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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎤 For the last couple o'years I've been writing the weekly newsletter for an international investigative outlet, but that contract's wrapping up later this month as they're absorbing it into an in-house role.

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

August 31 is Asiatic Cheetah Day in Iran. The most recent official figures show there are just 26 of these critically endangered big cats left in Iran: 20 in the wild and six in captivity.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/07/2026

India's Bengal tiger population has more than doubled since 1972, driving big cats to disperse beyond protected reserves. While the nation has built Asia's longest wildlife underpasses to link fragmented habitats, expanding roads & mining still threaten ecological corridors. Nirmal Ghosh reports.

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India’s tiger numbers are rising. Protecting their pathways is next

RAJAJI TIGER RESERVE, India — It is early morning in late May in the hardwood sal forests of Rajaji Tiger Reserve in north India, and the heat is rising. By afternoon it will reach 39° Celsius (102°…

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Independently-owned, state-licensed environmental news outlet Payam-e Ma reports all three have been released, with "no details or officially confirmed charges" given by judicial authorities as the reason for their detention since July 1. payamema.ir/payam/157292

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آزادی هومن جوکار سپیده کاشانی

بنابر اطلاعات رسیده به «پیام ما»، هومن جوکار، مدیر سابق پروژه بین‌المللی حفاظت از یوزپلنگ آسیایی، و سپیده کاشانی، کارشناس و فعال حیات‌وحش،

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

On July 1, Iranian conservationists Houman Jowkar and Sepideh Kashani (formerly of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation) were arrested in Tehran, along with Sepideh’s sister Sima. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 12/06/2026

A mid-May Ebola outbreak in the DRC puts critically endangered gorillas at high risk due to their social nature. While no ape infections are reported yet, conflict and cuts to U.S. public health funding under the Trump administration hamper outbreak responses. @ayleighk.bsky.social reports.

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As human Ebola cases climb in DRC, critically endangered gorillas are at risk

As human cases continue to climb in the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, concern is growing for the gorilla population, which have been devastated by…

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Gorillas are also at risk from Ebola. news.mongabay.com/2026/06/as-h...

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

A dead polar bear and walrus found in Svalbard last month tested positive for H5N5, a highly pathogenic avian influenza. 🐻‍❄️ Globally, there have now been two polar bear deaths from avian influenza: one from H5N1 in Alaska in 2023, and this most recent one in Svalbard. refractor.io/environment/...

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Polar bear death in Svalbard linked to highly pathogenic bird flu

Last month, tour guides in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard made a grisly discovery, chancing upon the carcasses of a young male polar bear and an adult walrus in an advanced state of deca...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 19/05/2026

In 2019, a Persian leopard named Aren was first spotted in Armenia. Later that year, he was seen again, but he was missing a leg. Rangers believe he stepped on a landmine. Aren's story shows how roads, fences, & landmines fragment the habitat of this endangered species. By @ayleighk.bsky.social.

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Endangered Persian leopards persist across borders, despite hunters and landmines

Last September, zoologist and conservationist Bejan Lortkipanidze received a video file from a collaborator, Zurab Gurielidze, the head of Georgia’s Tbilisi Zoo. Gurielidze offered no details, but…

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“Leopards do not recognize political boundaries. Their survival depends on connected habitats and the ability to move safely across landscapes.” — Hana Raza, founder of Leopards Beyond Borders 🐆🐾 Feature for @mongabay.com 🐾🐆 news.mongabay.com/2026/05/enda...

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

A lone male Persian leopard's journey — from Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave, which borders the leopard stronghold of Iran, through Armenia and on to Georgia — highlights the threats that lurk across the fragmented range of this endangered subspecies. www.of-beasts-and-men.org/despite-trap...

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Re-upping this for #EndangeredSpeciesDay - story from last month on Iran's critically endangered Asiatic cheetah and the uphill battle to save it from extinction

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A new study has sparked fresh debate over endogenous DMT, and its presence — or absence — in mammalian brains: refractor.io/psychedelics...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10/04/2026

Fewer than 30 Asiatic cheetahs remain in the wild, all in Iran. While the subspecies has been protected since 1959, war and sanctions are now disrupting vital conservation efforts, leaving the world’s rarest big cat on the brink of extinction. @ayleighk.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

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War on Iran disrupts efforts to save the Asiatic cheetah, world’s rarest big cat

Before the war began in February 2026, there was some rare good news for Iran’s imperiled Asiatic cheetahs. Rangers spotted and filmed a female in the North Khorasan province accompanied by five cubs…

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Kayleigh E Long @ayleighk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The Asiatic cheetah is on the brink of extinction, with just 27 left in Iran. Now, war visits fresh peril on this critically endangered species. news.mongabay.com/2026/04/war-...

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