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					<title>And then there were 12: Why don’t we hear about extinction until it’s too late? (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/and-then-there-were-12-why-dont-we-hear-about-extinction-until-its-too-late-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Jul 2018 12:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Sam Turvey]]>
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						<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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							<![CDATA[Oceans]]>
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							<![CDATA[China and Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Apes, Baiji, Biodiversity, Bycatch, Commentary, Conservation, Critically Endangered Species, Deforestation, Dolphins, Endangered Species, Environment, Ex-situ Conservation, Extinction, Fishing, Gibbons, Global Environmental Crisis, Habitat Degradation, Habitat Loss, Hunting, Mammals, Media, Natural Resources, Northern White Rhino, Oceans, Overfishing, Poaching, Primates, Rhinos, Rivers, Species Discovery, Sumatran Rhino, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Vaquita, White Rhino, Wildlife, and Wildlife Trade]]>
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							<![CDATA[Everyone loves a wildlife story. Watching the latest blue-chip natural history series complete with hushed narration about nature’s grandeur — or reading the latest online science about evolution or quirky behavior in our favorite wild animals — can offer respite from the increasingly grim updates on world politics or social issues that bombard us. Environmental [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Everyone loves a wildlife story. Watching the latest blue-chip natural history series complete with hushed narration about nature’s grandeur — or reading the latest online science about evolution or quirky behavior in our favorite wild animals — can offer respite from the increasingly grim updates on world politics or social issues that bombard us. Environmental stories of recent weeks have been anything but uplifting, however. Recently, the death of Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), was widely reported. Sudan’s death leaves only two living northern white rhinos. Although frozen sperm offers some hope that Sudan may yet reproduce post-mortem, and other white rhinos still survive in southern Africa, his death brings this unique subspecies one step closer to extinction. The northern white rhino is down to just two individuals. Image by Lengai101 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0). Another recent story has even higher stakes: the fate of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a tiny porpoise species unique to Mexico’s Gulf of California. Attempts have been made to ban gillnet fishing, which entangles and drowns vaquitas. However, Chinese demand for the swim bladder of totoaba fish — which sells for such high prices that it’s dubbed “aquatic cocaine,” despite having no recognized medical benefits — has led to rampant illegal fishing in the Gulf of California, which is yet to be eliminated. The impact on the vaquita has been catastrophic. A high-stakes conservation effort last autumn, aimed at capturing vaquitas to set up a breeding population,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/and-then-there-were-12-why-dont-we-hear-about-extinction-until-its-too-late-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Photos: program devoted to world&#8217;s strangest, most neglected animals celebrates five years</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2012/01/photos-program-devoted-to-worlds-strangest-most-neglected-animals-celebrates-five-years/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2012/01/photos-program-devoted-to-worlds-strangest-most-neglected-animals-celebrates-five-years/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>16 Jan 2012 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Amphibians, Animals, Baiji, Conservation, Coral Reefs, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Environment, Evolution, Extinction, Frogs, Green, In-situ Conservation, Mammals, Marine, Marine Animals, Marine Conservation, Marine Mammals, Photos, Saving Species From Extinction, Solutions, Species Discovery, Strange, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[One of EDGE&#8217;s focal mammals: the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus). Photo by: James T. Reardon/ZSL. What do Attenborough&#8217;s echidna, the bumblebee bat, and the purple frog have in common? They have all received conservation attention from a unique program by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) called EDGE. Five years old this week, the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[One of EDGE&#8217;s focal mammals: the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus). Photo by: James T. Reardon/ZSL. What do Attenborough&#8217;s echidna, the bumblebee bat, and the purple frog have in common? They have all received conservation attention from a unique program by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) called EDGE. Five years old this week, the program focuses on the world&#8217;s most unique and imperiled animal species or, as they put it, the most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species. In the past five years the program has achieved notable successes from confirming the existence of long unseen species (Attenborough&#8217;s echidna) to taking the first photos and video of a number of targeted animals (the purple frog). &#8220;Since we started our work we’ve achieved measurable conservation gains for more than 20 species but still have a long way to go to reach our goal of securing the future for all top 100 EDGE species,&#8221; Carly Waterman, EDGE Program Manager, said in a press release. Likely new species of elephant shrew, or sengi, in Kenya. Photo by: ZSL. A first in conservation, the EDGE program chooses its target species not based on fame and beauty (factors that bring in donors), but on a scientifically determined EDGE &#8220;score&#8221;. This carefully calculated score informs scientists both how threatened a species is and how unique it is on the tree of life. In other words, a species with a lot of close relatives&#8212;say a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)&#8212;would have a lower EDGE score than&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2012/01/photos-program-devoted-to-worlds-strangest-most-neglected-animals-celebrates-five-years/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-31467</doi>				</item>
