wildlife

Ah, wildlife. Our term for everything that isn't manmade, wildlife is generally found far away from our cities and highways, frolicking (or crawling, or just swaying in the breeze) happily with little need for human interaction.

Many of us find inspiration and renewal in the natural world. That inspiration is reflected on the blogosphere as photos, essays, art, videos, more photos and photo essays (did I mention photos?), all of which attempt to capture and share some of that inspiration.

In recent decades, the environmentalist movement has made strides toward protecting many of the endangered species in our world. But human progress continues, and wildlife suffers from reduced habitat and resources. On this page, along with all the lovely photos, you'll also find conservation news, reports of interactions between wildlife and humans, and discussions of wildlife preservation.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “wildlife”

• in Green
  Trophy hunting - how hunters use jargon to conceal cruelty
  How hunters and conservation officials use jargon and euthemisms to conceal their cruelty.
  by cannedlion / on Jul 16, 2011
• in Green
  Trophy Hunters - The Lies That Hide the Cruelty
  How American hunters use propaganda to pretend to be conservationists
  by cannedlion / on Jul 6, 2011
• in Green
  Thanks Big Oil: Exxon Mobil Pipeline
  Exxon pipeline ruptures spilling 42,000 gallons of oil into Yellowstone River
  by darrenlj / on Jul 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “wildlife”

 

• Dog injured in Oregon trap is euthanized

  
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  A dog who became a symbol of the dangers posed by trapping in Oregon has died — euthanized due to the pain she continued to suffer after her spine was damaged in an otter trap. Kieri was on a bird-watching walk with her owner when she stuck her head into a trailside trap intended to instantly kill otters [...]
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• 2012 Jackson Hole Science Media International Awards, USA

  
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  Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival offers Science Media International Awards for Creators and Publishers in Science-based Media program at USA, .. [Read Full Scholarship Detail]
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• Fast-moving wildfire in Michigan consumes 9,500 acres

  
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  Officials say a fast-moving wildfire in Michigans Upper Peninsula has consumed at least 9,500 acres, prompting some evacuations. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the blaze its calling the Duck Lake Fire was "burning explosively" early Friday in an area north of Newberry that includes Lake Superior ...
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• Monster Bug Wars- Jumping Jack Ants vs. Huntsman Spider

  
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• India Ink: Maharashtra States New Policy of Allowing Forest Guards to Shoot Tiger Poachers is a Necessity, Officials Say

  
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  An Indian states new policy of allowing forest guards to shoot tiger poachers is seen as a necessity.
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• The Chelsea Flower Show: water nightmare for wildlife

  
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  When will a Chelsea show garden designer stick their neck out and build a water feature thats wildlife-friendly, asks Kate Bradbury Biodiversity is a key theme at this years Chelsea Flower Show – much less than in the previous two years, but its there nonetheless. Many show gardens feature naturalistic, ...
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• India Ink: Maharashtra State’s New Policy of Allowing Forest Guards to Shoot Tiger Poachers is a Necessity, Officials Say

  
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  http://www.nytimes.com/ India Ink: Maharashtra State’s New Policy of Allowing Forest Guards to Shoot Tiger Poachers is a Necessity, Officials Say An Indian state’s new policy of allowing forest guards to shoot tiger poachers is seen as a necessity. published date:Fri, 25 May 2012 07:30:31 GMT
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• Careful Mate!

  
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• The paws that refreshes

  
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  My back patio is made up of long concrete rectangles separated by narrow wooden boards to decorate the space that gives the concrete room to expand and contract with the weather. I have my squirrels trained: they are free to graze on their half under the birdfeeder, but they may not step past that lengthwise wooden ...
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• Leuser, the Sumatran orangutan shot 62 times – in pictures

  
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  A moving story of an orangutan who was rescued from being sold as a gift, reintroduced to the wild only to be captured again by villagers who shot him repeatedly for fun
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• Canucks Player Under Fire for Bear Baiting

  
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  Vancouver Canucks player David Booth is getting quite a bit of negative attention after taking to Twitter to post photos and video of himself killing a black bear while he was on vacation in Alberta. Animal advocates, and even some hunters, are taking a major issue with the fact that he was bear baiting, a [...]
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• Op-Ed Contributor: How to Stop Wildlife Poachers

  
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• Doo-dads, Tid-bits and Turkeys

  
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  I thought Id just tie up some loose previous-blog-post-ends today... But first, does anyone remember Doo-dads and Tid-bits? (I ate them as a kid in the 70s.) It was like one minute they were in the grocery store and then the next they were gone (and I somehow had three kids and a mortgage - ...
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• Rangers now allowed to shoot tiger poachers on sight in Indian state

  
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  In the wake of a surge in tiger poaching, the state government of Maharashtra, India will no longer consider the shooting of wildlife poachers by forest rangers a crime, reports the Associated Press .
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• Junkyard Gator

  
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  Sheez, so redneck Trappers in South Carolina were surprised when they cut open a 13ft alligator and found a soccer ball, 2 baseballs, a tennis ball, 53 fishing lures, heaps of lead sinkers, a beer can, two turtles and a smaller gator in his stomach. Seriously, they need to clean that swamp.
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• I Hate Mosquitos: A Vegetarian’s Dilemma. ~ Jennifer Mo

  
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  Nineteen. That’s the total number of mosquito bites I received last week in Hawaii. Nineteen, despite trying to apply IPM with physical controls (long sleeves and long pants every single day—as a result of which I was bitten on the face, neck, fingers, and feet), cultural controls (dumping out any standing water ...
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• Tell Congress Kids Need Biking and Walking Routes!

  
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  Tell Congress not to backpedal on a progressive program for biking and walking routes for kids in the US.
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• Keep Firewood Local and Protect Trees

  
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  NOTE: This is a guest blog post from Leigh Greenwood, the Don’t Move Firewood Campaign Manager for The Nature Conservancy. Did you know that next time you go camping, you could accidentally kill thousands of trees with just a single piece of firewood? Surprisingly, I’m not talking about the huge wildfires that ...
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• Wolves blamed in Washington calf killing

  
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  State and federal wildlife managers in Washington have determined that wolves probably caused the injuries that led to the death of a calf on a Methow Valley ranch May 18.
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• Bago Walleye Club Presents the 2012 Boat Doc Walleye Invitational 5-24-2012

  
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