81. Glossary depredation would include fences, guard dogs, scare devices of wild animal or wildplant which of scientific evidence to become endangered (Wisconsin Statutes http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/publications/wolfplan/plan8.htm

VIII. Glossary Abatement - Techniques for reducing risk of depredation by creating exclusions, establishing barriers, or using scare methods. Abatement practices that may be used to reduce wolf depredation would include fences, guard dogs, scare devices and other techniques. Access - Refers to the ability of humans to penetrate an area and is usually measured by roads per square mile. Carrying Capacity - The population at which a population stabilizes (births=deaths) with its environment; This is generally referred to as biological carrying capacity. The maximum population level tolerated by people is called the sociological carrying capacity and is usually considered less than biologically carrying capacity. The estimated biologically carrying capacity of wolves in Wisconsin was estimated at 300-500 in areas of primary wolf habitat but could be 50% or more higher if wolves readily occupy secondary habitat. Critical Habitat - Term used in the Federal Endangered Act whereby certain areas are defined as critical to the survival of a species. Such a classification may restrict land use activity within designated areas. No areas in Wisconsin have been classified as critical habitat for timber wolves by the Federal Government. Delisting - Refers to the act of removing a species from both endangered and threatened species classification. The act of delisting does not mean a species is no longer protected. Delisting federally indicates that a species no longer has Federal Endangered Species protection, but would fall under state management and protection authority.

82. Animals dogs. Journey North 1997 Tracks the migration of birds, whales, etc. Keep the WildAlive Virtual Library Lots of information on endangered species. http://www.woodbridge.lib.nj.us/sub_animals.htm

Hours and Directions Contact Us ANIMALS Birds Cats Dinosaurs Dogs ... Zoos Birds Bird Migration BirdSource: Birding with a Purpose National Audubon Society Official web site for the National Audubon Society. Lists local chapters. Peterson Online Cats Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) Cat Fanciers Web Site Cornell Feline Health Center 2000 Cat Names: Naming Your Kitten Dinosaurs Dinosauria Dinosaur Illustrations Dogs American Kennel Club Dogsled.com 2000 Dog Names: Naming Your Puppy Virtual Dog Show ... Animal Information Contains information on rare, threatened, and endangered mammals. It has the animal's biology, history, threats, numbers still left, and more. Links to pictures are included. Endangered Species Home Page U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service page for endangered species Threatened Species (from the World Wildlife Fund) World Conservation Monitoring Centre Contains the 1996 threatened animal Redlist FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes Mike's Herpetocultural Home Page AVMA Care for Pets Home Page Drs Foster and Smith Pet Education.com Includes information on veterinary and lab procedures, veterinary drugs and supplements, and hundreds of articles related to pet care issues. Also has a pet services directory, veterinary hotlines and other resources. Healthy Pets NetVet Horses Horse Breeds of the World International Museum of the Horse Pets - General Information

83. Education & Science: Conservation endangered species born or hatched in our Zoo and The African hunting dog is a wildpredator found success in reproducing African hunting dogs was documented http://www.scz.org/educate/conserve.html

Sedgwick County Zoo Conservation Success Stories Since 1970 the Zoo has won national and international recognition and awards for successfully breeding threatened and endangered species. In two instances, this Zoo's breeding programs have increased the world's threatened species in captivity. This Zoo has also been the first institution to successfully breed populations of certain endangered species. Endangered species born or hatched in our Zoo and reintroduced to the wild have included Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Golden Lion Tamarin, Bali Mynah, and Guam Rail. Black Rhinoceros Conservation Work The black rhino is on the brink of extinction in the wild. Captive propagation is its only hope. The Sedgwick County Zoo has achieved reproduction, but more importantly, we have contributed to the small bank of information concerning female rhino reproductive systems. African Hunting Dog Conservation Work The African hunting dog is a wild predator found in both eastern and southern Africa. It is threatened with extinction due to habitat fragmentation and disease transmission from domestic dogs of the Masai people. Our recent success in reproducing African hunting dogs was documented in a publication presented at the 1996 Kansas Academy of Science annual conference in Topeka.