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					<title>The extinction of the baiji a &#8216;wake-up call&#8217; to conserve vaquita and other cetaceans</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2008/08/the-extinction-of-the-baiji-a-wake-up-call-to-conserve-vaquita-and-other-cetaceans/</link>
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					<pubDate>25 Aug 2008 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, China, Latin America, and Mexico]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Baiji, Biodiversity, Cetaceans, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Fishing, Green, In-situ Conservation, Interviews, Mammals, Marine Conservation, Marine Mammals, Pollution, Rivers, Whales, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[The extinction of the baiji a &#8216;wake-up call&#8217; to conserve vaquita and other cetaceans An interview with Dr. Jay Barlow: Extinction of the baiji a &#8216;wake-up call&#8217; to conserve vaquita and other cetaceans Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com August 25, 2008 In December of 2006 an expedition spent six weeks surveying the Yangtze River in China for [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The extinction of the baiji a &#8216;wake-up call&#8217; to conserve vaquita and other cetaceans An interview with Dr. Jay Barlow: Extinction of the baiji a &#8216;wake-up call&#8217; to conserve vaquita and other cetaceans Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com August 25, 2008 In December of 2006 an expedition spent six weeks surveying the Yangtze River in China for one of the world&#8217;s rarest cetaceans, the baiji. Also known as &#8216;The Goddess of the Yangtze&#8217; the shy river-dolphin had roamed the river for millions of years locating fish with echolocation. The survey came back empty-handed without a spotting a single dolphin. Dr. Jay Barlow, a member of the surveying team, described his emotions on the expedition&#8217;s findings in an interview with Mongabay.com: &#8220;I was stunned. I knew the species was in trouble, but I did not think they were already gone. We really had not seen the extinction of a large mammal species in 50 years, so we grew complacent.&#8221; The expedition sealed the baiji&#8217;s fate for most of the scientific community and the world. There has been no verified sighting of the baiji since the expedition. In August of 2007 a video purporting to be of the dolphin emerged, but there is debate as to whether it actually shows the animal. Barlow does not believe the baiji will stage a return. &#8220;I have no optimism left for this species,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It is gone. This is indeed a sad end for an entire arm of the evolutionary tree that has been around for&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2008/08/the-extinction-of-the-baiji-a-wake-up-call-to-conserve-vaquita-and-other-cetaceans/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-38077</doi>				</item>
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					<title>New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the &#8216;extinct&#8217; Baiji</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2008/04/new-expedition-seeks-evidence-for-survival-of-the-extinct-baiji/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Apr 2008 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[China]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Baiji, Biodiversity, Cetaceans, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Green, Mammals, Pollution, Rivers, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the &#8216;extinct&#8217; Baiji New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the &#8216;extinct&#8217; Baiji Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com April 16, 2008 The EDGE program, apart of the London Zoological Society, has sent an expedition to the Yangtze River to survey local fishermen for any evidence that the Baiji may still [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the &#8216;extinct&#8217; Baiji New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the &#8216;extinct&#8217; Baiji Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com April 16, 2008 The EDGE program, apart of the London Zoological Society, has sent an expedition to the Yangtze River to survey local fishermen for any evidence that the Baiji may still survive. One of the scientists, Dr. Sam Turvey, was on an expedition last summer that found no sign of the Baiji in the Yangtze&#8217;s oxbow lakes, furthering the belief that the mammal is extinct. In December 2006 an expedition saw no sign of Baijis during a six-week survey of the river. Expedition leaders stated that they believed the dolphin was &#8220;functionally extinct&#8221;. To add more mystery to the status of the Baiji, in August 2007 a local man videotaped what may have been a Baiji in the Anhui Province. Despite excitement from Chinese and Western media, marine biologists were more skeptical, noting that even if the animal was a Baiji it did not mean there were enough individuals in the Yangtze to stage a comeback. The last captive Baiji died in 2002 after twenty-two years. No other captive Baijis survived beyond three years and most lasted less than a year. The Baiji, also known as the Yangtze River Dolphin, suffered from a large number of human-related threats, including over-fishing, pollution, increased boat traffic, and the construction of dams. If extinct, it was a casualty to China&#8217;s western-style industrialization. The Yangtze Finless Porpoise, which inhabits the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2008/04/new-expedition-seeks-evidence-for-survival-of-the-extinct-baiji/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-38374</doi>				</item>
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					<title>16,306 species threatened with extinction</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2007/09/16306-species-threatened-with-extinction/</link>
