http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/lemurs-could-be-extinct-very-soon-experts-warn-9142615.html Lemurs could be extinct 'very soon' experts warn Ring-tailed lemur group The Critically Endangered Black and white ruffed lemur has been kept at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey since 1982 together with other species of Lemur including the Ring-tailed lemur(Conservation Status: Near Threatened), the Alaotran gentle lemur (Conservation Status: Critically Endangered), the Red-ruffed lemur (Conservation Status: Endangered), and the Red-fronted brown lemur (Conservation Status: Data Deficient). The Durrell Trust does valuable work in attempting to conserve wildlife in a number countries around the world for a number of species, not only the lemur. We joined the Trust on a visit to Jersey some years past and have been members ever since. Our particular interests are the Gorilla and the Sumatran Orangutan, both critically endanger...
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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/16/flood-area-defences-funding-cuts Flood area defences put on hold by government funding cuts David Cameron visiting a flood-hit area Has anyone ever thought that the spending cuts have not contributed to the present disastrous conditions in the Thames Valley or the Somerset levels, or any of the numerous other locations around the country? Successive governments, but predominately this current ConDem coalition disaster, save £millions with their budget cuts, and it costs the country £billions in flood damage, farming losses and disruption to travel and transport with a huge repair bill to come. It has also resulted in immeasurable hardship and suffering for thousands of people who have seen considerable damage, or even complete destruction of their homes and businesses, the loss of sometimes irreplaceable possessions and disruption of their lives for months if not years to come. Funding cuts for essential s...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10630499/David-Cameron-warns-flooding-victims-they-are-in-for-long-haul.html More storms bring flooding threat to Home Counties and London Village of Moorland in Somerset Disregard all the rhetoric, finger pointing, mud slinging blame game nonsense. Forget the photo opportunity tours by Cameron, Smith, Clegg, Patterson (Pre op version), Hammond and the rest and today to be joined by Miliband and no doubt others to follow, all designed more for PR than solution. The bottom line to all this rhetoric, comment and hand wringing "sympathy, is a simple one. It will be stated by people standing up to their thighs in flood water outside their homes, It will be repeated by Environmental Agency workers as they continue the battle against ever rising water levels laying sand bags and fitting pumps where the rivers should be. It will be stated by railway workers as they try to repair sto...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10611526/Thousands-rally-against-shark-cull-in-Australia.html Thousands rally against shark cull in Australia It is their environment. Killing hundreds, (if not thousands), of sharks and anything else which happens to take the bait on these disgusting baited drum lines with hooks, is a cruel and barbaric practice. When the only purpose of the "cull" is to prevent shark attacks on humans, the policy is even more obscene. In any event, this policy of slaughter will have little if any effect on the number of shark attacks which average 15 per year and of those only one proves fatal. Colin Barnett holding a hook, part of the baited drum line This policy is another example of cruelty against animals for no reason other than human indulgence. Many sharks are in fact endangered species and there are international agreements to protect them, particularly the Great White....