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Giftiges Schmerzmittel Diclofenac in Italien und Spanien für Nutztiere zugelassen

Der NABU und sein internationaler Partner BirdLife International sowie die European Vulture Conservation Foundation fordern ein sofortiges Einsatzverbot des Wirkstoffes Diclofenac bei Tieren in Europa. Diclofenac ist ein starkes schmerz- und entzündungshemmendes Mittel, das für das beinahe komplette Aussterben aller Geierarten Indiens, Pakistans und Nepals verantwortlich ist. Die Vögel sterben qualvoll an Nierenversagen, sobald sie von Tieren fressen, die vor ihrem Tod mit diesem Mittel behandelt wurden. (more…)

Student’s Summer Internship Taught Her the Value of Elm Trees

By Guest PostSeptember 24, 2012Education, Environmentamerican, ann boleyn, archbishop, Argentina, autumn, biodiversity, bioethics society, China, church, climate change, conservation foundation, council, david shreeve, david smith, disease, dutch elm, elm city, elm tree, England, Environment, environmental charity, environmental issue, environmental work, essex, gold, harlow, hyde park, Israel, kingman brewster, london, michelle bayefsky, new haven, ocean, odds award, queen, sapporo, singapore, uganda, uk, united kingdom, yale junior

Michelle Bayefsky hopes that London’s future will be filled with elm trees.

The Yale junior spent part of her summer in that city helping to ensure that will be the case.

An International Bulldogs Internship allowed Bayefsky the opportunity to work for an environmental charity called The Conservation Foundation, which among other initiatives is engaged in a project to re-establish elm tree populations in the United Kingdom (U.K.). For Bayefsky, the experience was not only an introduction to environmental work, but also confirmed that small actions can sometimes have a big impact. (more…)

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Student’s Summer Internship Taught Her the Value of Elm Trees