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January 13, 2017

Are Herders and Livestock Bad for Rare Wildlife? It’s Complicated.

NEW YORK (January 13, 2017) The Denver Zoological Foundation, WCS(Wildlife Conservation Society) and other partners have published a paper appearing in the early view edition of Conservation Biology that looks at the positive and negative relationships occurring between pastoralists, livestock, native carnivores and native herbivores in the world’s largest unfenced grassland and desert.

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January 12, 2017

Profitable Coral Reef Fisheries Require Light Fishing

January 12, 2017 – Fishing is fundamentally altering the food chain in coral reefs and putting dual pressures on the valuable top-level predatory fish, according to new research by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Lancaster University, and other organizations.

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January 11, 2017

WCS Video Statement on Today's Nature Study on the Discovery of the World’s Largest Peatland in the Republic of Congo

January 11, 2017 – WCS has issued the following video statement today by Dr. Timothy Tear, WCS Executive Director of Africa Programs, on the newly published study in Nature on the discovery of the world’s largest peatland in the Republic of Congo.

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January 10, 2017

A NEW YEAR’S ARREST OF POACHERS ADDS YET ANOTHER REASON FOR ALARM

BANGALORE, INDIA (January 10, 2016) – WCS reports that a poaching gang recently arrested for shooting wildlife in a well-known tiger reserve consisted of software engineers, environmental consultants, wealthy coffee planters, and a leading member of the Rifle Association of Karnataka State. Conservationists say the incident is particularly disturbing because the group consisted mostly of affluent and well-educated men.

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January 09, 2017

Massive Genetic Study of Humpback Whales To Inform Conservation Assessments of Ocean Giants

January 9, 2017 – Scientists have published one of the largest genetic studies ever conducted on the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) for the purpose of clarifying management decisions in the Southern Hemisphere and supporting calls to protect unique and threatened populations, according to WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), the American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, and other organizations.

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January 06, 2017

GREAT START FOR 2017: WCS Applauds U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management For Denying Seismic Survey Permits in Mid- and South Atlantic Waters

January 6, 2017 –WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) commends the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for today’s announcement on the decision to deny six permit applications for airgun seismic surveys in the Mid- and South Atlantic waters of the eastern United States.

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January 05, 2017

New Canada Lynx Debuts at WCS's Queens Zoo

Flushing, N.Y. – Jan. 5, 2017 – A female Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) has arrived at WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Queens Zoo and is making her public debut.

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January 03, 2017

China Announcement of Domestic Ivory Ban in 2017 - English Translation

New York (Jan. 3, 2016) – Today WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) is releasing an English language version of China’s historic announcement on ivory made on Dec. 30, 2016. The text was translated by WCS.

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December 30, 2016

China Announces It Will Shut Down Its Domestic Commercial Elephant Ivory Trade in 2017

December 30, 2016 -- China has announced today that it will close its domestic commercial elephant ivory trade in 2017.

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December 26, 2016

Spring Toward Extinction? Cheetah Numbers Crash Globally

December 26, 2016 - The world’s fastest land animal, the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), is sprinting towards the edge of extinction and could soon be lost forever unless urgent, landscape-wide conservation action is taken, according to a study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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