Organization of the Day: Limbe Wildlife Centre

  Illegal trade in bushmeat and pets is an intense and growing problem threatening wildlife. Limbe Wildlife Centre (LWC) is a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation project dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of wild animals. Founded in 1993 by the Continue Reading

Video of the Day: It’s a Zoo at the Airport!

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Tattoo of the Day

  Tattoo by Stephanie Tamez.   Here is some important information from The Defenders of Wildlife about the wild-caught bird trade and illegal bird smuggling between the US and Mexico: An estimated 65,000 to 78,500 parrots are captured each year Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Asiatic Black Bear

  Photo credit: Jagdeep Rajput   The Asiatic Black Bear, (‘Moon Bear’), Ursus thibetanus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It has a patchy range roughly coinciding with forest distribution from southeastern Iran, through Continue Reading

Video of the Day: It’s a Zoo at the Airport!

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