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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Cane, You Hear Me Now Animal-welfare group backs toad-killing in Australia		03 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 PM on 03 Apr 2008 Australian politician Shane Knuth has proposed a special "Toad Day Out" for residents of the state of Queensland to kill cane toads, a poisonous invasive species that Knuth calls "the greatest environmental vermin and probably the most disgusting creature known to man." The plan even has the backing of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- with ...
Topics: animal welfare, Australia, biodiversity, news, wildlife (all these topics)

You feisty devils, you	Tia Ghose	14 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Check out this National Geographic video about Tasmanian devils (via The Slog): By the way, Tasmanian devils are nearing extinction.
Topics: Australia, wildlife (all these topics)

'Roo the Day Australia military will kill hundreds of kangaroos		07 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:22 PM on 07 Mar 2008 Australia's military will cull up to 500 wild kangaroos on a military base in the capital city of Canberra after authorities determined Friday that it would be too costly to relocate them. Officials say overgrazing 'roos are endangering native grassland, a local lizard, and the threatened golden sun moth. A plan to shoot the animals was abandoned after police warned that stray bullets could strike n ...
Topics: Australia, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Whale Played Aussies release gruesome footage of Japanese whale hunt		08 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 2:30 PM on 08 Feb 2008 There's a new twist in the twisty tale of Japan's off-then-back-on-again whale hunt: the Australian government has released gut-wrenching footage of what it says is a mother and baby minke whale being harpooned and hauled aboard a Japanese ship. An unamused official at Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research denied that the large and small whales were a mother and calf, and warned that the Austr ...
Topics: Australia, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Mob Gnarly and the Whalers Protesters converge on Japan's whaling fleet; Aussie court rules Japan hunt illegal		15 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:02 AM on 15 Jan 2008 It's been high drama on the high seas the past few days as the unpopular Japanese whaling fleet has been at the heart of legal action and a target of direct-action protest. Earlier this week, Greenpeace successfully tracked down Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters and has been chasing them around, disrupting the hunt. Today, a federal court in Aus ...
Topics: Australia, international politics, Japan, news, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Australia steps up to oppose Japanese whaling	Jason D Scorse	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This move by the Australian government is great news. Moral: elections matter! Let's hope other countries follow suit and stop this madness masquerading as "scientific research".
Topics: Australia, fishing, Japan, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Bat an Ai-yi-yi Heat waves take a toll on Australian fruit bats		28 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 5:51 PM on 28 Nov 2007 Climate change has, ahem, taken a swing at bats. Unable to deal with scorching heat waves, thousands of Australian fruit bats have flapped their wings, panted, drooled -- then dropped dead. Which begs the question: Do bat researchers spend a lot of time yelling, "Quick -- to the bat cave!" We really, really hope so. sources:� Agence France-Presse, The Telegraph Fr ...
Topics: Australia, climate, climate change impacts, news, wildlife (all these topics)

'Roo shoe diaries Court upholds ban on kangaroo-hide sneaks	Sarah van Schagen	26 Jul 2007	Gristmill
A California Supreme Court decision Monday upheld a 36-year-old ban on the import and sale of products made from various wildlife species -- specifically soccer, rugby, and baseball shoes made by defendant Adidas.The decision was hailed by animal rights groups for setting a precedent allowing states to protect species that the federal government no longer deems in peril.Meanwhile, Aussies (who apparently often serve 'roo on the barbie) are rather confused by the ru ...
Topics: wildlife, animal welfare, Australia, California (all these topics)

Hope There's a High Ceiling for the Kangaroos Australia to build 1,740-mile corridor for wildlife affected by climate change		09 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Hope There's a High Ceiling for the Kangaroos Australia to build 1,740-mile corridor for wildlife affected by climate change State and federal leaders in Australia have agreed to create a 1,740-mile wildlife corridor spanning the east coast of the continent -- in part to allow plants and animals to flee the effects of global warming. "The effects of climate change will likely be less sev ...
Topics: Australia, climate, climate change adaptation, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Sweet 'n' Low-Down Sugar is causing environmental catastrophes		09 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
Sweet 'n' Low-Down Sugar is causing environmental catastrophes A high-sugar diet is slowly fattening and sickening American people, but we're getting off easy. Turns out the sweet stuff is outright killing endangered Florida panthers, not to mention the ecosystem in which they live. Almost 700,000 acres of the Florida Everglades have been drained to create the Everglades Agricultural Area, about 80 per ...
Topics: Australia, Florida, food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

Got to Admit It's Getting Bettors Bettors Will Get a Chance to Help Save Albatrosses		12 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Got to Admit It's Getting Bettors Bettors Will Get a Chance to Help Save Albatrosses A well-known bookie is teaming up with enviros in a creative effort to help save albatrosses, sea birds that are increasingly threatened by a fishing technique called longlining, which involves the use of tens of thousands of baited hooks dragged behind trawlers for 60 miles or more. Conservationists ...
Topics: Africa, Australia, environmental restoration, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

20,000 Toxins Under the Sea Ocean Mammals Getting Pummeled by Pollution		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
20,000 Toxins Under the Sea Ocean Mammals Getting Pummeled by Pollution New research indicates that human-made toxins have infiltrated deep and remote parts of the ocean. The Ocean Alliance, a Massachusetts-based research organization, has found troubling levels of DDT, PCBs, and other contaminants in the blubber of sperm whales. Scienti ...
Topics: Australia, marine life, oceans, pollution and waste, toxics, United States, water bodies and marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

The Good of Small Things Aussies See Big Business in Small Life Forms		30 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Good of Small Things Aussies See Big Business in Small Life Forms Here's an investment tip from Down Under: bacteria. That's right -- Australian scientists are creating a range of bacteria-based products to help clean up the environment, and, while they're at it, reap some of the riches of a $5 billion global market in environmental biotechnology. A coalition of Australian universities, research institutes, and i ...
Topics: Australia, business, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

John Connor, It Is Time		23 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
John Connor, It Is Time Australia is famous for its unusual animals (think koalas and kangaroos), but according to a new government report, thousands of the nation's mammal, reptile, and bird species could go extinct if the pace of land-clearing continues unabated. The report, known as the "Biodiversity Audit" and leaked to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation yesterday, found that 2,891 separate ecosystems in Australia are ...
Topics: Australia, wildlife (all these topics)

Down Underachievers?		19 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Down Underachievers? The environmental situation is not looking up in the land down under, according to a new report commissioned by a consortium of conservation organizations. Noting such environmental problems as loss of species and their habitats, degradation of inland waters, and high pollution levels from the burning of fossil fuels, the report calls Australia "a continent in rever ...
Topics: Australia, politics, pollution and waste, population, wildlife (all these topics)

P-ouch!		08 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
P-ouch! Australia Environment Minister David Kemp has angered environmentalists by agreeing to allow 6.9 million kangaroos and wallabies to be killed for commercial purposes this year. The figure represents a 1.5 million increase over past culls of Australia's national symbol. State governments had requested an even larger increase, saying the kangaroo population was on the rise. But environmentalists criticized t ...
Topics: Australia, food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

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