84. Endangered Species Act destruction and introduction of nonindigenous animals such as livestock, rats anddogs. wild Echoes Encounters with the Most endangered Animals in North America http://www.awionline.org/wildlife/esa.htm

America Leads the World in Preventing the Extinction of Species Animal Welfare Institute Photo by Don Pfitzer/ US Fish and Wildlife Service Click on picture to view it full size Our nation's symbol, the American Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) was on the brink of extinction when the first Endangered Species Act was passed in 1967. Thanks to the protection afforded by the Act, law enforcement, and public education this magnificent bird has now rebounded to the point where in June 1994, all populations except the extreme southwestern were transferred from the endangered to the threatened species list. Endangered Species Act an Economic and Medical Asset US legislation protecting wildlife and the environment is the finest in the world. It is important that our nation maintain this leadership of which every American can be justifiably proud. In 1973, Congress enacted a comprehensive, model Endangered Species Act (ESA). This legislation has been extremely effective in saving wildlife and plant species in danger of extinction. Non-consumptive Use of Wildlife A Fiscal Boon The economic benefits of preserving species and their environments are numerous. In 1991, whalewatching in the US brought an estimated $37.5 million in direct revenue while an other $155.5 million was earned by associated businesses (WDCS 1991). In Southern New England alone, tourists pay more than $21 million each year to visit whales in their natural environment (Hoyt 1994). Humpback, Fin, and Minke Whales frequent these waters, as well as the occasional Orca and Pilot Whale. One might even be fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whale

85. ABC Radio it is, it's getting crossed with some of the wild dogs, domestic dogs from Australia genebanks have a place in preserving endangered wildlife, he http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s31443.htm

ABC RADIO Scientist follow cloning in bid to save endangered species The World Today - Friday, June 25, 1999 12:52 COMPERE: However, it seems when it comes to non-human animal kingdoms, cloning has met with far more support and enthusiasm. Australian scientists are closely monitoring an attempt in China to clone a giant Panda. It may help, they say, in their work to save lost and endangered species. The Animal Gene Storage and Resource Centre of Australia hopes the common moggy can assist breeding programs for endangered wildcats. It's also helping develop a worldwide gene bank to boost the numbers of elite guide dogs; as Rebecca Barrett reports. REBECCA BARRETT: It's the future of animal preservation; hundreds of vials of genetic material stored at minus one hundred and ninety degrees in liquid nitrogen. Some of the material is already being used in assisted breeding programs for livestock, but not in the more exotic species. Scientists believe cloning and clinically-reproducing rare and endangered species might only be five to ten years away. Already scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing believe they're well on the way to cloning the giant Panda. They've grown an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female Panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. The next step is to implant it into a host animal's uterus. Ian Gunn is the project officer with the Animal Gene Storage and Resource Centre of Australia. He says, if successful, China's feat will have enormous ramifications for preserving endangered species in Australia and the rest of the world.

86. Reading And Comprehension Questions For COBBLESTONE's Endangered Species Issue If the giant panda dies out in the wild, why will zoo keepers face when trying tobreed endangered animals in IN THE COUNTRY OF PRAIRIE dogs (page 35) 1. How http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/compquest198601.html

R EADING C OMPREHENSION Q UESTIONS OUR ENDANGERED SPECIES THE VIEW FROM THE CROW'S NEST (page 4) 1. What is the primary cause for many species becoming endangered? 2. List at least three of the ways people are trying to preserve threatened species. 3. Can you name some plants or animals in your area that are endangered? ENDANGERED SPECIES: WHO, WHAT, AND WHY? (page 6) 1. Compare the numbers of plant and animal species that became extinct in the three thousand years of the Pleistocene Ice Age to the number that became extinct from 1620, when the Pilgrims landed in North America, to 1986, when this issue was published. 2. What is the reason human beings need to be concerned about other species becoming extinct? 3. According to the Endangered Species Act, why should humans work to preserve threatened life forms? 4. If you have an encyclopedia on computer in your learning resource center, use it to find out how many condors exist today in the United States. (There were thirty in 1986.) 5. Why won't it always work if we try to save an endangered species by moving it to a new habitat? 6. How can pollution get in the food chain and affect species it was not intended to harm?

