carnivores

Human food waste forms over half some carnivores’ diets, study finds

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Carnivorous animals living near people get more than half their food from human sources – threatening natural ecosystems, study finds Researchers analysed chemicals found in bone and fur samples from the wild Amount of human food eaten increases in animals living closer to humans  Researchers warn reliance on human food could lead to inter-species conflict By Joe Pinkstone For … Read more

Conservation efforts in China to protect giant pandas have failed to help large carnivores

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Conservation efforts in China designed to protect the giant panda have failed to help the region’s endangered leopards, snow leopards and wolves, study finds Experts examined the large carnivores living in 73 of China’s protected areas They found in most of the regions, such animals had almost entirely disappeared Numbers of leopards, for example, have … Read more