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Animal Rights, Animals, Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 27th, 2012,
Consuming shark fin soup is a bad idea, not only because of the decreasing number of sharks, but it can also lead to a brain damage. “A new study has found high concentrations of BMAA in shark fins — a neurotoxin linked to neurodegenerative diseases in humans including Alzheimer’s and Lou Gehrig disease (ALS)”, informs sunnewsnetwork.ca. Patients with these diseases, tested before they died, had very high levels of BMAA – up to 256 nanograms per milligram – in their brains. Shark fins contain between 144 and 1836 ng/mg of this neurotoxin. The threat comes, not only from eating the…
Tags: Alzheimer's, brain, fin soup, killing, neurotoxins, shark
Conservation, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 24th, 2010,
After the mass stranding in New Zealand, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 60 whales on a beach on the country’s North Island, the annual mass slaughter of pilot whales is taking place in the autonomous province of the Faroe Islands, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It seems that pilot whales – which like killer whales are actually part of the dolphin family, despite their closer resemblance to whales – just cannot get a break. Thankfully, they have the former blonde bombshell and French film star Brigitte Bardot to plead their case. The Independent reports: Brigitte Bardot, the…
Tags: Bardot, Brigitte, Danish, denmark, dolphin, Faroe Islands, killing, pilot, slaughter, whales
Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 16th, 2010,
Earlier this week, India announced plans to use a new tiger tracking system in order to crack down on “lazy” wildlife guards. Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh, explained that when it comes to patrolling wildlife sanctuary areas, “many field officers are too lazy”. He also adds that “they make up data instead of surveying the field”. Fortunately, the new tracking system should put a stop to that. The new tracking system involves fitting tigers with radio collars. A GPRS (general packet radio service) device, along with the M-STrIPES software, will be used to track the movement of the tigers. Right now,…
Tags: endangered species, India, killing, lazy field officers, poaching, tiger hunting, tracking system
