Pollution

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/18/eco.citarum.indonesia/index.html?hpt=C1

A very sad reality about a polluted river in Indonesia.

JL

The Red Wolf

Also known as Canis Rufus, this beautiful, highly endangered animal can be found in the states of Florida, Tennessee, North and South Carolina (mostly in Wildlife Parks). The only other species of wolves found in the world is the Grey Wolf.
The Red Wolf gets its name from the colour of its fur which is reddish behind their ears and on their legs. It weighs around 48-80 pounds with a height of 26 inches and a length of four feet.

Hunting and an expanded agriculture brought this animal nearly to extinction. Currently not more than 300 Red Wolves are believed to exist.


Find the Red Wolf recovery plan here: http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/901026.pdf

VZ

The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is an animal of fable--perhaps still with us, perhaps extinct. James John Audobon knew it as fact; he spotted on the lower Mississippi River, and in the states of the Old South. He thought the bird spectacular. If it still exists, it surely is: it's the largest woodpecker in the United States, some 50cm in length. The male has a bright red crown, and both the male and female have a distinct ivory bill. The most recent alleged spottings of the ivory bill have been in Arkansas (2004) and Florida (2005). Bird-watchers still go to Arkansas, in search of the elusive bird. It may very well, however, already be extent: the American Birding Association lists it as "definitely or probabaly extinct".

The Fish and Wildlife Service have a page dedicated to the bird: http://www.fws.gov/ivorybill/

MA



MA