🦈 What if your child’s “angel fish” lunch was actually an endangered shark?

In southern Brazil, Mongabay found endangered angelsharks served for years in schools, hospitals & shelters — despite being illegal to catch.

Brazil’s top importer of shark meat. Loopholes fuel illegal fishing & public health risks.

Part Two of the investigation by Fernanda Wenzel and Philip Jacobson
https://news.mongabay.com/custom-story/2025/08/revealed-brazilian-state-buys-endangered-angelsharks-for-school-lunches/

#SharkConservation #Wildlife #conservation #fish #illegalfishing #endangeredwildlife

University of Queensland: Database reveals vital ocean links to aid conservation. “Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk wildlife. New models were developed by The University of Queensland and Duke University scientists to be part of the Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/12/university-of-queensland-database-reveals-vital-ocean-links-to-aid-conservation/

BBC: Could AI text alerts help save snow leopards from extinction?. “Now, scientists estimate that just 4,000 to 6,000 snow leopards are left in the wild – with roughly 300 of these in Pakistan, the third-largest population in the world. To try and reverse these worrying trends, the WWF – with the help of Pakistan’s Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) – has developed cameras […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/21/bbc-could-ai-text-alerts-help-save-snow-leopards-from-extinction/

Smithsonian Magazine: Can a New DNA Database Help Save This Incredible Sea Turtle?. “The shells of the hawksbill sea turtle have been used for luxury items for centuries, but with the species now endangered, new technology is pinpointing where protections are needed most.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/27/smithsonian-magazine-can-a-new-dna-database-help-save-this-incredible-sea-turtle/

Happy Baturday! More people need to learn to love bats! Around the world, bats work as pollinators, seed dispersers and more and more evidence is proving that they are significant consumers of agricultural pests (work that makes them worth billions of dollars each year)! #EndangeredWildlife #Bats #BatWeek

Via our comrades at @justiceadvocacynetwork

Yesterday morning, the Miami-Dade County Commissioners moved the vote over the fate of Miami-Dade's Pine Rocklands to Sept 19th after two hours of public comments! This gives us more time to rally together and amplify our voices in opposition to the proposed theme park that threatens to destroy this vital ecosystem and disrupt the lives of endangered wildlife.

Here are some urgent calls to action to help us protect and preserve the Pine Rocklands:
Send a message to the MD BCC - https://bit.ly/SupportMDwildlife

Send a video to the MD BCC - @ogilbert3 @commisharod @marleinebastien @keonhardemon @steinberg4miamidade @commisheileen @kmcabrerafl @commissionerregalado @daniellecohenhiggins @kionnemcghee @robjgonzalezfl @commishjcbermudez @senrenegarciafl

Attend the MD BCC meeting on Sept 19th - Prepare to make a public comment or attend in opposition at the upcoming meeting.

Share this with your friends!

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#PineRocklands #Miami #MiamiDade #Florida
#EndangeredWildlife #Conservation

"Poaching: Welsh-trained dog saves rhino in South Africa

A dog trained in Wales helped to save an 18-month-old rhino from poachers in South Africa.

Dan, a one-year-old Belgian malinois, was bred and trained at Dogs 4 Wildlife in Carmarthenshire.

Last week Dan found Viola, a rhino calf that had been caught in a snare in KwaZulu-Natal province with her mother nearby. The pair were both saved."

🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-65339444

#Conservation #poaching #IllegalHunting #Rhino #Dogs #Wildlife #EndangeredWildlife #SouthAfrica

Global News BC: B.C. extends old-growth logging ban for endangered spotted owl in Fraser Canyon https://globalnews.ca/news/9526861/b-c-old-growth-logging-ban-endangered-owl-fraser-canyon/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #endangeredspottedowl #oldgrowthloggingban #endangeredwildlife #Utziluswatershed #BCspottedowl #BruceRalston #FraserCanyon #Environment #spottedowl #Wildlife #spuzzum #Canada

The happy morning roamers – Bat Eared Foxes from Masai Mara, Kenya
#bestnatureshot #wildlifephoto #wildlifeonearth #batearedfox #wildlifeprotection #bestcaptureglobal #endangeredanimals #endangeredwildlife #masaimaranationalpark #africanamazing #natgeoyourshot #wildlife_inspired #animalelite #wildlifephotography #africa #foxes #wildlifelovers #endangered #endangeredspecies #wildlifeconservation #wildlifeplanet #africananimals #wildlifeaddicts #wildlife #bownaankamal #nature_of_our_world #fox

Boorley Park Primary School gets homes for hedgehogs | Daily Echo
#Hedgehogs
#HedgehogHomes
#EndangeredWildlife

A primary school is welcoming endangered wildlife to their safe haven.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23226761.safe-homes-hedgehogs-gifted-botley-school/

This soft pastel polar bear portrait created in 2019 has gotten some positive reviews. These majestic arctic creatures are sadly endangered by loss of habitat and climate change. I hope that they will manage to survive so that we'll have more than just images to look at in the future.
See this art at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/40526633 in the MMAndersonArt collection at Redbubble or check one of the alternative sites in my profile.
#PolarBears #PastelArtwork #EndangeredWildlife #FediGiftShop #ArtMatters

An old piece from a few years ago, given as gift (foolishly). Inspired by my abhorrence of the ivory trade and learning a little about how these beautiful and sentient creatures live; in caring, compassionate communities.
"No elephant tired of carrying its own tusks." - African Proverb.
#MastoArt #IndieArtist #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredWildlife #Elephant #Elephants #BanTheIvoryTrade #WildlifeConservation