The Monachus Guardian – Headlines - News - Articles http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress Dedicated to Monk Seals and their Threatened Habitats Mon, 14 May 2012 15:42:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 DLNR, NOAA urge reporting of monk seal incidents http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/14/dlnr-noaa-urge-reporting-of-monk-seal-incidents/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/14/dlnr-noaa-urge-reporting-of-monk-seal-incidents/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:19:48 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2341 News Release, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii, 11 May 2012

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and NOAA Fisheries announced this week that since March 2012, NOAA Fisheries, DLNR, and partners have responded to five seal hooking incidents involving four individual Hawaiian monk seals. Three of these responses are still Continue reading: DLNR, NOAA urge reporting of monk seal incidents]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/14/dlnr-noaa-urge-reporting-of-monk-seal-incidents/feed/ 0 Vancouver Aquarium veterinarian assists in monk seal surgery http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/13/vancouver-aquarium-veterinarian-assists-in-monk-seal-surgery/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/13/vancouver-aquarium-veterinarian-assists-in-monk-seal-surgery/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:28:10 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2345 Media Watch, Vancouver Aquarium, 11 May 2012

Dr. Haulena gives endangered monk seal anaesthesia for surgical procedure (NOAA)

Vancouver Aquarium veterinarian, Dr. Martin Haulena, received an emergency call on May 9 to fly to Hawaii to help support a local rescue effort.

He participated in two successful procedures to Continue reading: Vancouver Aquarium veterinarian assists in monk seal surgery]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/13/vancouver-aquarium-veterinarian-assists-in-monk-seal-surgery/feed/ 0 Conservation award for Madeira monk seals http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/11/conservation-award-for-madeira-monk-seals/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/11/conservation-award-for-madeira-monk-seals/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:50:21 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2334 Rosa Pires, Parque Natural da Madeira Service

The prize ceremony took place on May 7 in Lisbon, and was attended by the Portuguese Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Sea and Land Management, Assunção Cristas. Photo: Pablo Larrinoa.

The project “Monk Seal — a recovering species in Madeira” of the Continue reading: Conservation award for Madeira monk seals]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/11/conservation-award-for-madeira-monk-seals/feed/ 2 Save Our Seal! http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/05/save-our-seal/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/05/save-our-seal/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 15:55:24 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2327 Hawaiian Monk Seal Public Service Announcement

]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/05/05/save-our-seal/feed/ 0 Officials investigate seal death http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/26/officials-investigate-seal-death/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/26/officials-investigate-seal-death/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:46:58 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2314 Media Watch, Officials probe fourth Hawaiian monk seal death, Hawaii News Now

HONOLULU (AP) – Federal and state officials are investigating the fourth suspicious death of a Hawaiian monk seal in six months after a male seal was found dead in northeastern Kauai. [...]

Source: Officials probe fourth Hawaiian monk seal death, Hawaii Continue reading: Officials investigate seal death]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/26/officials-investigate-seal-death/feed/ 0 New monk seal killing alarms Hawaii http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/26/new-monk-seal-killing-alarms-hawaii/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/26/new-monk-seal-killing-alarms-hawaii/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:45:14 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2308 Media Watch, Reward offered in death of Monk Seal, KITV

The Department of Land and Natural Resources is investigating the death of 3-year-old male monk seal found on Kauai, Sunday. Photo Courtesy: NOAA

KAUAI – The Department of Land and Natural Resources is investigating the death of a Continue reading: New monk seal killing alarms Hawaii]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/26/new-monk-seal-killing-alarms-hawaii/feed/ 0 “Fokionas” reunited with the sea http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/11/fokionas-reunited-with-the-sea/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/11/fokionas-reunited-with-the-sea/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:13:56 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2299 Press Release, MOm, 11 April 2012

Fokionas' release, 7 April 2012

On Saturday April the 7th, young “Fokionas”, the Mediterranean monk seal found at Syros on the 16th of February, returned back to his natural environment. After almost two months in the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre of MOm Continue reading: “Fokionas” reunited with the sea]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/04/11/fokionas-reunited-with-the-sea/feed/ 0 Monk seal death in Libya http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/03/31/monk-seal-death-in-libya/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/03/31/monk-seal-death-in-libya/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:11:27 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2293 Ibrahem Benamer, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Omar Mukhtar University (OMU), El-beida, Libya

On the 25 March in the area of Ain Gazzalla (Northeast Libya near the Egyptian border, 32.23284 N, 23.2848 E) a group of fishermen found a dead female monk seal trapped in their net. The case was reported to the coastguard Continue reading: Monk seal death in Libya]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/03/31/monk-seal-death-in-libya/feed/ 0