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A leopard cannot change its spots, and a zebra cannot alter its markings. But with its ability to turn the white bands that it is born into spots as it ages, the zebra shark has long delighted ocean divers and aquarium tourists.
(Photo : Daniel Sasse on Wikimedia Commons)
Zebra Shark Conservation Protecting and maintaining this rare and charismatic animal is very important to us, says Charlie Heatubun, a botanist at the University of Papua, Manokwari, and director of the West Papua Science and Development Agency of Indonesia, which is involved in the project.
The sharks, known as harmless to humans, swim slowly and spend much of their time in shallow coral environments have been decimated in recent years by the shark fin trade-populations of S. tigrinum. In 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) placed the shark on its Red List as vulnerable. It is now likely to be locally extinct in Indonesia in many regions.
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Wisconsin wildlife officials ate $20,000 of illegal caviar, prosecutors say. Now the sturgeon general faces charges.
Antonia Noori Farzan, The Washington Post
Feb. 18, 2021
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Deep in the frozen heart of Wisconsin, state wildlife officials allegedly dined like oligarchs, feasting on tens of thousands of dollars worth of caviar and passing around jars of the prized delicacy at team meetings.
Meanwhile, some of their colleagues were working undercover to expose the long-running scheme responsible for the lavish spread, and tipping federal authorities off to a world of clandestine after-hours meetings at state laboratories and five-gallon buckets filled with gleaming fish roe.
Acting on orders of a Jefferson County judge, the Natural Resources Board voted Monday to authorize a February hunting and trapping season for the gray wolf, which was removed last
Acting on orders of a Jefferson County judge, the Natural Resources Board voted Monday to authorize a February hunting and trapping season for the gray wolf, which was removed last