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Hope for the Humpback

For the first time in forty years the Humpback whale is off the endangered species list. Their population currently stands on 40,000. It is now placed in the ‘least concern’ category. One of the reason for their recovery is the banning of commercial whaling in the 1960s. The reason it has taken this long for [...]

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Primate Problems

Two days ago all news channels featured a recent study conducted by the IUCN (Internation Union for Conservation of Nature). This study showed that 48% of primate species were facing extinction. Only last year, the figure was at 39%. The situation is alarming in Cambodia and Vietnam, where 90% of primate species are threatened. The [...]

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More Jellyfish Stings Show Our Mistreatment of Ocean Life

Jellyfish stings are beginning to be the song of the canary in the coal mine for our oceans. A rapid increase in jellyfish stings is illuminating a rise in jellyfish populations, which in turn is revealing the damage we’re doing to our oceans through over-fishing, global warming, and pollution. According the International Herald Tribune, a couple [...]

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Zero-Sum

I have a feeling that the same theories that we applied to the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies is happening in this new age of globalization and the environment.  This game theory is called Zero-Sum. It’s a battle between what is good for the environment and what is [...]

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Sharpshooters and Hawks in Wimbledon

Wimbledon authorities hired snipers to shoot stray pigeons that might interfere with the games, a method that infuriated Peta activists. The organizers used hawks as well, which didn’t seem to bother anyone. Apparently “natural” predators are not as immoral as human ones, although I still fail to see the logic in the protest. Does it [...]

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Asian Carp: If We Can’t Beat ‘Em, We Better Eat ‘Em–and fast!

Originally introduced in the early 1970’s by southerners to control algae blooms in catfish farms, bighead asian carp were washed into the Mississippi River after major flooding in the region starting in the 1980’s. These ravenous fish have fought their way upstream ever since, causing much concern to a plethora of ecosystems along the way. [...]

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