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Archive for March, 2009
British Columbia bans possession of many exotic animals
03.30.2009
New rules adopted by the Ministry of Environment in British Columbia restrict, regulate and ban the possession of many exotic animals including amphibians and reptiles - from the Ministry of Environment web page:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlifeactreview/cas/
Environment Minister Barry Penner was on hand at the Vancouver Aquarium on March 17 to announce new rules regulating alien species that pose the most serious threat to public safety. Here, assisted by aquarium staff, Minister Penner helps hold a South American boa constrictor. The provincial government has identified species that are a sufficient risk to public safety to warrant regulation. These include some types of mammals, amphibians and reptiles. The new Controlled Alien Species Regulation under the Wildlife Act contains a list of species that individuals are prohibited from possessing unless the animal was in B.C. prior to March 16, 2009. The regulation also includes restrictions on possessing, breeding, transporting and releasing animals that are currently in British Columbia. [Website]
Posted by Frank - March 30, 2009
First born in the wild in 200 years faces a wild life…
03.23.2009
FIRST TUATARA HATCHED IN THE WILD ON MAINLAND NEW ZEALAND IN 200 YEARS:
KENT BLECHYNDEN/The Dominion Post
FIRST BORN: An eight-centimetre-long baby was found at Wellington’s Karori Sanctuary. It is the first born on mainland New Zealand in 200 years.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2278328/Life-will-be-wild-for-new-boy/
Posted by Frank - March 23, 2009
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from EcoSnake
03.16.2009
From National Geographic News:
St. Patrick’s Day Facts: Snakes, a Slave, and a Saint
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Few celebrating St. Patrick’s Day—Tuesday, March 17—know much about the man and the myth behind the holiday that turns rivers green and makes Guinness flow.
Posted by Frank - March 16, 2009 |
Crocodile devours shark in Australia
03.16.2009
From the Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4976147/Crocodile-devours-shark-in-battle-Down-Under.html
Posted by Frank - March 16, 2009
China’s cat meat industry
03.09.2009
From Sky News - China’s cat meat industry. Note from Frank Lundburg: While I think we must respect and understand other cultures and societies, to me, this is very sad and very wrong. There must come a time when we humans have to grow up and recognize how much we owe to the creatures with whom we share a planet which is neutral to all of us:
Sky News: China’s ‘cat meat’ industry
Posted by Frank - March 9, 2009
Learn about Squirrels at the Idaho Fish and Game M-k Nature Center
03.08.2009
Nature Center poster, originally uploaded by EcoSnake.
The Nature Center staff created a poster from some of my squirrel photos to promote March, 2009 as “Squirrel Education Month. Thanks to my friends at the M-K Nature Center for the honor! You can view more “ecosnake” squirrel photos in the “Squirrel” picture set. Photo(s) by Frank Lundburg and Garren Evans. If you live in the Boise, Idaho area, Please stop by the Nature Center and learn about the squirrels in Idaho and in our backyards.