87. Rock Wallaby Page fox population while minimising impacts on wild dogs and other expected for the eradicationof wild cattle from has been listed as an endangered Population in http://www.green.net.au/rarespecies/wallaby.html

Blue Mountains NPWS rangers have been on the trail of the elusive brush tailed rock wallaby in the Wollemi Wilderness area. A series of small scale surveys since 1996 have discovered 5 colonies of this endangered mammal in the Wolgan Valley. The high quality, boulder strewn habitat of the Wolgan is likely to provide refuge for at least 100 wallabies, making it a key area for the long term survival of the species. Only the Macleay gorges in northern NSW is known to have a larger population of brush tailed rock wallabies. Unfortunately, rock wallaby enemy number one - the fox- also occurs in the same area. Predation by foxes is thought to be a major cause of the decline of the brush tailed rock wallaby throughout its range. In the Wolgan, foxes were found to be living on the edge of the largest colony. The remains of rock wallaby meals decorated several dens. Wild dogs and feral cats are additional although less serious threats. Habitat disturbance by pest species is another concern. The weed Cape Ivy has spread over 100 hectares of adjacent river flats, greatly modifying the natural vegetation by smothering all shrub and ground cover. Wild cattle roam the valley, trampling vegetation, creating erosion scars and even sheltering in rock overhangs. An integrated program of endangered/pest species management has been implemented by Blue Mountains District staff and volunteers since 1997. A standard rock wallaby monitoring strategy based on scat plots was initiated in October 1997. Over 100 plots were sited in the main colony amongst huge boulder piles, sandstone pinnacles and fig tree vine thickets. These are monitored at six monthly intervals as a guide to population trends. So far - so good, since the counts suggest that wallaby numbers have not declined. However, the value of this work will become more apparent in the longer term, particularly when compared to the results of the fox baiting program.

88. ET 11/96: Animals In The Red 33 percent; bats, 26 percent; wild dogs, bears and smaller orders are also highlythreatened, including the and rhinos, with 22 percent critically endangered. http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et1196/et1196s2.html

Animals in the red A new report shows mounting evidence of jeopardy to world's animal species. provided by World Conservation Union quarter of all known mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to the new 1996 IUCN (World Conservation Union ) Red List of Threatened Animals, the most comprehensive scientific assessment of threatened species ever produced. "The Red List is actually a red flag, warning us about the imperiled status of animals and drawing attention to threats, such as habitat destruction, pollution, over-harvesting and introduction of foreign species," explained George Rabb, Chair of the Species Survival Commission (SSC), the IUCN commission responsible for the creation of the Red List. The finding that 25 percent of mammal species are threatened with extinction must drastically increase the urgency of conservation initiatives across the globe. Until this assessment, the conservation world has used the status of birds to estimate the level of threat to all animals, because birds were the only group of species that had been fully assessed. Eleven percent of all known bird species are threatened with extinction. Estimates of other assessed species threatened with extinction are: 20 percent of reptiles, 25 percent of amphibians, and 34 percent of fish, mostly freshwater species. Callout the marines More than 100 species of marine fishes were added to the 1996 Red List, including sharks, tuna, coral reef

