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☆ Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas strapped to his body
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Police in Peru have arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body. The insects were packaged inside plastic containers and bags strapped to the man's abdomen. SERFOR/ReutersA search revealed hundreds of insects packaged inside ziplock bags strapped to his abdomen, according to the statement. Tarantulas are a threatened species, Walter Silva, a wildlife specialist at SERFOR, explained in the statement. SERFOR officials display the confiscated insects.

Persons: Jorge, Walter Silva, Reuters “, ” Silva Organizations: CNN — Police, Korean, Police, Reuters, El Locations: Peru, Lima, South Korea, France, Dios, Peruvian, American, Colombia, El Dorado, Bogotá, Hong Kong

☆ A 'spite house' said to have been built by a man for his ex became an icon. Now it's the center of a demolition battle.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A "spite house" in Massachusetts was set to be torn down until residents stepped in. The US Fish and Wildlife Service, which owns the home, wants to remove it to better support wildlife. A resident donated up to $1 million to make necessary repairs to the Pink House. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! Locals told Business Insider that for almost 100 years, the Pink House had been a roadside sign of a good day to come at the beach.

Persons: — Organizations: and Wildlife Service, Pink, Service, Locals Locations: Massachusetts, Plum, Boston

— A Washington state man who pleaded guilty to killing at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring that operated on a Native American Reservation in Montana faces sentencing Thursday before a federal judge. The trafficking ring sold eagle feathers and parts on a black market that exploits high demand among tribal members who use them in powwows and other ceremonies. The defendant and others killed at least 107 hawks and as many as 3,600 birds overall, prosecutors said. It’s illegal to buy or sell eagle feathers or other parts. Branson made between $180,000 and $360,000 from 2009 to 2021 selling bald and golden eagle parts illegally, court records said.

Persons: Travis John Branson of, Judge Dana Christensen, Branson, Andrew Nelson, Nelson, they’re, ”, “, Simon Paul, Paul Organizations: Attorney’s, U.S, U.S . West, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service Locations: Mont, —, Washington, American, Montana, powwows, Travis John Branson of Cusick, Missoula, Nelson, Kalispell, Midwest, St, Ignatius , Montana, Canada, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona

☆ Eagle feathers play a sacred role in powwows. Poachers are exploiting the high demand
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Golden eagle feet recovered by law enforcement officers from a Washington state man's vehicle. He said illegal shootings were “absolutely wrong” but sympathized with tribal members who don’t want to wait years for eagle parts. Around his waist was a decorative piece strung with eagle feathers, and he carried a short wooden stick carved into a bald eagle head, a single feather hanging from it. Online posts from people selling eagle feathers illegally are relatively easy to find on internet marketplaces. Most dead eagles, parts and feathers received by tribal members come from the wildlife service’s National Eagle Repository.

Persons: —, AP Perry Lilley, they’re, it’s, That’s, ”, Ed Grace, “, Kenneth Deputee, Bill Voelker, ’, Grace, ” Grace, Voelker, Lilley Organizations: Montana Indian, U.S, Attorney, District of, AP, Fish, Wildlife Service, Prosecutors, U.S . West, Eagles Locations: Mont, —, poisonings, Montana, Washington, U.S, District of Montana, Nakota, Colorado, powwows, Billings, Crow, Kootenai, Dakota, Iowa , Montana , Nebraska, Wyoming, U.S ., Oklahoma, Denver

☆ Lovisa Sjoberg survives snake bite during days lost in Australia’s Snowy Mountains
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Lovisa Sjoberg, 48, was spotted by rescuers as she walked along a bush trail in Kosciuszko National Park, southwest of the capital Canberra, on Sunday afternoon. New South Wales Police Superintendent Toby Lindsay said Monday she was “fortunate to be alive” after being bitten by a snake, potentially a copperhead. The northern part of Kosciuszko National Park recently reopened to visitors after an annual closure during winter. Wild horses in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Australia. SL/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesPlans by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to shoot brumbies from helicopters led to a failed legal bid to stop the cull this year.

