Climate change affecting wildlife

Many animals are dying due to climate change which is decreasing and taking away their natural habitat. Walruses are being trampled to death and calves separated from their mothers due to sea ice retreating and walruses having to come ashore to forage for food, this 'haul-out' is shown in the You Tube video above. Guillemonts are killing their own chicks due to starvation. Geoff York is part of the WWF's Arctic programme and in the video below he discusses these walrus haul-outs.

This article shows the effects of climate change in 2008.

The artist duo Steinbrener/Dempf have represented the impacts humans have on the environment by placing objects in zoo enclosures to raise awareness in October 2009.

Humans enroaching on animal's territory.

References:

Guardian [online] Available at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/11/camels-australia-slaughter

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/08/australia-kangaroo-cull

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/01/british-birds-extinction-climate-change
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/27/national-trust-wildlife-audit-weather http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jun/19/trouble-in-paradise-schonbrunn-zoohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/04/wildlife-conservation-starlings

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/15/migrating-birds-climate-change

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/30/tigers-kill-villagers-india

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/17/wildlife-conservation-globalwarming
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/17/endangeredspecies.wildlife

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World Wildlife Fund [online] Available at:

http://www.wwf.org.uk/news_feed.cfm?uNewsid=3350. [18.01.10]



Other wildlife crime topics covered in my degree:

Species at Risk: Bats

The Illegal Wildlife Trade

Bees

Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPS)

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA81)

Twelve Fish Protected Under WCA81

Breeding and/or Catching Animals for fur: Debate

Traditional Alternative Medicines (TAMs)

Seals

Environmental Ethics and Ecopsychology

The Climate Change Conference 2009

Biological Diversity

Conservation Strategies

Conventions, Legislation and Contributing Bodies

Example Papers of Forensic Analysis used in Wildlife Crimes

Researching Wildlife Crime - My Research Idea

Climate Change Affecting Wildlife

Coral Reefs