Ellie Doppenberg
@kattenmiauw.bsky.social
An infinite love for all our fellow animals!!
The increase in human-wildlife conflict likely occurs as animals search for water and food during dry periods Less water on the landscape means fewer plants for herbivores to eat and therefore fewer food sources for the carnivores, so, they may attempt to switch to easier prey, such as livestock.
Drought linked to increased conflict between humans and wildlife in California: Study
Researchers in California have pinpointed an unexpected impact of frequent droughts: an increase in human-wildlife conflict.
abcnews.go.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The increase in human-wildlife conflict likely occurs as animals search for water and food during dry periods Less water on the landscape means fewer plants for herbivores to eat and therefore fewer food sources for the carnivores, so, they may attempt to switch to easier prey, such as livestock.
Reposted by Ellie Doppenberg
National climate plans focus too much on “unrealistic” tree-planting schemes and too little on protecting existing forests, experts warn.
Climate Plans Focus on Planting Trees Over Protecting Forests, Experts Warn
e360.yale.edu
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
National climate plans focus too much on “unrealistic” tree-planting schemes and too little on protecting existing forests, experts warn.
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Research suggests that even relatively short periods (a matter of hours) of exposure to heatwave‐like temperatures can severely impair the cognitive performance of insects including #bumblebees.
#bees
#nature
#science
#environment
#education
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Research suggests that even relatively short periods (a matter of hours) of exposure to heatwave‐like temperatures can severely impair the cognitive performance of insects including #bumblebees.
#bees
#nature
#science
#environment
#education
🐝🌍
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 212
Research suggests that even relatively short periods (a matter of hours) of exposure to heatwave‐like temperatures can severely impair the cognitive performance of insects including #bumblebees.
#bees
#nature
#science
#environment
#education
🐝🌍
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 212
Research suggests that even relatively short periods (a matter of hours) of exposure to heatwave‐like temperatures can severely impair the cognitive performance of insects including #bumblebees.
#bees
#nature
#science
#environment
#education
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The trade imposes overwhelming suffering on the trafficked animals and immense wastage among the complex social groups gibbons live in, driving already threatened species ever closer to extinction. #IllegalWildlifeTrade
Gibbon trafficking pushes rehabilitation centers to the max in North Sumatra
MEDAN, Indonesia — Two infant siamang gibbons cling to each other. Barely 6 months old, their lanky limbs entwine their tiny bodies as they stare out of the triage cage, their wide eyes shining. Each ...
news.mongabay.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The trade imposes overwhelming suffering on the trafficked animals and immense wastage among the complex social groups gibbons live in, driving already threatened species ever closer to extinction. #IllegalWildlifeTrade
Chile’s Pacific coast is home to 80 per cent of the world’s remaining Humboldt penguins, and scientists at the Universidad de Concepcion estimate that their numbers have dwindled to fewer than 20,000 from around 45,000 in the late 1990s.
Chile's Humboldt penguins at risk of critically endangered status
Chilean scientists warned of further risks to the world’s shrinking population of Humboldt penguins, one of the few species that live on rocky coastlands in mor
www.bairdmaritime.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Chile’s Pacific coast is home to 80 per cent of the world’s remaining Humboldt penguins, and scientists at the Universidad de Concepcion estimate that their numbers have dwindled to fewer than 20,000 from around 45,000 in the late 1990s.
A new global study led by the Manta Trust has delivered the first comprehensive estimate of manta and devil ray mortality worldwide - revealing an alarming 265,000 mobulids killed every year.
Mantas on the brink: Global fisheries driving rays toward extinction - Oceanographic
Global study reveals 265,000 manta and devil rays are killed each year, exposing urgent conservation gaps and calls for stronger protections.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A new global study led by the Manta Trust has delivered the first comprehensive estimate of manta and devil ray mortality worldwide - revealing an alarming 265,000 mobulids killed every year.
Reposted by Ellie Doppenberg
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
#auspol #ClimateChange
#auspol #ClimateChange
Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
#auspol #ClimateChange
#auspol #ClimateChange
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Critics question whether carbon credits provide genuine climate benefits or just give polluters a free pass. It works in theory: Pay a little extra for your flight, offset your business emissions, and somewhere someone else will plant trees for us. But new research blows that idea apart.