Persons: Australia CNN —, ”, Lovisa Sjoberg, Toby Lindsay, ” Lindsay, “, Mark Kostich, brumby Organizations: Australia CNN, New South Wales Police, Police, Officers, Kosciuszko National, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, brumbies Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Kosciuszko, Canberra, New, New South Wales

☆ The Panda Factories
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Mara Hvistendahl | Joy Dong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

They show that, from the beginning, zoos saw panda cubs as a pathway to visitors, prestige and merchandise sales. Panda keepers with cubs at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, in China, in 2022. A Chinese giant panda at the Panda Park in Al Khor, in Qatar, in 2022. Smithsonian Institution Archives A panda wakes up from anesthesia in March 1999 during a seminal study by American and Chinese researchers into panda breeding. Smithsonian Institution Archives Giant panda Mei Xiang taken out of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, in 2000, for shipment to the National Zoo in Washington.

Persons: Ariana Drehsler, Kati Loeffler, “, ’, Loeffler, Kimberly Terrell, ”, Terrell, Soraya, Xin Bao, zookeepers, Richard M, Nixon, Pat Nixon, Annalisa Meyer, Melissa Songer, Heather Bacon, Bacon, Don Kohlbauer, JoGayle Howard, Darting, Howard, Ping Ping, Thomas Hildebrandt, Dr, Hildebrandt, Lei Lei, Meyer, Lung Yuan Chih, Lung, James Ayala, . Hildebrandt, Ayala, interjected, Mei Xiang, Ken Cedeno, Tian Tian, Xiang, David Wildt, Mei, Mei Xiang vomited, Qi Ji, Agnes Bun, scrawled, Pierre Comizzoli, Mads Frost Bertelsen, Meng Lan, Su Weizhong Organizations: Zoo Washington, Factories, Chengdu Research Base, Archives San Diego Zoo, The New York Times Chengdu Research Base, China, National Zoo, New York Times, Smithsonian Institution, Times, Pandas, Agence France, Memphis Zoo, Tulane University, Smithsonian, San Diego Zoo, The New York, Smithsonian . Pandas, Zoo, Associated Press, University of Central, Bear Care Group, China Conservation and Research Center, San Diego Union Tribune, Feature, Future Publishing, Getty, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, ”, Leibniz Institute for Zoo, Wildlife Research, National Zoo Washington, Institution Archives Chengdu Research Base, Breed, The New York Times, Beijing Zoo, Tsinghua University, Animal Studies, Visitors, New York Times China Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian National, Associated, Smithsonian’s, and Wildlife Service, National, Fujifilm, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Reuters, Smithsonian Channel, “, Copenhagen Zoo Locations: China, Chengdu, Sichuan, Archives San Diego Zoo California, Washington, Louisiana, Japan, San Diego, San Francisco, Indonesia, Qatar, Al Khor, University of Central Lancashire, England, U.S, San, Fuzhou, United States, Feature China, Sichuan Province, Beijing, Berlin ., Wolong, Taiwan, American, estrus, New York Times China, Europe, Washington ,, Washington , DC, Beijing Zoo Beijing

☆ SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster in dramatic landing during fifth flight test
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday and made a dramatic first catch of the rocket's more than 20-story tall booster. The Super Heavy booster lands on the company's launch tower during the fifth Starship flight on Oct. 13, 2024. There are not any people on board the fifth Starship flight. The SpaceX Starship sits on a launch pad at Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 12, 2024, ahead of the Starship Flight 5 test. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty ImagesWith the booster catch, SpaceX has surpassed the fourth test flight's milestones.

Persons: Elon, Dan Huot, Huot, Sergio Flores, we've, Chandan Khanna Organizations: SpaceX, Elon Musk's, Super, Federal Aviation Administration, Afp, Getty, FAA, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, AFP Locations: Brownsville , Texas, Gulf of Mexico, Boca Chica , Texas, U.S, Texas, Starbase

☆ SpaceX may receive FAA license for next Starship launch in time for Sunday attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Federal Aviation Administration may issue SpaceX its next Starship license in time for a Sunday launch attempt, CNBC has learned. SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk have been vocally critical of the FAA in recent weeks, urging the federal regulator to speed up its license review for Starship's fifth test flight. As recently as last week, the FAA said it did not expect to issue the license before "late November." Despite the ongoing review, SpaceX issued a statement Monday saying that the fifth Starship spaceflight "could launch as soon as October 13, pending regulatory approval." The FAA will make a licensing determination once SpaceX has met all licensing requirements," the FAA said.

