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Congress is voting to drastically cut funding from a vital conservation program to save threatened tigers, elephants and countless other species. With many of these animals already teetering on the brink of extinction, the decimation of a core strategy for their protection could spell disaster.
We can't let this happen. Write your Representative today and ask them not to give up on a future with wild tigers, elephants and other endangered species.
In today's economic environment, it is clear that although wildlife investment may decline in the short term as the focus moves from a sustaining mode to a survival mode of operations for most conservation organizations, this re-evaluation and change is long awaited. Using technology has become a key factor in making this transformation successful.
The challenges of this decade have helped foster and stir the creative juices of many. Idea such as the recent announcement by researchers in the United Kingdom, that are proposing a solution to utilize green energy power plants as a means to protecting the environment and simultaneously supporting conservation of wildlife by providing the land as a wildlife haven, is just one example.
This update to a previously written article provides some predictions about the impact the current economic condition will have on wildlife. Over the past two years we have seen significant pull back on funding on wildlife programs, wildlife philanthropy and animal related concerns. Serious impacts down-the-line to wildlife will be felt as curtailment of philanthropic efforts becomes evident, especially around this past year end. The current focus for most individuals is paying their mortgages and day-to-day bills.
Thousands of sharks killed daily for soup! Unfathomable, the CNN article brings to light finally the plight of the endangered shark species. We must take a stand to stop this unbelievable barbaric crime against wildlife.
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Mexican wolf found dead in eastern Arizona
Written by Pack Leader
Friday, 26 August 2011 17:45
Arizona Game and Fish Department personnel on the Mexican wolf Interagency Field Team discovered a dead wolf on the evening of Aug. 22 during routine pack monitoring activities.
The field team was alerted to the situation when it received a mortality signal from the telemetry collar on AF1110, the Hawks Nest Pack alpha female.
The animal was recovered by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Special Agent and Game and Fish personnel the following day in the pack’s traditional territory on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
A preliminary exam by Mexican wolf project personnel failed to reveal an obvious cause of death. The wolf was sent to the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab in Oregon for a complete necropsy.
The Hawks Nest pack was one of three packs in Arizona that were directly affected by the Wallow fire this summer. The fire burned over the pack’s primary den site. However, AF1110 and the other pack members were able to move the pups.
The field team documented that AF1110 had at least six pups this year. The pups are weaned, and the remaining pack members continue to feed the pups, which will begin travelling with the pack later this fall when they are more mature.
AF1110 was one of the most consistent breeding females in the past few years. The breeding male from the Hawks Nest Pack was illegally killed in 2010, but AF1110 established a bond with another breeding-age male wolf earlier this year.
The Hawks Nest Pack has never had any documented livestock depredations or nuisance incidents with humans. They have been able to live and breed in an area of the Apache- Sitgreaves National Forest with many human activities in the area including livestock production, hunting, camping, hiking, woodcutting, and OHV use, with little to no interaction with the people that also use the area.
Mexican wolf reintroduction is a joint effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department, White Mountain Apache Tribe, USDA Forest Service, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Wildlife Services, and other stakeholders. The Fort Apache Indian Reservation also plays an integral part in the reintroduction effort
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In today's economic environment, it is clear that although wildlife investment may decline in the short term as the focus moves from a sustaining mode to a survival mode of operations for most conservation organizations, this re-evaluation and change is long awaited. Using technology has become a key factor in making this transformation successful.
Arizona Game and Fish Department personnel on the 