89. Our Animals - The Zoological Park Organization, Thailand Zoo and ZPO's effort to breed and conserve the Serow, which is threatened speciesof animal Asian wild dogs Born at Khao Kheow Open Zoo 5 baby Asian wild dogs http://www.zoothailand.org/animals/

home dusit khao kheow chiang mai ... songkhla Sharing with Friends Animals sponsorship program for children under 18 years Giraffe at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo Gives Birth to First Offspring After 4 years since 5 African Giraffes first arrived at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo, the first offspring has finally been born to a six year old female mother at dawn on September 28, 2001. Both mother and baby Giraffe are healthy and safe. (Nakhon Ratchasima, 10/2/2001) Baby Zebra Born to Greet Year of The [Goldern] Horse A baby Zebra was born on the morning of Thursday 3rd January, 2002 at Khao Kheow Open Zoo. The female Zebra cub and her mother are both healthy and in stable condition. (Khao Kheow, 1/11/2002) Aldabra Tortoise Makes Appearance at Khao Kheow Open Zoo on Wildlife Conservation Day The giant Aldabra Tortoise is making its appearance at Khao Kheow Open Zoo from December 26th, 2001 until February 28th, 2002. Not being a native animal species of Thailand, the giant tortoise was presented as a gift to Thailand by the people and government of the Republic of Seychelles, the island nation just off the coast of Africa where the tortoise originally inhabits. (Khao Kheow, 1/11/2002)

90. Utah Prairie Dog - Big Picture - Keep The Wild Alive - National Wildlife Federat Send a Keep the wild Alive exclusive ecard. By 1972, an estimated 3,300 Utah prairiedogs survived in 37 The Utah prairie dog was listed as endangered in 1973. http://www.nwf.org/keepthewildalive/prairiedog/bigpicture.cfm

Home Contact Us Search Conservation ... Get Outdoors Get Newsletter All States AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Your privacy Big Picture In a battle between Utah prairie dogs and human development, this lovable rodent is losing ground fast. Barking Ground Squirrels Round, plump, golden-colored, and unarguably cute, prairie dogs are a hallmark of the western prairie lands. They earned their name from their barking calls, which pepper their complex system of communication. Prairie dogs utilize a wealth of barks, "chirks," and whistles to communicate everything from greetings to social status to approaching danger. They are also extremely animated. When they "jump-yip" to signal potential danger, for example, they rise on their hind legs, arch their backs, toss their heads back, and extend their forelegs in one quick motion, capped by a shrill whistling call. Social animals, prairie dogs live in colony groups in prairie dog "towns" — extensive mazes of underground tunnels. Their burrows are topped by raised mounds where they frequently stand to keep watch for predators. Utah prairie dogs are one of five prairie dog species found throughout Mexico and the American West. Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark found prairie dogs and their towns in abundance. Fascinated by this "new" animal, Lewis described them as "barking squirrels," which "bark at you as you approach them, their note being much that of little toy dogs" and which were "much more quick active and fleet than [their] form would indicate." During the late 1800s, an estimated one billion black-tailed prairie dogs occupied some 600,000 square miles of the central and western grasslands, stretching down the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico.

91. Threatened will be added to a list of candidates for threatened status under the EndangeredSpecies Act, but Colonies of prairie dogs once were found on as many as http://www.angelfire.com/id/beairpaw/threatened.html

Government Says Prairie Dog Merits Listing as Threatened... BUT.... The Clinton Administration decided Thursday Feb. 3 the black-tailed prairie dog merits protections a threatened species, but stopped short of imposing politically controversial restrictions on developers and ranchers while states work on ways to preserve the rodent. The US Fish and Wildlife Service said it is too busy dealing with higher-priority plants and wildlife to take steps to preserve the rodent that has long been a pest to ranchers. A Pest to many but a Beloved animal to others, the prairie dog will be added to a list of candidates for threatened status under the Endangered Species Act, but there will be no restrictions placed on landowners to protect it. Its status will be reviewed annually, however, and it could move up the priority list if voluntary conservation efforts are unsuccessful, officials said. Colonies of prairie dogs once were found on as many as 100 million acres from Canada to Mexico, but the animal has been decimated by disease, eradication programs and housing development.

92. Prairie Dogs the blackfooted ferret, which preys upon prairie dogs. its fair share for managingendangered and threatened http://forum.prairiedog.info/showthread.php?fid=2&tid=66

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