Bagheera – An Education Website About Endangered Species and the Efforts to Save Them A List of Endangered Animals in Mexico Mexico provides habitat to a tenth of all land species in the world. According to Ecology Fund, a group that helps the Pronatura Mexico National Conservation Center (pronatura.org) conserve imperiled habitats, the country is one of the five most biologically diverse countries on earth. Thirty species of animals are already classified as extinct, making it more important than ever to protect the endangered animals currently on the list. Cats As the largest cat in Mexico, the endangered jaguar weighs from 200 to 250 pounds. Monkeys The endangered mantled howler monkey lives in the southern part of the country. Marine The Vaquita, a species of porpoise found in Mexico's Gulf of California, lives in shallow, muddy lagoons along the coast. Birds The short-crested coquette, a tiny hummingbird, lives in a small area in Guerrero where it feasts on nectar and insects; the bird reaches less than 5 inches in length. About the Author Photo Credits Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
EcologyFund.com, Mexico Info - Save and protect endangered Mexican wildlife for free! The Project: Endangered Mexican Wildlife Protect the Pozas Azules and the Cuatro Cienegas Basin EcologyFund is helping Pronatura purchase 7,000 acres in the Cuatro Cienegas Valley, home to over 100 endemic animal and plant species. The basin features the incredible Pozas Azules, desert springs that support diverse wildlife in multi-colored sink hole ponds with unique species like the Cuatro Cienegas pupfish and cichlid, as well as living stromatolites. Fossil marine stromatolites provide the first evidence of life on Earth. This area in central Coahuila in Northern Mexico is famous for its unique aquatic and terrestrial habitats including tufa deposits, gypsum dunes, thermal and non-thermal springs, crystalline spring fed streams, cenotes (sinkholes), and marshes, located in a desert basin ringed by limestone Sierras topped by pine forests. Less than 2% of the original forest in the Sierra Madre Occidental remains relatively undisturbed. Pronatura - 8.25 sq. ft. per sponsor.
6 organizations that protect animal rights - Best Friends Animal Society - CSMonitor.com Dogs are man's best friend. And the Best Friends Animal Society wants to keep it that way. The Kanab, Utah-based organization was founded in 1984 with the purpose of providing safe and loving homes for dogs and cats; its mission today is still "no more homeless pets."
Conservation Organizations That Protect Animals Updated February 17, 2016 If you are interested in getting involved in conservation, there are many things you can do. You can join a wildlife conservation organization and contribute by giving financial support or, in many cases, by participating in local conservation projects. To help you locate the organization that fits your objectives, I've compiled this list of organizations that strive to protect animals, wildlife, as well as the habitats in which they live. Top picks: View a list of my ten favorite wildlife conservation organizations. Worldwide organizations: The Nature Conservancy - The Nature Conservancy's mission is to 'preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive' (mission from The Nature Conservancy magazine). US organizations: UK organizations: The Woodland Trust - The Woodland Trust is among the UK's most prominent conservation organizations.
Ten things to do to help honeybees | Environment 1. Become a beekeeper Beekeeping is a most enjoyable, fascinating and interesting hobby – and you get to eat your own honey too. Every year local beekeeping associations run courses to help new people to take up beekeeping and even help them find the equipment they need and a colony of bees. 2. Swarming is a natural process when colonies of honeybees can increase their numbers. 3. In areas of the country where there are few agricultural crops, honeybees rely upon garden flowers to ensure they have a diverse diet and to provide nectar and pollen. 4. Local honey will be prepared by local beekeepers. 5. Beekeepers are very worried that we do not have enough information to combat the diseases that affect honeybees. 6. Many would-be beekeepers, especially in urban areas, find it difficult to find a safe space for their colony of bees. 7. Believe it or not but honey brought in from overseas contains bacteria and spores that are very harmful to honeybees. 8. 9. Beekeeping is fascinating. 10.
Funding boost to help save England's rarest species from extinction | Environment Efforts to save some of England’s rarest species, including the shrill carder bee and the chequered skipper butterfly, from extinction are being backed by £4.6m in lottery funding. Little-known and exotically named insects such as the bearded false darkling beetle and the royal splinter cranefly, as well as plants including the prostrate perennial knawel and interrupted brome are among the 20 endangered species being targeted for action. A further 200 threatened species will also be helped by the funding from the National Lottery, including pine martens, large garden bumblebees, lesser butterfly orchids and hedgehogs. The money will support the “Back from the Brink” initiative to bring together leading charities and conservation bodies in the first countrywide coordinated effort to safeguard species from extinction and deliver conservation measures across England. “Bringing these species back from the brink cannot be achieved by one group alone.
