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Vermont Public Radio: Laurel Neme talks about Legal and Ethical Questions of Big Game Trophy Hunting of Cecil the Lion
First posted on 2015-08-11 Legal And Ethical Questions Abound In Big Game Trophy Hunting By Jane Lindholm & Patti Daniels • Jul 30, 2015 ShareTwitter Facebook Google+ Email LISTEN AT: http://digital.vpr.net/post/legal-and-ethical-questions-abound-big-game-trophy-hunting In this undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Cecil the lion rests in Hwange National Park, in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Two Zimbabweans arrested for illegally hunting a lion appeared…
Read MoreThe WildLife: From bats to humans – echolocation for the blind, Carol Foster
First posted on 2015-02-01 While researching bats for one of her films, documentary filmmaker Carol Foster learned that humans were also doing what bats could do, namely using echolocation to see.That set her off on a project to help the blind in Belize learn this amazing skill. She’s even launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo (called Opening…
Read MoreWisconsin Public Radio: Kathleen Dunn Show
Laurel Neme on Wisconsin Public Radio’s The Kathleen Dunn Show Along-tailed macaque kept in a small cage while on sale at a local market in Medan. Northern Sumatra, 2003. Trading To Extinction February 13, 2014 – 1:00pm Share: ListenDownload Average: 4.5 (2 votes) Tomorrow the UK government hosts the London Conference on the…
Read MoreConversations Live with Cyrus Webb
Author Laurel Neme discusses ORANGUTAN HOUDINI on Conversations LIVE Host Cyrus Webb welcomed Laurel Neme to Conversations LIVE on September 10, 2014 to discuss her love of wildlife, the success of her book ANIMAL INVESTIGATORS and the new book out this year ORANGUTAN HOUDINI. Go to episode. Check Out Environment Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio…
Read MoreThe Wildlife Professional: Protecting Mexico’s Feathered Treasures
Mongabay.com: The dark side of new species discovery
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com December 21, 2011 This interview originally aired on March 14, 2011. It was transcribed by Kirstin Fagan. Part 1 of this interviewScientists and the public usually rejoice when a new species is discovered. But biologist Bryan Stuart has learned the hard way that the discovery of new species, especially when that…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Herpetology curator: behind-the-scenes of ‘new species’ discoveries
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com December 18, 2011 This interview originally aired on March 14, 2011. It was transcribed by Kirstin Fagan. Part 2 of this interview Bryan Stuart’s mission as a curator of amphibians and reptiles at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is to understand the diversity of life on…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Seahorses Under Stress
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com November 21, 2011 This interview originally aired on January 17, 2011. It was transcribed by Dustin Circe. With about 25 million seahorses sold each year, global consumption of seahorses is massive. They’re used in traditional Asian medicine and also sold as curios and aquarium pets. Over the last decade, overexploitation and habitat…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Covert Creatures: The Clandestine Lives of Seahorses
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.comNovember 15, 2011 This interview originally aired on January 17, 2011. It was transcribed by Dustin Circe. Seahorses are strange looking creatures, with a horse’s head on top of a kangaroo’s pouched belly, bulging, swiveling chameleon eyes, a prehensile monkey tail, color-changing armor and a royal crown, all shrunk down to…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Nature Walks and Backyard Wildlife, Mark Fraser
Naturalist Mark Fraser shares his enthusiasm for wildlife and reveals simple things you can do to help wildlife in your own backyard. He takes “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme on a “virtual tour” of New England forests to meet local “residents” from fishers to coywolves to salamanders and songbirds. This episode of “The WildLife” originally…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Conservation Working Dogs, Megan Parker
Megan Parker, Executive Director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, talks about using detection dogs for wildlife conservation. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how she trains dogs to detect wildlife samples, including plants, animals, seeds and scat. The dogs are often able to uncover what wildlife biologists can’t easily see or find, and they…
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