The Monachus Guardian – Headlines - News - Articles » Badem http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress Dedicated to Monk Seals and their Threatened Habitats Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:25:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Police intervene to help Badem http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/08/police-intervene-to-help-badem-sleep/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/08/police-intervene-to-help-badem-sleep/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:28:58 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1355 Orphaned Mediterranean monk seal Badem, released from  summer captivity in November by her carers, SAD-AFAG, was soon sighted around the Datça Peninsula, according to various Turkish press reports. Although SAD-AFAG has stressed, and stressed again, the importance of avoiding contact with the rescued seal in order to help Badem lose her attachment to humans, Continue reading: Police intervene to help Badem]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/08/police-intervene-to-help-badem-sleep/feed/ 0 Just published: Monachus Guardian June 2010 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/06/03/just-published-monachus-guardian-june-2010/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/06/03/just-published-monachus-guardian-june-2010/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:40:53 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=778 Just published: the June 2010 issue of The Monachus Guardian, the biannual journal focusing on the Mediterranean, Hawaiian and Caribbean monk seals.

This issue of The Monachus Guardian brings a special focus to the Mediterranean monk seals shot and dynamited in the Eastern Mediterranean since January. What is actually being done to eliminate the Continue reading: Just published: Monachus Guardian June 2010]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/06/03/just-published-monachus-guardian-june-2010/feed/ 1 Mediterranean seal Badem chooses to avoid tourist season http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/04/12/mediterranean-seal-badem-chooses-to-avoid-tourist-season/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/04/12/mediterranean-seal-badem-chooses-to-avoid-tourist-season/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:10:16 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=728 Press Watch, Hürriyet Daily News, April 12, 2010

Badem, probably the most famous Mediterranean Monk Seal, is back in Turkey after taking herself on a tour of the Greek island of Rhodes during the winter months. [...]

The problem is that Badem is far too happy to be with humans and likes nothing better Continue reading: Mediterranean seal Badem chooses to avoid tourist season]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/04/12/mediterranean-seal-badem-chooses-to-avoid-tourist-season/feed/ 0 Released again, Badem heads for Greece http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/30/released-again-badem-heads-for-greece/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/30/released-again-badem-heads-for-greece/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:27:01 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=638

Badem on Rhodes

Recently released from her temporary confinement in a specially-constructed pen in Gökova Bay, Turkey, orphaned seal Badem wasted little time swimming off to Greece [see New cage built for Badem]. Her first known port of call was the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, and the Continue reading: Released again, Badem heads for Greece]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/30/released-again-badem-heads-for-greece/feed/ 0 Badem — new photos http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/08/badem-%e2%80%94-new-photos/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/08/badem-%e2%80%94-new-photos/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:51:57 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=621 Turkish daily Hürriyet has published a gallery of photos on Badem and her new temporary enclosure, funded by businessman Mustafa Koç.

The orphaned monk seal, whose interactions with swimmers and beachgoers  have become a source of concern to conservationists, is due again for release. SAD-AFAG, the NGO caring for her, has expressed the hope Continue reading: Badem — new photos]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/08/badem-%e2%80%94-new-photos/feed/ 0 New cage built for seal Badem http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/03/new-cage-built-for-seal-badem/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/03/new-cage-built-for-seal-badem/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:02:27 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=617 Press Watch, Hürriyet Daily News, January 3, 2010

The new cage built for 'Badem,' a Mediterranean seal, cost 75,000 Turkish Liras. DHA photo

Badem, a Mediterranean seal that was found beached in Didim and had previously undergone many attempts at rehabilitation after being released into the wild in 2006 will now Continue reading: New cage built for seal Badem]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/01/03/new-cage-built-for-seal-badem/feed/ 1 Monachus Guardian published http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/11/23/guardian-november-issue-published/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/11/23/guardian-november-issue-published/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:08:45 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=552 Just published: the November 2009 issue of The Monachus Guardian, the biannual electronic journal focusing on the Mediterranean, Hawaiian and Caribbean monk seals. The site can be accessed at http://www.monachus-guardian.org.

This issue features news and articles by some 30 authors from 13 countries from across the range of the genus, from Hawaii to Mauritania, Continue reading: Monachus Guardian published]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/11/23/guardian-november-issue-published/feed/ 0 Badem recaptured http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/08/31/badem-recaptured/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/08/31/badem-recaptured/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37:20 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=436

Badem recaptured

The Turkish media is reporting that runaway monk seal Badem has been recaptured by a team from SAD-AFAG, the Underwater Research Society – Mediterranean Seal Research Group, at Milas Ören in Gökova Bay. The orphaned seal had escaped her temporary captivity in a large, specially-constructed sea pen Continue reading: Badem recaptured]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/08/31/badem-recaptured/feed/ 0