Mark Gately

Wildlife Conservation Society (Africa), follow me for news on African, Asian and Marine conservation, plus wildlife updates from the field, views my own.

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Biological corridors are vital for the survival of jaguars, with habitat loss increasingly restricting Latin America’s large mammal species to islands of habitat.

https://t.co/9pB8h4J8aB

[WCS Nigeria 💚 @WCS_Nigeria]

Camera Trap Picture of the Week.

Drills were suspected to be possibly extinct in Nigeria as recently as the 1980s. While they are no longer common, they survive in fragmented forests including Cross River National Park, Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Mbe Mountains.

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For the first time in over a century, a pack of gray wolves has been confirmed in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California.

https://t.co/FmBYq1JBYA

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Wildlife photo of the week is this brown lemur which was seized in what the Thai and Malagasy authorities have called ‘the biggest ever operation against wildlife trafficking’.

https://t.co/8whd0TNuSZ

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The world produces about 400 million metric tons of plastic waste every year, and negotiators have until the end of the year to hammer out a global treaty to help solve the issue.

https://t.co/D2svVPP3iJ

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Fascinating insight into the work of the researcher who played a key role in the fight to save the Bald Eagle.

https://t.co/yklIwJDJoo

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A herd of red deer blend in with the bracken on an autumn morning in Richmond Park, London. A reminder that the UK still has some interesting wildlife roaming around.
https://t.co/UObaAsRbmW

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Giraffe numbers are in decline, prompting the US government to list them as endangered for the first time.
https://t.co/3e6AvJOzU6

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California's mountain lions have become increasingly nocturnal so as to avoid interactions with humans, according to new research. The change offers a hopeful example of the coexistence of wildlife and humans in a large, densely populated area.
https://t.co/BGkdSNkNKG

[WCS Nigeria 💚 @WCS_Nigeria]

Camera Trap Picture of the Week.

The red river-hog Potamochoerus porcus was formerly widespread across the forests of southern Nigeria. Unfortunately, because of hunting and habitat loss, the species has declined and today is largely restricted to protected areas.

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Red squirrels could disappear from England, as a result of a lethal virus carried by invasive grey squirrels. Their plight reflects the challenges that are posed by invasive species everywhere.
https://t.co/QDRu0VvieN

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Wildlife photo of the week is an Anatolian leopard is caught by a camera trap set up in Ankara, Turkey. It’s thought there are fewer than 1,100 adult leopards left in the region.
https://t.co/ZAUw6AAJ2P

[WCS Nigeria 💚 @WCS_Nigeria]

Yesterday, the Wildlife Conservation Society handed over 13 solar-powered boreholes, 30 hand pump boreholes & 3 sanitation facilities to 32 communities & schools in Cross River State. Funded by @USAIDNigeria these boreholes provide clean, safe water to more than 33,000 people.

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Large tiger farms are operating in South Africa and facilitating the illegal smuggling of tiger body parts, according to a report by an animal welfare charity.
https://t.co/iXsek09pId

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Bobcats are in the process of a large-scale recovery in the US, with numbers rebounding from almost zero in 1900 to several million today.
https://t.co/pSrYLAh5gi

[jeremy radachowsky 💚🌱 @radachowsky]

🚨 A screwworm outbreak is putting Mexico and Central America's economies at risk, fueled by illegal cattle trafficking.
We must stop the smuggling to protect our region.

[WCS Nigeria 💚 @WCS_Nigeria]

Camera Trap Picture of the Week
The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee Pan troglodytes ellioti is classified as Endangered and the rarest of all four chimpanzee subspecies. @ChimpandSee

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Habitat loss, pesticide use, climate breakdown and bird flu are to blame as wild bird numbers are down in the UK.
https://t.co/o4lF7uIehU

[Joe Walston @JoeWalston_WCS]

The success of #tiger conservation is not measured just in population numbers but by its range. Another national extinction would be a massive failure for all of us.

https://t.co/Vh5SkaKAvk

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There is a rapid rise in the smuggling of jaguar parts from Bolivia to China, according to a new report. Some of the trade is conducted on WeChat, a Chinese messaging social network. Top traders maintain direct connections with wholesalers based in China.
https://t.co/uWJ5gfnfwh