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Conservation Asia 2018
August 23, 2018Mainstreaming Conservation in a Changing Asia Between the 6th - 10th August the American University of Central Asia hosted The Fifth Regional Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section, 'Mainstreaming Conservation in a Changing Asia'. In attendance were delegates from WildCRU who were invited to present their research.... Read full story
First oral vaccination campaign for Ethiopian wolves
August 22, 2018Oral vaccination protects Africa’s most endangered carnivore Over the past month, a team from the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme (EWCP) implemented the first oral vaccination campaign to pre-empt outbreaks of rabies among Ethiopian wolves, the world’s most endangered canid, in their stronghold in the Bale Mountains of southern Ethiopia. This is turning point in the plight ... Read full story
Geoffroy’s cat reveal all
July 27, 2018Cats may have nine lives, but who knows because most of the 37 or so species of Felid are so secretive that biologists know next to nothing about even one of their lives, writes David Macdonald. This was true about South America’s Geoffroy’s cat until Flavia Tirelli got to work on them. From the distinguished ... Read full story
What Effects STDs Can Have on the Population Dynamics of a Wild Mammal?
August 22, 2018Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) may not be the topic of polite conversation, but nobody can emerge from the modern school curriculum without knowing that STDs are highly infectious, easily spread and can, like genital herpes, have severe consequences on male fertility and female’s ability to bear children. If this is the situation amongst humans, one ... Read full story
Dr Alan Rabinowitz
August 8, 2018The WildCRU adds its voice to the many mourning the death of Alan Rabinowitz, https://www.panthera.org/statement-life-and-legacy-panthera-founder-and-renowned-conservationist-dr-alan-rabinowitz, to some of us a close personal friend and lifelong colleague, to all of us an inspiration. As CEO and co-founder of Panthera, with whom WildCRU enjoys a close partnership in cat conservation, Alan was a loyal supporter of our ... Read full story
Voluntary Trap Approval Scheme
July 24, 2018Dr Sandra Baker has proposed a Voluntary Trap Approval scheme for unregulated spring traps, to end double standards in spring trap welfare. And now the government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is getting on board. Spring traps are legally required in the UK to meet approval standards in tests conducted by the APHA. However ... Read full story
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