Carbon credits 'a free pass for polluters'
Can we really offset our way out of the climate crisis?
theecologist.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Critics question whether carbon credits provide genuine climate benefits or just give polluters a free pass. It works in theory: Pay a little extra for your flight, offset your business emissions, and somewhere someone else will plant trees for us. But new research blows that idea apart.
Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, which they say will destroy the habitat of the recently recorded population of Andean cat, an endangered species and one of the rarest felines in the Americas.
Researchers fear Chile copper project may threaten rare Andean cat population
Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, which they say will destroy the habitat of the recently recorded popu...
news.mongabay.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, which they say will destroy the habitat of the recently recorded population of Andean cat, an endangered species and one of the rarest felines in the Americas.
En toch denkt de EU dat dit de oplossing is voor het klimaat 'probleem'......
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
En toch denkt de EU dat dit de oplossing is voor het klimaat 'probleem'......
No!!!! This will only stimulate demand and will never end poaching!
High Court permits limited export of captive-bred rhino horn
A landmark judgment allows registered conservation-breeding operations in South Africa to apply for permits to export horn from live, captive-bred white rhinos.
www.getaway.co.za
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
No!!!! This will only stimulate demand and will never end poaching!
Recently, several cases of HPAI were confirmed in African Penguins, highlighting the serious risk that the virus poses to already threatened seabird populations. #AvianFlu
Concern over impact of Avian Influenza outbreak on Critically Endangered African Penguin
The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) has urgently reinforced its biosecurity protocols to combat the ongoing bird flu outbreak.
capetimes.co.za
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Recently, several cases of HPAI were confirmed in African Penguins, highlighting the serious risk that the virus poses to already threatened seabird populations. #AvianFlu
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Mauritius failing in its obligation under CITES by allowing inhumane & lengthy air transport ordeals - lasting over 40 hours - for hundreds of #monkeys exported to USA for testing labs. USDA found violations of US Animal Welfare Act involving shipment from #Mauritius to #Miami.
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Mauritius failing in its obligation under CITES by allowing inhumane & lengthy air transport ordeals - lasting over 40 hours - for hundreds of #monkeys exported to USA for testing labs. USDA found violations of US Animal Welfare Act involving shipment from #Mauritius to #Miami.
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Powerful winds are ripping through the Arctic, breaking up critical sea ice that once acted as a shield against disturbance from wind and waves.
Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could disrupt weather patterns far beyond the Arctic.
Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could disrupt weather patterns far beyond the Arctic.
Stronger arctic cyclones speed up polar melting, impacting global weather
Powerful winds are ripping through the Arctic, breaking up critical sea ice that once acted as a shield against disturbance from wind and waves. Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the...
news.mongabay.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Powerful winds are ripping through the Arctic, breaking up critical sea ice that once acted as a shield against disturbance from wind and waves.
Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could disrupt weather patterns far beyond the Arctic.
Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could disrupt weather patterns far beyond the Arctic.
On 30 October, Indian customs officer in Mumbai arrested a plane passenger travelling from Malaysia to India after they found two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag
Based on reports, one of the tiny silvery gibbon (Javan gibbon) died while the other was still alive #IllegalWildlifeTrade
Based on reports, one of the tiny silvery gibbon (Javan gibbon) died while the other was still alive #IllegalWildlifeTrade
Discovery Of Rare Silvery Gibbon In Mumbai Airport Leads To Passenger’s Arrest | TRP
The passenger travelled from Malaysia with two tiny gibbons in the trolley bag.
www.therakyatpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On 30 October, Indian customs officer in Mumbai arrested a plane passenger travelling from Malaysia to India after they found two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag
Based on reports, one of the tiny silvery gibbon (Javan gibbon) died while the other was still alive #IllegalWildlifeTrade
Based on reports, one of the tiny silvery gibbon (Javan gibbon) died while the other was still alive #IllegalWildlifeTrade
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Le chiffre est fou. D’après l’IGN, la mortalité des arbres en forêt française a augmenté de 125 % en dix ans. Dans le même temps, la production biologique a reculé de 3 %.
➡️ Plus d’arbres meurent.
➡️ Moins d’arbres repoussent.
1/2
➡️ Plus d’arbres meurent.
➡️ Moins d’arbres repoussent.
