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A serval at Great Cats World Park. In September 2007, Great Cats World Park was sentenced by a federal court to one month probation for violation of the Endangered Species Act and fined $10,000. Owner Craig Wagner pleaded guilty in June 2007 to purchasing the park's ocelot for $3,000.
The Great American Biotic Interchange (commonly abbreviated as GABI), also known as the Great American Interchange and the Great American Faunal Interchange, was an important late Cenozoic paleozoogeographic biotic interchange event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America to South America via Central America and vice ...
The extreme opposite of a cosmopolitan species is an endemic (native) species, or one that is found only in a single geographical location. Endemism usually results in organisms with specific adaptations to one particular climate or region, and the species would likely face challenges if placed in a different environment.
The park filed for bankruptcy and remained open to the public. [7] A new park, The Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Foundation, was incorporated shortly after the suit. [4] The entity G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Foundation was dissolved and its assets, but not liabilities, were transferred to The Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Foundation.
Observation tower The Great Marsh. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary encompassing the majority of Plum Island in northeastern Essex County, Massachusetts, 5 miles southeast of Newburyport. It was established in 1942 primarily to provide feeding, resting, and nesting habitats for migratory birds.
The tragic demise of Zorro, a beloved black-and-white “cow” cat in Jing’an Sculpture Park, and the subsequent public outcry underscored the dire need for comprehensive animal protection laws ...
Its range is small, but 90% of its total habitat is protected due to being in Olympic National Park. [18] The park, which holds multiple other endemic species, has been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site. [48] State law [49] declares that the Olympic marmot is a protected wildlife species and cannot be hunted. [2]
Protected areas of West Bengal cover 4% of the state area. [1] Forests make up 14% of the geographical area of West Bengal, which is lower than the national average of 33%. [2] [3] West Bengal has a wide variety of fauna, including Bengal tigers, Indian leopards, sloth and Himalayan black bears, chital and sambar (deer), Indian boars, pygmy hogs, Indian elephants, Indian peafowl, great Indian ...