BBC - Bee Part Of It: You can help save endangered bees Planting the right types of shrubs and flowers keeps bees buzzing Bees are the world's most important pollinating insects and are worth about £200m a year to British agriculture. So the recent decline in the number of bees is a cause of global concern. Bee Part Of It, a BBC project supported by wildlife presenter Kate Humble, is encouraging people across the UK to create local bee-friendly spaces. BBC Newcastle will be distributing 1,000 packets of wildflower seeds to listeners to help them create environments where bees can thrive. Kate Humble said: "Most of our wild honeybees have died out and we, as humans, are very dependent on bees to pollinate food crops. "I realised that by becoming a beekeeper I could do something really tangible to help the fairly desperate situation that our bee population has found itself in." BBC Newcastle hive The National Trust is one of the country's biggest landowners and a key player in efforts to reverse the decline of bees. Enormous damage Bee-friendly flowers
Mexico to use dolphins to save endangered vaquita porpoise Mexico announced plans Friday to use trained dolphins to corral the last remaining vaquita marina porpoises into a protected breeding ground, a last-ditch bid to save the critically endangered species. Scientists estimate there are just 30 remaining vaquitas, the world's smallest porpoise, a species found only in the waters of the Gulf of California. Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano said the authorities would deploy dolphins trained by the US Navy to herd as many vaquitas as possible into a marine refuge. He admitted the project, due to start in September, would be difficult. "We've spent the past year working alongside the US Navy with a group of dolphins they had trained to search for missing SCUBA divers. "We have to guarantee we capture the largest possible number of vaquitas to have an opportunity to save them." The government also announced Friday it has permanently banned the fishing nets in which vaquitas are often killed. But the two later buried the hatchet.
Wildlife Conservation Reason #83 to get involved Lions attract a huge amount of safari tourism. With less than 21,000 left, the species could fall into extinction, leaving local communities and governments in poverty. Reason #70 to get involved There are only 300,000 African elephants in Southern African Heartlands and small herds in the mere hundreds throughout West Africa. We need continued support to protect elephant migration routes. Reason #80 to get involved In a 1900 census, the cheetah population was around 100,000. Reason #61 to get involved On the brink of extinction in 1996, the West African giraffe population is now steadily growing. Reason #26 to get involved Continued funding is necessary for game scouts in the Virunga Heartland to fulfill their need for vehicles, fuel, and food, in order to protect the surrounding wildlife from poachers. Reason #45 to get involved Due to loss of habitat, deforestation, and hunting, duikers now number less than 15,000. Reason #62 to get involved
South Africa: 'Saving endangered species is the responsibility of everyone' | Environment Over the next two weeks, South Africa will welcome an estimated 3,500 delegates to Cop17, the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites). South Africa is a founding member of Cites, first adopted in 1973. Today, 183 parties are signatories to the treaty, which aims to ensure that international trade of listed wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild. More than 120 documents will be considered during the conference. Among these documents, 60 are proposals to amend the lists of species subject to Cites trade controls. The conference will also deliberate on the role of Cites in securing the livelihoods of people living alongside wildlife and ensuring that communities are considered in terms of the interventions implemented in terms of the convention. African countries, through their participation in the conference, have the potential to influence negotiations.
Kenya leads in efforts to save endangered giraffes - Daily Nation By AFPMore by this Author Selma saunters on her stilt-like legs, batting thick lashes as she extends a blackish tongue — as long as an arm — to grab pellets offered by an awed tourist. The giraffe is after all, eating for two. Her pregnancy is good news for one of the rarest giraffe species, protected at the Giraffe Centre in the Kenyan capital, but experts warn the outlook for the rest of the world's tallest land mammals is far gloomier. While it is hoped the shocking news that the gentle giants of the African savannah are facing extinction will spur action, conservationists largely have their hands tied as many giraffe live in Africa's most conflict-torn regions. Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and north-eastern Kenya are all home to giraffe species that are severely under threat and conflicts not only lead to more poaching, but make it near impossible to study them or protect them. "When (rebels) see a giraffe walking around they see it as a source of food.