1/2
November 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Le chiffre est fou. D’après l’IGN, la mortalité des arbres en forêt française a augmenté de 125 % en dix ans. Dans le même temps, la production biologique a reculé de 3 %.
➡️ Plus d’arbres meurent.
➡️ Moins d’arbres repoussent.
1/2
➡️ Plus d’arbres meurent.
➡️ Moins d’arbres repoussent.
1/2
Nowhere to hide.....
Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future
From 2040 onwards the average year for marine ecosystems is likely to be more extreme than the worst years experienced up until 2015, researchers say
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nowhere to hide.....
Officials said the decision follows a detailed genomic analysis confirming that Zeytin is a Western lowland gorilla, a species not native to Nigeria, and therefore cannot be repatriated under international wildlife trade rules. #IllegalWildlifeTrade #EndCaptivity
Baby gorilla Zeytin will remain in Türkiye after DNA test rules out Nigerian origin - Türkiye Today
Nearly 1 year after rescue from smugglers at Istanbul Airport, baby gorilla Zeytin will remain in Türkiye following new DNA findings on her origin
www.turkiyetoday.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Officials said the decision follows a detailed genomic analysis confirming that Zeytin is a Western lowland gorilla, a species not native to Nigeria, and therefore cannot be repatriated under international wildlife trade rules. #IllegalWildlifeTrade #EndCaptivity
The lynx's well-developed teats indicated that the female had given birth to one or more cubs this year, the WNA added. These are now orphaned and have little chance of survival.
Unknown poachers poach female lynx in the canton of Fribourg
Unknown persons have poached a lynx in the Fribourg commune of La Roche in the Gruyère district. A gamekeeper found the carcass of the shot animal following a tip-off from the public, as reported by t...
www.bluewin.ch
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The lynx's well-developed teats indicated that the female had given birth to one or more cubs this year, the WNA added. These are now orphaned and have little chance of survival.
Reposted by Ellie Doppenberg
🐵 Gibbons in peril as trafficking peaks! Over 330 were seized across South/Southeast Asia since 2016, with a fifth in 2025 alone. The illegal exotic pet trade is causing many to perish. Their rainforest voices are fading. Read TRAFFIC’s latest analysis: https://loom.ly/n2StLfA
October 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🐵 Gibbons in peril as trafficking peaks! Over 330 were seized across South/Southeast Asia since 2016, with a fifth in 2025 alone. The illegal exotic pet trade is causing many to perish. Their rainforest voices are fading. Read TRAFFIC’s latest analysis: https://loom.ly/n2StLfA
Reposted by Ellie Doppenberg
Dag lieve mevrouw Pistou, wat gaan we je missen! 20 jaar, 2 maanden en 17 dagen onvoorwaardelijke liefde. Herenigd nu met je moeder, je broers en je zusje. Wat een eer en geluk om jullie in ons leven te hebben gehad.
RIP
RIP
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Dag lieve mevrouw Pistou, wat gaan we je missen! 20 jaar, 2 maanden en 17 dagen onvoorwaardelijke liefde. Herenigd nu met je moeder, je broers en je zusje. Wat een eer en geluk om jullie in ons leven te hebben gehad.
RIP
RIP
Dag lieve mevrouw Pistou, wat gaan we je missen! 20 jaar, 2 maanden en 17 dagen onvoorwaardelijke liefde. Herenigd nu met je moeder, je broers en je zusje. Wat een eer en geluk om jullie in ons leven te hebben gehad.
RIP
RIP
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Dag lieve mevrouw Pistou, wat gaan we je missen! 20 jaar, 2 maanden en 17 dagen onvoorwaardelijke liefde. Herenigd nu met je moeder, je broers en je zusje. Wat een eer en geluk om jullie in ons leven te hebben gehad.
RIP
RIP
In Mexico, poachers shoot mother spider monkeys out of trees, with their babies still clinging to their backs. And because the moms only give birth every two to four years, the population is slow to recover. #IllegalWildlifeTrade
Poachers are killing families of spider monkeys, kidnapping their babies and selling them to Americans on social media
Poachers are killing spider monkeys, kidnapping their babies and selling them on social media.
www.cbsnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In Mexico, poachers shoot mother spider monkeys out of trees, with their babies still clinging to their backs. And because the moms only give birth every two to four years, the population is slow to recover. #IllegalWildlifeTrade