Persons: SpaceX's, Elon Musk, it's Organizations: Boca Chica, Federal Aviation Administration, SpaceX, CNBC, FAA, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, and Wildlife Service Locations: Brownsville , Texas, U.S

☆ Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

This June 2024 photo provided by Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Ecosystem Conservation Office shows a rat trap that was placed under a residential building on St. Paul Island, Alaska, after a resident reported an alleged sighting. Rodents have been removed successfully from hundreds of islands worldwide — including one in Alaska’s Aleutian chain formerly known as “Rat Island,” according to the U.S. Around the developed areas of St. Paul, officials have set out blocks of wax — “chew blocks” — designed to record any telltale incisor bites. Still, it took nearly a year to catch the last known rat on St. Paul, which was believed to have hopped off a barge. The success of what was long called Rat Island, a tract in the Aleutians roughly half the size of Manhattan, shows how effective eradication programs can be.

Persons: stow, upending, we’ve, ”, Lauren Divine, Paul, Divine, —, Paul ., Stacey Buckelew, Buckelew, Donald Lyons, “ It’s, I’ve Organizations: Aleut, St, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, U.S . Department, Agriculture, Fish, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife, Hawadax, National Audubon Locations: JUNEAU, Alaska, Bering, Paul, Pribilof, St, Paul Island , Alaska, U.S, Aleutians, Manhattan

☆ River otter captured after attacking and dragging child underwater at Washington marina
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A river otter attacked a child at a marina in Bremerton, Washington, pulling the boy underwater and biting him before he was rescued by his mother. The mother told authorities that the river otter pulled her son into the water and dragged him underneath. The river otter continued to pursue the family as they left the dock," the agency said. The otter was captured and taken to the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab for further evaluation and testing for rabies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services works to "trap and lethally remove" river otters from the marina, the fish and wildlife agency said.

Persons: WDFW, Ken Balazs, child’s, Matt Leffers Organizations: Bremerton Marina, state's Department of Fish, Disease, Lab, U.S . Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, NBC News Locations: Bremerton , Washington, Kitsap County, Washington, Jupiter , Florida, Montana, California, Serene, Placer County

☆ These Birds Have Their Own Beach. Their Human Neighbors Want In.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Hilary Howard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Sections of the Rockaway Peninsula, a coastal strip of land in southern Queens, look like beach towns more than the concrete and steel landscape of much of New York City. On a mile-long stretch of the boardwalk in Edgemere, a neighborhood in the Rockaways that was a thriving resort destination a century ago, you can still see open skies, dunes and the ocean. But for most of the summer, the beach here is closed. Since 1996, this swath of sand and surf has been reserved for much of the spring and summer for nesting coastal piping plovers, which are endangered in New York and protected federally by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Along the Eastern Seaboard, from barrier islands to private and public beaches on the mainland, efforts are being made to provide safe habitats for them.

Organizations: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Seaboard Locations: Queens, New York City, Edgemere, New York

☆ Wildlife forensics: how recreating animal crime scenes could help catch poachers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Across the world, wildlife crimes – including animal trafficking and poaching – are on the rise and are a major threat to the planet’s biodiversity. Often, he says, wildlife crimes happen in remote areas without witnesses and first responders can accidentally disrupt the scene and contaminate evidence. Once the crime scene has been investigated, the students are taught how to chemically analyze the evidence at an on-site laboratory. “We have so many poachers that have walked free in court because rangers didn’t collect enough evidence. In the first quarter of this year, IFAW reported 32 wildlife crime cases being presented in court and 24 people accused of wildlife crimes awaiting prosecution.

