In 1956 he raised Elsa the lioness, who became the subject of Born Free. Elsa was the youngest of three orphaned lions. Adamson and his wife took care of them, sending the largest two to the Rotterdam zoo. However, when Elsa started to cause trouble, the Adamsons were given a choice: either integrate her in the wild in 3 months, or send her to a zoo. His wife opposed sending Elsa to a zoo, and thus a superhuman effort began. At the time, the task was considered borderline impossible, but that didn’t stop them from trying – and succeeding. With mixed feelings, a breaking heart, but most of all, free, Elsa went into the wild.
Yes, I still tear up when I hear this.
It takes a lot of effort, time and money to restore a species in the wild. The
European lynx is a good example of the technical efforts required to insure
sufficient genetic diversity to sustain a population.
For successful reintroduction of lynx into the wild, the number of released animals is crucial. If only a few lynx are reintroduced to found a population, the genetic diversity is too low to ensure their long-term sustainability. An international research team has recently published these findings in the scientific journal Conservation Genetics. The researchers highlight the need to strengthen newly established European lynx populations by additional translocations of lynx as well as other conservation measures.
New Mexico officials in charge of wildlifesue the U.S. government officials in change of wildlife. One of these groups is an apparently a front
for ranching and logging interests. The
other has a mandate to restore the Mexican wolf. I’ll let you figure out which is which.
New Mexico’s position:
On Friday, May 13, Game and Fish announced that it had filed suit in 7th Judicial District Court to force a halt of Fish and Wildlife’s “unpermitted” and “illegal” releases of wildlife — especially the Mexican wolf — in a press release titled “Department Takes Action to Stop USFWS from Ignoring Federal and State Law.”
“The USFWS decision to move forward with unpermitted and illegal releases of wildlife into New Mexico demonstrates a disregard for our state’s sovereignty,” Game and Fish Director Alexandra Sandoval was quoted as saying in the release.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service position:
While Fish and Wildlife Service External Affairs Officer John Bailey said it is against policy to comment on ongoing litigation, the wolf’s recovery is central to the agency’s philosophy.
“Recovery of the Mexican wolf is a Service
priority, and we believe cross-fostering is a valuable technique that increases
the genetic diversity of the species,” Bailey told the Daily Press.
Cross-fostering, taking pups from one litter and spreading them to packs in
other areas, is one of several Fish and Wildlife strategies at the foundation
of this dispute.
13 feet (4 meters) of sea level increase. Just pretend it's a hoax. That's working for Donald Trump.
The Totten Glacier holds back more ice than any other in East Antarctica, which is itself the biggest ice mass in the world by far. Totten, which lies due south of Western Australia, currently reaches the ocean in the form of a floating shelf of ice that’s 90 miles by 22 miles in area. But the entire region, or what scientists call a “catchment,” that could someday flow into the sea in this area is over 200,000 square miles in size — bigger than California.
“This is not the first part of East Antarctica that’s likely to show a multi-meter response to climate change,” said Alan Aitken, the new study’s lead author and a researcher with the University of Western Australia in Perth. “But it might be the biggest in the end, because it’s continually unstable as you go towards the interior of the continent.”Why worry this isn't likely to happen in my lifetime?
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