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Society China

18. December 2020

Most Chinese Support Law That Keeps Wild Animals Off the Food Menu

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese population is largely in favor of stricter regulations regarding trading and consuming wildlife, boosting efforts to prioritize biodiversity conservation.

Animals

Animals USA

6. December 2020

A Highway-Bridge for Elk, Moose, and Deer – and They Really Use It!

An overpass dedicated to help Utah’s wildlife animals safely cross a busy six-lane highway was built two years ago, and it is now widely used by dozens of species. Among them are deer, moose and elk - as well as predators and small mammals!

Technology

Technology USA

4. November 2020

Drone Swarms Plant Tree Seeds After Forest Fires

A startup’s heavy-lift drone swarms have been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration in the USA to take part in the reforestation efforts in California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.

Animals

Animals China

19. October 2020

Better World for Sixty-Four Wild Animal Species, as China Takes Them off the Menu

Following the coronavirus pandemic, China has decided to ban the farming of 64 animal species on its territory, thus reducing the risk of other diseases being transmitted from animals to humans.

Animals

Animals France

11. October 2020

One More Country Bans Wild Animals in Circuses and Marine Parks

The government of France has ruled for a gradual ban on wild animals in traveling circuses, as well as dolphins and killer whales kept in captivity in marine parks. This will also put an end to mink farming where animals are raised for their fur.

Animals

Animals Australia

9. October 2020

The Tasmanian Devil Is Back on Australia’s Mainland – After 3,000 Years

The Tasmanian devil hasn’t been seen on mainland Australia for 3,000 years, but conservation efforts have been made to reintroduce 26 specimens of the endangered animal.

Animals

Animals USA

1. October 2020

The Comeback of the Swift Fox (It Took 50 Years and Features GPS Collars )

For the first time in 50 years, 27 swift foxes return to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. This return marks the restoration of a missing piece of the Great Plains ecosystem and of the tribes’ natural heritage.

Environment

Environment Thailand

28. September 2020

Left Trash in Our Park? We Will Mail It Back to You!

Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park has found a new way to keep its premises clean and to increase awareness against littering: officials send back to tourists the trash they left behind.

Animals

Animals USA

28. September 2020

Good News for Bobcats, Crows and Foxes: No More Wildlife Killings Just for Fun

The state of Washington has become the seventh US state to ban all wildlife killing contests, a “sport” where hunters kill as many animals as possible for fun, on its territory.

Animals

Animals Kenya

31. August 2020

The Elephant Population in Kenya is Booming, Poaching on Decline

The Kenya Wildlife Service announced that the number of elephants has more than doubled in the country over the past three decades. The Kenyan government seems to have “managed to tame poaching”.