Persons: Greg Simpson, isn’t, “, ”, Jo Munnik, Phil Snijman, ” Mkhabela, IFAW, Kevin Pretorius, Simpson Organizations: CNN, Initiative, Wildlife Forensics Academy, WFA, CSI, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Kenya Wildlife Service, Green Law Foundation, High Locations: Cape Town , South Africa, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu, Natal, iMfolozi, Greater Kruger, “, Malawi, Botswana

☆ Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX’s Ambitions
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Eric Lipton | Meridith Kohut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two hours later, once conditions were deemed safe, a team from SpaceX, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a conservation group began canvassing the fragile migratory bird habitat surrounding the launch site. The launch had unleashed an enormous burst of mud, stones and fiery debris across the public lands encircling Mr. Musk’s $3 billion space compound. Chunks of sheet metal and insulation were strewn across the sand flats on one side of a state park. None of the nine nests recorded by the nonprofit Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program before the launch had survived intact.

Persons: Elon Musk’s, —, Musk’s Organizations: SpaceX, United, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service Locations: United States, U.S

☆ SpaceX rockets blew away local bird habitats after Elon Musk 'misled' NPS officials about expansion, NYT reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The outlet reported that SpaceX's operations have caused explosions, fires, leaks, and other issues at least 19 times since 2019. The species is listed as "threatened" by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The company's environmental practices have caused friction with government agencies like the National Park Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The outlet reported that SpaceX hired a consultant to track bird patterns, and its researchers "found little to no evidence" of changes to the local bird population. A former National Park Service official, Mark Spier, said SpaceX "misled" officials.

Persons: —, CHANDAN KHANNA, Elon Musk, Richard Bord, they're, Gary Henry, Mark Spier, SpaceX Organizations: Service, The New York Times, Business, Boca, Boca Chica State, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Getty, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Aviation Administration, SpaceX, Times, Pentagon, US Fish, NASA Locations: Southern Texas, Starbase, Boca Chica, Boca Chica , Texas, North Carolina

☆ Unlikely Wild Animals Are Being Smuggled Into U.S. Ports: Corals
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Jason Bittel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But other creatures are frequently being seized at American ports of entry, creatures you perhaps would not realize are animals: corals. Corals are not plants: They are tiny invertebrates that live in vast colonies, forming the foundation of the world’s tropical reefs. All over the world, corals, which populate reefs, filter water and provide habitats for numerous fish and other ocean life, are in danger. The United States is a huge part of that trade. “The U.S. is the primary market for marine corals,” said Ashley Skeen, a senior wildlife inspector for the U.S.

Persons: they’d, ”, Ashley Skeen Organizations: United Nations Office, Drugs, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service Locations: Indonesia, Fiji, Tonga, Australia, Caribbean, United States, U.S

☆ Las Vegas monolith: Mystery column removed from hiking trail near Gass Peak
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. Members of the Las Vegas police search and rescue team found the object near Gass Peak, part of the vast Desert National Wildlife Refuge where bighorn sheep and desert tortoises can be found roaming. Then came sightings in Romania, central California, New Mexico and on the famed Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the largest wildlife refuge outside of Alaska and can cover the state of Rhode Island twice. The department said it “discourages anyone from venturing off marked trails or leaving objects and items behind.”“This poses a danger to you and the environment,” Las Vegas police said.

Persons: Stanley Kubrick, Nick, didn’t, Christa Weise Organizations: CNN, Las, Wildlife, Utah’s Department of Public Safety, Authorities, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Land Management Locations: Las Vegas, Las, Romania, California, New Mexico, Fremont, Las Vegas ., Utah, Alaska, Rhode, In Utah

