Wildlife Conservation Society

Address: 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, New York 10460 U.S.A. Telephone: (718) 220-5197 Fax: (718) 220-2685 http://www.wcs.org Statistics: Not-for-Profit OrganizationIncorporated: 1895 as the New York Zoological SocietyEmployees: 750Sales: $78.42 million (1998)NAIC: 813312 Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations; 71213 Zoos and Botanical GardensCompany Perspectives:The Wildlife Conservation Society's mission is to save wildlife, to teach ecology, and to inspire care for nature.Company...

HISTORY OF SAVENATURE ORGANISATION

History and Milestones For more than 20 years we have fostered a synergistic partnership between schools, informal science institutions, in-situ conservation organizations, in-country non-governmental organizations, and the public in the form of families and individuals, all working towards the preservation of the wildest creatures and places on earth.In 1987, CEO and co-founder, Norman Gershenz and co-founder Leslie Saul traveled to...

Some meaningful poster from WWF

Since we have discuss a lot of issues and aspects in this blog, it is the time now, for us to show some of the poster and picture from WWF, as a picture is worth a thousand wor...

The list of NGO for protecting the enviroment

There is numbers of NGO who protect the environment. There are:African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)Ambiente EcologicoAsociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (ANCON)Asociación Oceánica de Panamá (AOP)Asociación Salvadoreña de Conservación del Medio Ambiente (ASACMA)Association for Biodiversity Information (ABI) / Natural Heritage NetworkAudubon SocietyBahamas National TrustCaribbean Conservation Association (CCA)Caribbean Marine Research Center (CMRC) / Perry Institute for Marine ScienceCaribbean...

Why do the Japanese hunt whales?

Whaling.Japanese Whaling HistoryJapan has a long history of whaling. Half a dozen towns can trace their whaling history back hundreds of years, to when whales were driven into nets, harpooned repeatedly and then dispatched with either a long sword or a wooden plug driven into the blowhole. Hand harpoons dating as far back as 10,000 B.C. indicate an even longer tradition of whaling in Japan.At the turn of the 20th century, Japanese coastal whaling...

What does Japan think about the pro-whale movement?

Unwilling to Bow to Cultural DifferencesSome groups and nations support a moratorium on all forms of whaling — not just the commercial kind — and propose protecting all whales, regardless of their abundance and conservation status. Japan is not among them.In March 2008, then Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura stated, "There is a need for us to avoid cultural debates and rather show respect for our respective cultures and calmly discuss the issue based on scientific evidence."Japan's main...

Is whale meat popular in Japan?

Whale meat sashimi is served at a whale meat eatery in Tokyo, Japan in May 2007. According to a recent Gallup poll, males 40 to 49 are the most likely to enjoy a piping hot plate of whale meat, followed by men between 50 and 59. Whale meat is still somewhat popular in Japan, but whether you like it or not depends largely on your demographic. According to a 2006 Gallup poll conducted by the Nippon Research Center and commissioned by Greenpeace,...

Overharvesting

Passenger pigeon.One of the factors that cause species extinct is overharvesting. Before we go into our discussion, I would like to bring you some past events that prove human had over hunting certain species till they become endanger species. So, let us look at a classic example is the extermination of America passenger pigeon that once a upon a time lived in eastern North America with large population of them (population...

"The Andrews"

Animals Asia Welfare Awards -"The Andrews" Animals Asia has created a set of awards to recognise those organisations and individuals who are making outstanding contributions to the advancement of animal welfare in Asia. Over the years, we have seen many selfless supporters, celebrities, government officials, corporations, campaign partners and students helping to improve the plight of wild and domesticated animals throughout Asia. We're sure you know of many more. Animals Asia plans to launch...

5 most endangered species in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Five of the 10 animals and plants most threatened by the illegal wildlife trade are in Malaysia.The tiger, Asian rhinoceros, elephant and orang utan are included in the top 10 list released by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International, together with a red and pink jewel-like coral species, Corallium borneense. All are found in Malaysia. "Malaysia’s global position in providing habitat to some of the most charismatic and endangered flagship mammal species, such as the tiger,...

