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Southern Sea Lion
Elephant seal numbers had declined to the point where commercial harvesting was no longer profitable but hunting of Southern Sea Lions continued. Approximately 40,000 were taken in the period 1928-38, 3, ... to account for the rate or extent of the decline. There are no reports of large scale illegal hunting in the Falkland Islands or of mass mortalities which might account for the crash. Until ...
www.falklandsconservation.com

The Florida Panther Society, Inc.
General: Panthers are most active at ... maintained. Death and Disease Cause of death: injuries due to cat fights, collisions with motor vehicles, illegal hunting, mercury poisoning, disease, death may also occur as a result of an allergic reaction to ...
www.panthersociety.org

SCS: Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida)
Hunting of the species was gradually limited in several countries, and then banned altogether throughout the Baltic ... hunting up to the 1940s severely depleted the population. Hunting was banned in 1980 but illegal hunting and some killing of seals by fishermen still occurs. Since the 1950s the Ladoga seal has ...
www.pinnipeds.org

SCS: Spotted Seal (Phoca largha)
Chinese breeding site of the spotted seal, be upgraded to national status. Spotted seals in China are currently under threat from illegal hunting and capture, entanglement in fishing nets, loss of habitat, shortage of food and disturbance. Lifestyle During the breeding season, which takes place in the spring, spotted seals are to be found at the southern edges ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – 2006 Photo Gallery
Photo © Robert & Carolyn Buchanan. The Golden-rumped Sengi (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) is endemic ... threatened in its tiny range, but fire probably has an impact on its forest habitat. Illegal collection of the species for the international pet trade probably no longer has a significant ...
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Gopher Tortoise Council About Gopher Tortoise
Unfortunately not all states enforce tortoise protection laws. Even after the harvest of tortoises was prohibited in Florida, illegal hunting depleted or destroyed tortoise colonies to supply the demand for gopher meat. Gopher tortoises do not reproduce at a rate that can withstand harvest. -Tortoise Races. Tortoise races, ...
gophertortoisecouncil.org

The Jane Goodall Institute
Does the Universe Have a ... , but an increasing number of souvenirs are also produced using dead monkeys." 3/6/2007 — Illegal Loggers Mutilating Congolese Forests — Environment News Service "Millions of acres of the second largest rainforest in ...
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WWF - African elephant programme
African elephant programme African Elephant Species Action Plan 2007-11 [pdf, 2.92 MB] African elephants are being threatened by illegal hunting for meat and ivory, habitat loss and human-elephant conflict. Most range states do not have adequate capacity to protect and manage their herds. If conservation action is not forthcoming, they may become locally extinct ...
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SCWP | Amir Kelayeh and Rud Posht | Iran
The Iran Department of Environment re-established control of the area in 1994, and duck hunting was stopped. The lake has been identified as an "Important Bird Area" by BirdLife International ( ... will work to have guards recruited from the local community to control the area so that illegal hunting does not occur. The project will implement monitoring and integrated management plans to improve the ...
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SCWP Obctives and Conservation | Naurzum Lake System | Kazakhstan
The principal threats to the area’s ecology include expansion of arable cultivation, increasing frequency of fires, illegal hunting and interference in the hydrological regime. Conservation Status The wetland was put under protection as a State Zapovednik (Federal Nature Reserve) in 1938. The government has recently ...
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