☆ With Trump, Silicon Valley elites see AI regulation as they see fit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While Musk hasn't formally endorsed Trump, one reason Silicon Valley heavy-hitters could be gravitating toward a convicted former president is a desire to see less regulation on tech development in America. AdvertisementCuban, a vocal opponent of Trump who has expressed his support for Joe Biden, told Business Insider in an email that he views the support from Silicon Valley and Wall Street billionaires for Trump as "self-serving." "So unless it's very light touch, which is unlikely at this point, the more influence they have over Ai regulation the better the opportunity to advantage themselves." "It's still very early to be imposing regulation," Sacks said. That's not to say every Silicon Valley player investing in AI and Trump hopes to see an unrestrained, Wild West of artificial intelligence development.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Shaun Maguire, Trump, David Sacks, Biden, Puck, Sacks, hasn't, Mark Cuban, Joe Biden, Cuban, BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, Maguire, Sacks didn't, Garry Tan, Y, That's, Chamath, Palihapitiya, Musk, Rishi Sunak Organizations: Service, Silicon, Trump, Business, Sequoia Capital, Venture, Wall, acc, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Wildlife Service, British Locations: Russia, Ukraine, San Francisco, America, Silicon Valley, Cuban

☆ They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Franz Lidz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Barred owls have also emerged as a threat to the California spotted owl, a closely related subspecies in the Sierra Nevada and the mountains of coastal and Southern California. In the wilds of British Columbia, the northern spotted owl has vanished; only one, a female, remains. If the trend continues, the northern spotted owl could become the first owl subspecies in the United States to go extinct. In a last-ditch effort to rescue the northern spotted owl from oblivion and protect the California spotted owl population, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed culling a staggering number of barred owls across a swath of 11 to 14 million acres in Washington, Oregon and Northern California, where barred owls — which the agency regards as invasive — are encroaching.

Persons: Karla Bloem, ” Organizations: U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Owl Center Locations: Pacific Northwest, California, Sierra Nevada, Southern California, British Columbia, United States, U.S, Washington , Oregon, Northern California, Minnesota

In total, 130 whales were returned to sea after a total of 160 were beached, according to the department of Parks and Wildlife Service Western Australia (DPAW). Also present were wildlife officials from the DPAW, as well as experienced veterinarians, trying to save as many whales as possible. Like other whale species, pilot whales are highly sociable often looking out for each other especially if a member of the pod falls sick or is injured. “That may or may not have been a factor of why these animals got to the point of stranding.”Last year more than 50 pilot whales died in a mass stranding event in Scotland. The same month wildlife officials in Western Australia said they had to make a heart-breaking decision to euthanize dozens of stranded long-finned pilot whales after a frantic rescue effort to refloat them failed to yield results.

Persons: ”, Ian Wiese, I’ve, ” Wiese, ” Weise, “, Busselton Wildli, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Rescue, Geographe Marine Research, Parks and Wildlife Service Western Australia Locations: Dunsborough, Perth, Toby's, Australia, Scotland, Western Australia

☆ 100 Pilot Whales Are Rescued After Mass Stranding in Australia
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Johnny Diaz | More About Johnny Diaz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than 100 long-finned pilot whales stranded along the shores of Western Australia on Thursday have returned to the ocean, while 29 died on the beach, wildlife officials said. Officials were working to remove the 29 whales that had died on the beach, Pia Courtis, a regional wildlife officer with the Parks and Wildlife Service for Western Australia, said on Thursday in a news conference posted by the agency on social media. The agency planned to take biological samples and measurements from the dead whales for research. After marine officials and volunteers had helped the other whales back out to sea, boats were on the water and a spotter plane was monitoring the area to ensure they did not return to shore. The four pods of 160 pilot whales were spread across about 1,640 feet of beach at the Toby Inlet, near the town of Dunsborough, in Western Australia on Thursday morning, local wildlife officials said, in a statement on social media.

Persons: Pia Courtis Organizations: Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Locations: Western Australia, Dunsborough

☆ Montana rancher paid $4,200 to clone a dead sheep and launched a farm of super hybrids worth up to $550,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A Montana rancher was charged with illegally selling offspring from a cloned sheep across state lines. There's nothing illegal about selling sheep for exorbitant prices — unless those animals are Marco Polo argali sheep, or in Schubarth's case, hybrids of Marco Polo argali sheep. Marco Polo argali sheep are native to central Asia and are considered threatened under the US Endangered Species Act. Shortly thereafter, Schubarth allegedly got his hands on some of those sheep parts and, in 2015, paid a deposit of $4,200 to produce cloned sheep embryos from the dead argali's remains. AdvertisementIn May 2017, a pure argali sheep was born from one of those cloned embryos.

