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Seized wildlife Harbors Zoonotic Viruses

Wildlife Luver — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:26:39 +0000

Researchers of US found that Bushmeat and other illegally imported wildlife confiscated at US ports show Zoonotic viruses. A simple screening program was conducted at New York’s John F.Kennedy International Airport confirms the presence of Simian foamy virus and herpes viruses in the wildlife products that include non-human primates attempted to smuggle into the country.

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Cheetah Cub with Dog - A Rare Picture

Wildlife Luver — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:16:44 +0000

Wildlife Conservation: Ivory Seized

Wildlife Luver — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:02:36 +0000

In the September-2011, Vietnamese police have seized more than 200kg (440 pounds) of ivory believed smuggled from abroad. The Police officials arrested 3 vietnamese for this crime. It is beleived that these tusks are smuggled from abroad. The consignement confirmed that the cargo contained more than two dozens of tusks.

According to state-controlled media, customs official last year seized two tonnes of elephant tusks illegally transported from Kenya to China via vietnam. So the seizure of ivory is periodically recorded in vietnam. Hats off to the officials of Vietnam!!!

Wild Animals Loose in Ohio

Wildlife Luver — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:12:57 +0000

The owner set all of his wild animals free then shot and killed himself. Local law arrived shortly after and found out that over 40 animals (bears, cats, tigers, wolves and primates) were running free. Due to the large number of dangerous animals and the quickly approaching night it was decided that it would be shoot to kill to keep neighbors safe.

Most of the animals were shot but one cat was hit by a car and killed and one of the monkeys, maybe two were eaten by the cats. Six animals including a bear, 2 monkeys and 3 leopards were caught and moved to the Columbus Zoo.

The shooting includes 19 tigers..

Vets were on hand to try and tranquilize but it really was not an option.

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Elephant Died during Radio-collaring Attempt

Wildlife Luver — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:44:01 +0000

One male elephant of 20 years old died after radio-collared to trace out the same during entry into human habitat in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. WWF officials and Forest officials fixed radio collar.

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African Hunting Cheetah Cubs: New Addition to Mysore zoo

Wildlife Luver — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:16:15 +0000

On April 27, 2011, Mysore zoo received a new visitors of three chhetah cubs - first of its kind in INDIA after 50 years. Yes!!! A female cheetah - Brinda, which was brought from Johannesburg, South Africa on March 26 gave birth to one male and female cubs.

According to zoo sources, the cubs are hale and healthy. Zoo vets are offering VIP treatment to these little toddlers as the cubs are very vulnerable and the surroundings here are also new.

The three cubs were presented for public viewing on 22-6-2011. Mysore zoo is the second Indian Zoo, which is having Cheetah in its animal collection next to Sakkarbaug zoo in Gujarat.

Mysore recieved four cheetahs from Johannesburg, South Africa. They confirmed that one of the cheetah is pregnant and providing utmost care to deliver the cubs in an easy manner.

Eight New Wildlife Centers in India

Wildlife Luver — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:20:30 +0000

In India, Rajasthan State will get eight new Wildlife Conservation centers. Yes!!! It is a BIG boon for Wildlife conservation in India. Following are the areas where new centers will be established:

BHILWARA
BARAN
JODHPUR
JHUNJHUNU
SIKAR
NAGAUR

Forest department is going to release special books on these new centers after the notification issued by state government. In addition to this, the Rajasthan government is going to start a new national park named as - “ARAVALI NATIONAL PARK” in KUMBHALGARH.

More over, the state government is concentrating to rope in local people in the development of wildlife reserves to ensure proper management of the reserves with special emphasis on wildlife conservation.

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How to Prevent Tick Infestation in Snakes?

Wildlife Luver — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:00:44 +0000

Reptiles especially snakes are mostly infested with ticks and mites than internal parasites like worms and protozoans. There are many species of mites and ticks that infest snakes. There is a research that confirms that nearly seven genera of ticks are noticed among the reptiles of all species.

The ticks will suck blood from the host. If the snake harbors more ticks, there is every possibility of occurrence of anemia among snakes from the blood loss. Apart from this, ticks are main source of different infections of protozoa and other internal parasites. Ticks are mostly seen around nostrils of the snake. That’s why there have been known cases of ticks causing suffocation in snakes also by filling up their respiratory passages.

You can easily identify the ticks withnaked eye especially when they have fed and are full of blood. In addition to this, the skin around the tick infested area may get peeled off. Before removingthe ticks manually, do regular careful inspections of your snake.

How to Remove Ticks from Snakes?

By using small tweezers, you can removethe ticks. You should be very careful while removing without crushing the tick as well as cut the tick by allowing its mouth and head in the scales of the snake. This will lead to infection to the snake as the fluid of the tick passes into the body of the reptile through damaged skin. Without twisting, pull steadily and firmly, and the tick will usually let go. If you crush the tick, it will cause the bacteria to escape and may recur within your captive snake. Hence it is advisable to put the collected tick in alcohol.

The simple treatment is to soak the snake in the water bath containing luke-warm water. nearly 90% of the ticks will fall off automatically. Keep the treated animal isolated as the ticks may fall of f within 20 mintutes of this treatment. Some of the snakes can be treated with olive oil to get rid of the ticks. Care should be taken while using olive oil, as it will be so slippery, which may act as a potential danger to the snake handlers.

Gray Wolf Lifted from Endangered List

Wildlife Luver — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:30:23 +0000

Until Wednesday (4-05-2011) Gray wolves are listed as endangered throughout the United States. Now, US removes Gray Wolf from endangered list owing to the fact that they have bred like anything and causing menace to the human as well as domestic animals. The gray wolf plays a vital role in the health and proper functioning of ecosystems. This successful comeback in some of its former habitat due to strong conservation efforts. Although conservationists are worrying about this act of Obama’s government. But the happy news is that efforts to ensure the gray wolf did not go extinct have been successful.At present, 5,500 wolves living in eight states in the Northern Rockies. The sad news is that the hunters are behind the wolves before the ink dry.

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Young Eagle’s Death Provoke Investigation

Wildlife Luver — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:29:19 +0000

Wildlife conservation officials of Florida state are investigating the death of an young eagle recovered near Tampa Bay-area road. This is high time for wildlife conservation especially for eagles. Eagles population get dwindled in previous years due to usage of Diclofenac Sodium in cattle ailments. Now worldwide ban helps to improve the eagle population.

The death of this eagle need to be probed immediately to take necessary conservation efforts towards eagle. People noticed the eagle flying towards its nest on Monday (18-4-2011). Suddenly the eagle showed staggering gait after sitting on a pole and fell to the ground. Although young eagle deaths are not unusual, a thorough post-mortem have been conducted to locate the cause of the death.

Tierra Verde, Florida