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We bring you the latest from around the World in wildlife and conservation news.
Prince Charles Hands Out Conservation Awards in Tanzania
WWF UK President, Prince Charles, has presented five Tanzanian community leaders with the ‘WWF Leaders for a Living Planet’ awards for their hard work in helping the natural world via sustainable development. The Prince of Wales, who has been invited to Tanzania by President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, was pleased to hand out the awards to the five for their amazing work at WWF-Tanzania’s RUMAKI Seascape programme.
WWF Caption Competition October 2011
WWF charity officials are pleased to unveil their latest picture for you to add a caption and win a chance of have your name feature in their monthly newsletter. I’m afraid to say that I didn’t win last months caption competition, but now is your chance to come up with something witty for this picture of a South American smokey bullfrog, the largest tropical frog in the world!
Extinction of Javan Rhinoceros in Vietnam
WWF charity officials are sad to announce that the last Javan rhino in Vietnam has been killed after it was found with a bullet in its leg and horn removed. The death highlights what is seen as that ineffective protection to poachers, and security must be improved to ensure other threatened species will not be murdered, threatening the survival of their species.
WWF Fighting to Save Indonesian Rainforest
America and Indonesia have joined forces with the WWF charity to raise a whopping $28.5 million in funding to help protect a region known as the Heart of Borneo, a forest area in Indonesia that is rich with wildlife. The area itself is an important source for securing carbon, and is also used by the local communities to provide jobs and firewood.
WWF Officials Track Narwhals By Satellite in Canada
WWF charity officials have managed to attach satellite tags to 7 Narwhals in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The Narwhal, is an impressive whale which features a long white tusk that extends from it’s upper jaw, a bit like the mythical Unicorn!
WWF Camera Catches Photo of Wild Amur Leopard
WWF charity officials were delighted when a camera trap in northeast China caught a shot of a wild amir leopard last month. This photo is further evidence that their species population can be stabilised in the future. The fantastic images were snapped at one of the latest Amur tiger conservation sites by WWF-China, used to document the movements not just of Amur leopards, but also tigers and their prey.
Help WWF Save Mexican National Park
WWF charity officials are asking for your help to save the Cabo Pulmo National Park in Mexico, which is under threat due to the Mexican government approving a proposal for a huge tourist development in the same area of the Gulf of California. Permits have already been granted for the new coastal project which will allow the construction of hotels rooms, marinas and golf courses. This will prove to be devastating for the local animals and ecosystem who call in Cabo Pulmo National Park home.
WWF Help Vietnamese Fight to Save Dugong
WWF officials have pledged to help the Vietnamese government in saving the curiously built Dugong mammal and it’s required eco system of corals and seagrasses. Alongside the United Nations Environment Program, WWF will help establish a preservation model in the Mekong Delta coastal province of Kien Giang for endangered species, the area this weird and wonderful creature calls home.