Persons: —, Arthur, Jack, Schubarth, Marco Polo, George Schaller, Joyce Tischler, Lacey, King, Matthew Polak, Dolly, it's, Alison Van Eenennaam, Davis, Van Eenennaam, Gregory Kaebnick, isn't, Rula Rouhana, Reuters It's, Kaebnick, didn't Organizations: Service, Department, Lewis & Clark Law School's Center for Animal Law, European Union, Getty, University of California, and Wildlife Service, The Hastings Center, Reproductive Biotechnology, Reuters Locations: Montana, Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Dubai

☆ A Montana man trying to illegally create a 'giant sheep hybrid' went on a hunt for sheep parts and testicles, the authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

These huge sheep, sold for up to $10,000 each, fetched higher prices in the game market. AdvertisementA Montana rancher, who pleaded guilty to two wildlife-related felonies, tried to illegally breed a "giant hybrid sheep" species for higher returns in the hunting market, the Justice Department said. Schubarth bred his offshoot species from a single male argali sheep he kept at his ranch and called the "Montana Mountain King," prosecutors said. The rancher brought the "Montana Mountain King" to his property in Montana despite knowing he was breaking state animal trafficking laws, per court documents. He then extracted semen from the "Montana Mountain King," using it to inseminate dozens of ewes of different species, prosecutors said.

Persons: Arthur Schubarth, —, Arthur, Jack, Schubarth, Marco, It's, argali, Prosecutors, Lacey, Ron Howell Organizations: Service, Justice Department, Central Asia, DOJ, Rocky, Business, Wildlife, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Locations: Montana, Central, Kyrgyzstan

☆ 8 federal government jobs that can pay over $200K
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

64 federal job categories pay upwards of $200,000, with some reaching $400,000. AdvertisementMany people enter federal roles for job security, not for the money. Data from the US Office of Personnel Management indicates 64 federal job categories have positions that pay over $200,000 — and some pay as much as much as $400,000. AdvertisementThere are currently 55 open positions in this category, with the highest role listed with a starting salary of $180,564. According to OPM, there are currently 319 federal employees in this job category who make over $200,000.

Persons: —, usajobs.gov Organizations: Service, Management, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Department of, IT Management, NASA, FDA, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, General Engineering, Marshall Space Flight, HR Management, National Science Foundation

LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya (AP) — Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned to a grassy plateau that hasn't seen them in decades. The rhinos were taken from three parks that are becoming overcrowded to the private Loisaba Conservancy, where herds were wiped out by poaching decades ago. Kenya now has around 1,000 black rhinos, the third biggest population behind South Africa and Namibia. There are just over 6,400 wild black rhinos left in the world, all of them in Africa, according to the Save the Rhino organization. Tom Silvester, the CEO of Loisaba Conservancy, said Kenya's plan is to get its black rhino numbers to 2,000 over the next decade.

Persons: “ It’s, ”, Daniel Ole Yiankere, David Ndere, ” Ndere, Tom Silvester, Silvester, ___ Odula Organizations: Conservancy, Loisaba, Rhinos, Kenya Wildlife Service, Rhino, Loisaba Conservancy, ___ AP Locations: LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya, Nairobi, ”, South Africa, Namibia, Africa, Loisaba, ___, africa

For polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition, a new study suggests. With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer. Usually polar bears eat high-fat seals while based on sea ice, near where the seals are. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service lists polar bears as a threatened species “due to the loss of its sea ice habitat." When polar bears have sea ice, they feast on seals.

Persons: Anthony Pagano, fatten, Pagano, Andrew Derocher, ” Derocher, ”, Derocher, Karyn Rode, “, ” Rode, Kristin Laidre, Laidre, Stephanie Windeler, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein Organizations: Nature Communications, Geological Survey, Data, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Alberta, University of Washington, Canada, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Associated Press Locations: U.S, Hudson, London, AP.org

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