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					<pubDate>12 Sep 2007 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay.com]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Amphibians, Animals, Apes, Baiji, Biodiversity, Birds, Bushmeat, Conservation, Deforestation, Endangered Species, Ex-situ Conservation, Extinction, Gorillas, Green, In-situ Conservation, Mammals, Orangutans, Pet Trade, Primates, Wildlife, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[16,306 species threatened with extinction 16,306 species threatened with extinction mongabay.com September 12, 2007 40% of species assessed by IUCN are threatened with extinction. New tally represents a 1.2 percent increase (187 species) in listed species since 2006 update 16,306 of 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction, reports the World [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[16,306 species threatened with extinction 16,306 species threatened with extinction mongabay.com September 12, 2007 40% of species assessed by IUCN are threatened with extinction. New tally represents a 1.2 percent increase (187 species) in listed species since 2006 update 16,306 of 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction, reports the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The total number of known extinct species now stands at 785, while a further 65 are only found in captivity or in cultivation. One in four mammals, one in eight birds, one third of all amphibians and 70% of the world&#8217;s assessed plants on the 2007 IUCN Red List are considered at risk. &#8220;This year&#8217;s IUCN Red List shows that the invaluable efforts made so far to protect species are not enough,&#8221; said Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). &#8220;The rate of biodiversity loss is increasing and we need to act now to significantly reduce it and stave off this global extinction crisis. This can be done, but only with a concerted effort by all levels of society.&#8221; The IUCN Red List is considered the most authoritative assessment of the global status of plants and animals. It classifies species according to their extinction risk and is available online as a searchable database. The blue anole, a threatened species on Isla Gorgona in Colombia. Photo by Maria Margarita Ramos Gorilla in Gabon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Related articles Biodiversity extinction crisis looms says renowned biologist(3/12/2007) While there is&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2007/09/16306-species-threatened-with-extinction/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-38956</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Rare Chinese river dolphin sighting in doubt</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2007/09/rare-chinese-river-dolphin-sighting-in-doubt/</link>
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					<pubDate>01 Sep 2007 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay.com]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Baiji, Biodiversity, Cetaceans, Cryptozoology, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Green, Mammals, Marine Mammals, Pollution, Rivers, Species Discovery, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Rare Chinese river dolphin sighting in doubt Rare Chinese river dolphin sighting in question mongabay.com September 1, 2007 A prominent researcher is skeptical of last week&#8217;s reported sighting of the baiji, the Chinese river dolphin declared extinct earlier this year, according to the New York Times. The sighting near Tongling city in Anhui Province &#8212; [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Rare Chinese river dolphin sighting in doubt Rare Chinese river dolphin sighting in question mongabay.com September 1, 2007 A prominent researcher is skeptical of last week&#8217;s reported sighting of the baiji, the Chinese river dolphin declared extinct earlier this year, according to the New York Times. The sighting near Tongling city in Anhui Province &#8212; widely reported in Chinese and Western media &#8212; was captured on video. Dr. Robert L. Pitman of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&#8217;s Fisheries Ecosystem Studies Program told science writer Andrew Revkin of the New York Times that &#8220;Chinese scientists who have reviewed the supposed videotape are far from certain that it shows a baiji at all,&#8221; writes Patrick Lyons in the blog,This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2007/09/rare-chinese-river-dolphin-sighting-in-doubt/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-38914</doi>				</item>
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					<title>A farewell to the Yangtze’s ghost, the Baiji</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2006/12/a-farewell-to-the-yangtzes-ghost-the-baiji/</link>
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					<pubDate>15 Dec 2006 01:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Rhett Ayers Butler]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia and China]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Baiji, Biodiversity, Cetaceans, Dolphins, Endangered Species, Extinction, Mammals, Obituary, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the quiet flow of the Yangtze, a silent departure occurred. The Baiji, China’s exclusive river dolphin, known scientifically for its distinction and affectionately for its grace, has succumbed to the inevitable, declared “functionally extinct.” This term, clinical yet profound, marks the end of a lineage that navigated the waters of the Yangtze for over [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the quiet flow of the Yangtze, a silent departure occurred. The Baiji, China’s exclusive river dolphin, known scientifically for its distinction and affectionately for its grace, has succumbed to the inevitable, declared “functionally extinct.” This term, clinical yet profound, marks the end of a lineage that navigated the waters of the Yangtze for over 20 million years, a testament to evolutionary success until its recent decline. Born of the Pacific, the Baiji found refuge and realm in the Yangtze, evolving distinctively to become a symbol of the river’s once-vibrant ecosystem. However, the forces of modernity – pollution, overfishing, unyielding boat traffic, and the unrelenting rise of dams – conspired against the Baiji, culminating in a demise that was as much anticipated as it was lamented. The species’ decline, from a cautious estimate of 300 individuals in 1986 to the vanishing point today, parallels the transformation of the Yangtze, from the “Amazon of the East” to a shadow of its former self, its estuary now a dead zone devoid of life-sustaining oxygen. In a final effort to glimpse the Baiji, researchers embarked on a 26-day odyssey, scouring over 2,000 miles of river, only to be met with silence. The absence of sightings since 2004, and the death of Qi Qi, the last captive Baiji, in 2002, underscore a poignant reality: while a few may linger in the murky depths, their fate is sealed, a population no longer viable. The Baiji’s passing is not singular in its tragedy but is a&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2006/12/a-farewell-to-the-yangtzes-ghost-the-baiji/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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