversary big man!: Zulu reaches his one-year anniversary with the Dambwa pride. Read more here… http://www.lionalert.org/news-article/view/id/244. You can also adopt Zulu here: http://lionalert.org/page/view/page/adopt_a_lion

 

African Lion & Environmental Research Trust

 African Lion & Environmental Research Trust

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Please consider supporting ALERT as we undertake our responsible development approach to conservation, working towards locally conceived, locally relevant and long term solutions to lion conservation. You can donate tax effectively from the US and from the UK by hitting the donation buttons on our page. For other countries, and for other ways that you can show your support please visit http://lionalert.org/page/view/page/support-us

The Kings of Burundi

 African Lion & Environmental Research Trust

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The kings of Burundi were given a title of Ntare, Mwezi, Mutaga and Mwambutsa in rotation. Every fourth king had the title Ntare, which means lion. The Kingdom of Burundi was founded during the middle of the seventeenth century by Ntare Rushatsi, meaning “hairy lion”. The last king of Burundi was Ntare V Charles Ndizeye who reigned from 1 September until 28 November 1966. He was deposed in a military coup by his prime minister and chief of staff that abolished the monarchy and declared a republic. Find out more about lions in Burundi at: http://lionalert.org/alert/country/detail/code/BI and our plans for the country at http://lionalert.org/alert/project/detail/project-id/65

ADOPT A LION THIS CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR LOVED ONE.

African Lion & Environmental Research Trust

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ADOPT A LION THIS CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR LOVED ONE. For more details see: http://lionalert.org/page/view/page/adopt_a_lion
You can either sponsor the younger lions in stage one of the program, or those released into stage two. For your sponsorship you will receive a copy of Panthera leo; a species account by email telling you everything you need to know about lions. You’ll also get on-line access to your sponsor’s area that includes EXCLUSIVE CONTENT about your adopted lion not available elsewhere. As an added bonus, for all new sponsorships set up between 16th November and Christmas we’ll also send you a FREE Africa Needs Lions wrist band. The adopt a lion program makes a perfect gift for Christmas.