20 Ways You Can Save Our WIldlife

Some "dos" and "don'ts".Do not buy bones, skulls, teeth, trophies or feathers of wild animals. To obtain these product, animals have to be killed and you are encouraging the wildlife trade.Do not think of our wild animals (such as wild boar and deer meat) as exotic food. If we continue to eat these animals at the current rate, there will soon be none left. There is plenty of beef, chicken, fish and other meats available.Don't think of wild animal...

Hey! Where is my home?

Deforestation.Over the past 10,000 year, human activities such as urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture have shaped up the surface of the earth. Human have transformed billions of hectares of former forests and grasslands to cities, roads, houses, and other uses. Our actions have certainly caused the loss of wildlife habitat.Globally, around 13 million hectares (ha) of forests were converted to other uses (including agriculture) or were...

Commercial Products and live Specimens

Coats made from Endangered Animals Craft Products from elephants ivories Animal's skinWalking down to the street in the city you will bumped into pet shops where sold birds for example parrots, beetles, and lizards or even souvenir shop you might come to these products such as butterflies or beetle specimens of even a tiger skin purse! Wildlife products are everywhere! From this, we can...

Polution maker?

Don’t ever get angry if I coded we are actually the criminal for putting state of wildlife on the state extinction by creating much pollution to the ecosystem. There is lot of pollution that human created such as toxic pollution, and water pollution just to name a few have numerous impacts on ecosystem of the earth specially human activities such as oil mining, oil transporting, and chemical industry.In this aspect, we would like to bring you an accident which has numerous impacts on ecosystem...

POpulation

In this topic we are going to address some human- caused factors about wildlife extinction. To be more focus, we will go into detail one topic by one post only. In this post, we are going to examine on population. Human population growth has negative influences on biodiversity in several ways. With huge human population in this earth, our consumption on earth resources will increase rapidly. This phenomenon will directly increase our demand on earth resources for instance; we will need to harvest...

What is the main Factor that cause wildlife extinct?

In this section, we are going to determine the main factor that causes wildlife extinct. According to my study in the book of Environmental Science, A Global Concern, 8th Edition by Cunningham and Saigo, 2005, the authors determined two main factors which are Natural Causes of Extinction and Human- Caused Reductions in Biodiversity. Let us look into it one by one. First, let us look into the aspect of Natural causes of extinction briefly, research on fossil suggest that more than 99 per cent of...

The Price of Wildlife trading in Black Market

According to my finding in internet I have found that the prices of wildlife trading in black market can guarantee a great profit for the wildlife hunter and wildlife traders. It is hard to believe that the price offered during the trading is very high and expansive! The list of wildlife trading is shown below:• Siberian Tiger: $70,000• Sea Turtle Skin Boots: $480• Lion: Price on request• Tibetan Antelopes Woven Shawl: $30,000• Gorilla (in London): 4,500 pound• Stuffed Polar Bear: $US 11,000• Orangutan...

I need to wake up from Melissa Etheridge.

Every time I listen to this music from An Inconvenient Truth- The best documentary movies in the 79th Oscars and ‘I need to wake up’ from Melissa Etheridge- The best original songs in the 79th Oscars, I feel that this song really inspire everyone.How was it inspiring people? From my point of views the lyrics of the song start with ‘Have I been sleeping?’, ‘I’ve been so still afraid of crumbling’ which bring the meaning of the people still concern about the environment issue or not. Even those who...

Malaysia Passes WILDLIFE Protection Law

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A Malaysian law intended to deal with animal traffickers and poachers may be too late to save some of the country's endangered species, wildlife activists say.After years of wildlife being decimated by human activities, Malaysia finally responded with a wildlife conservation law called "overdue," Inter Press Service reported Tuesday.Conservationists, concerned that Sumatran rhinos, orangutans, Malayan tigers and clouded leopards a losing their fight for...

Jane's Reasons for Hope

"It is easy to be overwhelmed by feelings of hopelessness as we look around the world. We are losing species at a terrible rate, the balance of nature is disturbed, and we are destroying our beautiful planet. We have fear about water supplies, where future energy will come from – and most recently the developed world has been mired in an economic crisis. But in spite of all this I do have hope. And my hope is based on four factors.The Human BrainFirstly, we have at last begun to understand and face...