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August 13, 2015

August 13 -Tiger Poachers and Dealer Busted In Indonesia

The Acehnese provincial Police (Polda Aceh), the East Acehnese Police (Polres Aceh Timur), and the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Wildlife Crimes Unit (WCU) announced today an enforcement action against wildlife poachers and a dealer for trading tiger parts. The perpetrators were arrested in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh on August 8, 2015.

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August 11, 2015

Wildlife Conservation Society’s Stacy Jupiter Honored With Early Career Conservation Award by The Society for Conservation Biology

New York - August 11, 2015 - The Society for Conservation Biology has honored Dr. Stacy Jupiter—Melanesia Program Director for WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)— with its Early Career Conservation Award. The award celebrates the achievements of conservationists that have been out of school for ten years or less.

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August 11, 2015

WCS's Prospect Park Zoo Welcomes Mini Zebu Calf

New York – Aug. 11, 2015 – A miniature zebu calf (Bos Taurus indicus) was born at the WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Prospect Park Zoo.

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August 10, 2015

Saving the Unloved, One Crowd at a Time

New York - August 10, 2015 - A newly released study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) offers hope of conservation to the world’s low-profile and more unloved members of the animal kingdom. The study, which appears in the international conservation journal, Oryx, demonstrates that a “Wisdom of Crowds” method can successfully be used to determine the conservation status of species when more expensive standard field methods are not feasible.

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August 10, 2015

WCS is Awarded $40k Grant by National Endowment for the Humanities for Planning of New Archive Space

Bronx, NY – Aug. 10, 2015 – The WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has been awarded a $40,000 planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grant program to develop the WCS Archives Conceptual Preservation Design Plan. Founded upon preservation strategies that balance effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact, the Conceptual Preservation Design Plan will serve as a crucial first step in WCS’s development of a new space to preserve its unique historical collections.

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August 10, 2015

SNAP: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) herald new role for nature conservation in international development

At the opening of the 100th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), the Science for Nature and People (SNAP) partnership announced plans to dramatically expand its activities in response to growing demand for solutions to challenges in nature conservation and human development. This demand is expected to increase further when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are announced at the UN General Assembly in September.

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August 06, 2015

WCS's Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo Accepting Registration for 2015-2016 Fall-Winter Programs

New York - Aug. 6, 2015 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, andQueens Zoo have opened registration for family and youth programs for the 2015-2016 fall/winter season.

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August 06, 2015

WCS Prospect Park Zoo Debuts Tiny Juliana Pigs

Brooklyn, N.Y. - Aug. 6, 2015 –Three Juliana pigs (Sus domesticus) are making their public debut at WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Prospect Park Zoo.

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August 04, 2015

Aug. 4 - WCS Queens Zoo Debuts Roosevelt Elk Calf

Flushing, N.Y. – Aug. 4, 2015 – A Roosevelt elk calf (Cervus canadensis roosevelti)born at WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Queens Zoo has joined the rest of the herd in the zoo’s woodland habitat.

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July 30, 2015

WCS Congratulates the United Nations General Assembly for Passing Wildlife Trafficking Resolution

New York - July 30, 2015 - The United Nations General Assembly today passed a sweeping resolution that targets the global problem of wildlife trafficking, calling on all 193 UN member states (governments of the world) to take on a series of actions to “prevent, combat, and eradicate the illegal trade in wildlife.”

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