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My radio station to be featured on tonight’s news
Tonight a news piece about my radio station-The Radiator-will be on ABC22 at 7pm & Fox44 at 10pm (& again tomorrow AM). Focus is on passage of the Local Community Radio Act. Station manager Jim Lockridge & others talk about how awesome it is to bring local programming to a radio station like ours…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Tapirs & Saving Scarlet Macaws, Sharon Matola, Part 2
Sharon Matola, founder and director of the Belize Zoo, discusses her work with tapirs and her fight to save Belize’s last scarlet macaws. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how her fight to stop the Challilo hydroelectric dam on Belize’s Macal River, which threatened numerous rare species, including the country’s last scarlet macaws, resulted in the government branding her…
Read MoreSharon Matola on Tapirs and Saving Scarlet Macaws
Published: Monday, 20 December 2010 22:25 Written by Laurel Neme This episode of The WildLife is close to my heart (from my MDB Treasury days). Sharon Matola (Belize Zoo founder) discusses how and why she fought the Challilo Dam – a fight she unfortunately lost since the impacts have been severe (and everything she’d predicted). We also…
Read MoreWealth Drives Illegal Wildlife Trade
Contrary to popular belief, it is no longer poverty that drives poaching of rare and endangered species and the illegal wildlife trade but rather wealth. If it’s rare, people want it–and use that product to show off their wealth. As a result, demand for luxury goods — from ivory to tiger bone wine to…
Read MoreAnimal Wise Radio
This Sunday (12/19/10) I’m going to be on Animal Wise Radio! I’m looking forward to a great wildlife discussion with hosts Mike Fry & Beth Nelson. Even better, Animal Wise Radio will be broadcasting episodes of The WildLife. I’m thrilled to be collaborating with them. Animal Wise Radio can be heard live in Minneapolis/St. Paul…
Read MoreCoordinated “Stings” Stop Central African Wildlife Smuggling Rings
Undercover sting operations by wildlife activists in four central African countries (Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville) have broken up organized wildlife smuggling rings and led to the arrest of key dealers and the recovery of hundreds of pounds of ivory, turtle shells and animal skins. These coordinated operations marks a breakthrough…
Read MoreWildlife Forensics Photos by Jim Chamberlain
Want an inside look at the US Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Lab? Jim Chamberlain, one of the folks working at the the lab, took this great series of photos. See: http://www.wildlifeforensics.org/AAAS/
Read MoreThe WildLife: Belize Zoo & Jaguar Rehabilitation, Sharon Matola, Part 1
Sharon Matola talks about the “best little zoo in the world,” the Belize Zoo, and its jaguar rehabilitation program. Often referred to as the “Jane Goodall of jaguars,” Matola describes to “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme her work with “problem” jaguars who have killed livestock and how she trains them to be less aggressive. She notes that typically her rehabilitated jaguars…
Read MoreVietnam Officials Plan to Sell Confiscated Tiger Parts
There’s more debate about legal trade stimulating illegal trade in wildlife products – this time vis-a-vis tigers. Vietnamese officials plan to auction over six pounds of ‘tiger paste’ confiscated from traffickers. While Vietnamese law prohibits the possession and trade of any and all tiger parts and products, an apparent loophole would allow its legal sale.…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Manatee Insanity, Craig Pittman
Craig Pittman, St. Petersburg Times environmental reporter and author of Manatee Insanity: Inside the War Over Florida’s Most Famous Endangered Species, discusses manatees and the struggle to protect this endangered marine mammal. He tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme why manatees are so beloved and why these homely creatures are a flashpoint for Florida’s environmental debates. Did you know early…
Read MoreFun Facts from the Jungle: Orangutans
Did you know orangutans don’t like the rain? They don’t complain but instead show that necessity is the mother of all invention and fashion roofs and umbrellas out of leaves. My interview with Michelle Desilets, Executive Director of the Orangutan Land Trust, on “The WildLife” radio show divulges the interesting biology and habits of orangutans. Bet…
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