By Herp News Kookaburras, koalas and kangaroos—Australia is well known for its charismatic animals and vast, seemingly untamable, wild spaces. But throughout the country, the national parks and reserves that protect these unique animals and ecosystems have come under increasing threat. New rules and relaxed regulations, which bolster immediate economic growth, are putting pressure on […]
Read the rest of this entry »Archive for September 9th, 2013
Sep 09
Sep 09
Tortoise Energy Capital Fund's Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares Goes Ex-Dividend Soon
By Herp News On 9/11/13, Tortoise Energy Capital Fund's 3.95% Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: TYY.PRC) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.0329, payable on 10/1/13. As a percentage of TYY.PRC's recent share price of $10.15, this dividend works out to approximately 0.32%. On an annualized basis, the current yield is […]
Read the rest of this entry »Sep 09
A year after devastating attack, security returns to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (photos)
By Herp News On June 24th of last year, MaiMai Simba rebels, led by an elephant poacher known as Morgan, launched a devastating attack on the headquarters of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Epulu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The attack, which was reportedly in response to a crack down on poaching and illegal mining […]
Read the rest of this entry »Sep 09
The brown bears of Bulgaria – life after dancing
By Herp News A rehabilitation center for retired dancing bears sounds like a typo. Yet this is exactly what the animal rights NGOs Four Paws and Foundation Brigitte Bardot created 13 years ago in Belitsa, Bulgaria. For many Bulgarians the first childhood contact with a forest animal is seeing a ‘dancing bear’ on the street […]
Read the rest of this entry »Sep 09
Parametric Sound Receives FTC Clearance to Proceed With Turtle Beach Merger
By Herp News Parametric Sound Corporation , a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, announced that on September 5, 2013 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission granted early termination of the statutory waiting … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
Read the rest of this entry »Sep 09
Herp Video of the Week: African tortoises!
Check out this video “African tortoises,” submitted by kingsnake.com user pedroig_87. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
Read the rest of this entry »