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Mark Gately

@markgately.bsky.social
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Wildlife Conservation Society (Africa), follow me for news on African, Asian and Marine conservation, plus wildlife updates from the field, views my own.

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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Wolf populations in Europe have made a big comeback, increasing by almost 60 percent in a single decade, according to a new study. www.ecowatch.com/european-wol...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Wildlife photo of the week: storks at the Knepp estate, West Sussex, UK. Storks went extinct in the UK in the early 15th century, but are now making a comeback on rewilded land. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Scottish conservationists hope to convert a Highland sporting estate into a rewilding showcase after a mystery benefactor gave them more than £17.5m to buy it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the UK government has announced. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Beavers reintroduced to a farm in the UK have saved it from drought, prevented flooding in the nearby village and boosted the local economy, according to the owner of the land. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
A major camera-trap photography operation in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park led by photographer Will Burrard-Lucas and supported by WCS has captured outstanding images of some of the most charismatic but often rarely seen mammals. newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release....
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Sustainable management would seem to be the obvious way forward as an encounter between a dog and a wild boar spreads panic across Dartmoor. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
African lion numbers are declining as a result of decreases in prey populations, necessitating the need for increased prey protection measures to reverse this trend, a study says. news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Wildlife photo of the week is a herd of bison in Elk Island national park, Alberta, Canada. The park’s herds play a vital role in bison rewilding efforts across North America and as far as Russia. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Reintroducing wolves in the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland and lock up millions of tons of carbon, say researchers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Wildlife photo of the week is one of the four Lynx that were illegally released into the Cairngorms in January. All four were recaptured, but one subsequently died. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Marine scientists and economists have unveiled a comprehensive framework for Marine Prosperity Areas, which align human well-being with the restoration of designated marine and coastal environments. scripps.ucsd.edu/news/marine-...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
First Minister John Swinney has ruled out the reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland (while attending the NFU conference!). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Wildlife photo of the week is a Darwin’s frog at London zoo. It is one of more than 30 froglets of the endangered species born at the zoo after a dramatic rescue mission in which their parents were extracted from their fungus-threatened native habitat in Chile. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Crimes against wildlife are increasingly threatening biodiversity in Latin America, with almost 2,000 wildlife seizures and poaching incidents recorded over five years, according to a recent report. news.mongabay.com/2025/02/repo...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Scientists have confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal for the first time in more than 185 years. The last confirmed sighting was in 1839. news.mongabay.com/2025/02/worl...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has announced the country’s first marine sanctuary. The area – bigger than the whole of Switzerland – will be fully protected from fishing. www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The UK government is still working with Natural England to review options on species reintroduction, including beavers (insists government spokesperson). www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
With only 143 known nests remaining on mainland New Zealand, authorities have warned that “without a serious turnaround” the yellow-eyed penguin could become locally extinct within just two decades. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/species...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
In Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda, crop-raiding by elephants can destroy the incomes of farmers and pastoralists. Electric fences are one of the solutions currently being tested. news.mongabay.com/2025/01/for-...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
One of the four Lynx illegally released into the Scottish Highlands has died, showing just why illegal animal abandonment is so irresponsible. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
The Highlands of Scotland could support 400 lynx in the wild and there is strong support for their return among environmental groups. However, it has to be managed properly. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Over the past decade, the population of the critically endangered Siberian crane has increased by nearly 50%, according to the latest surveys. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Bumblebees in the UK have been found to be starting nests in the depths of winter due to climate change, say conservationists, increasing the likelihood that the nests will fail. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
As human influence has expanded, so too have the ways in which the natural world has adapted. This apparently includes tuskless elephants and swallows that have shorter wings. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Biological corridors are vital for the survival of jaguars, with habitat loss increasingly restricting Latin America’s large mammal species to islands of habitat. news.mongabay.com/2025/01/cons...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Returning wolves and ocelots were just two of the good news wildlife stories in 2024. therevelator.org/wildlife-mvp...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Several whale species may live much longer than previously thought, according to new research. All the more reason for countries such as Iceland and Japan to halt whaling. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The state of South Australia is introducing measures to protect vulnerable species, and has banned the fishing of several endangered or critically endangered sharks and rays in its waters. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
The Swedish government has given the green light for five entire wolf families, a total of 30 wolves, to be killed in a hunt campaigners say is illegal under EU law. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
There was good news for some wildlife in 2024, as species that were once on the brink of extinction made a comeback. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Scientists have described hundreds of new species over the past year, including the world’s smallest otter in India and a new family of African plants. news.mongabay.com/2024/12/phot...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Wildlife photo of the week is a water vole peeking from the reeds in Kent, UK. Water voles continue to decline in their distribution across Britain, but there are signs of recovery in some regions, thanks to targeted conservation work. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
State officials in Alaska are proposing to kill 100 wolves a year to benefit moose, despite growing scientific research that killing predators doesn’t necessarily lead to more prey. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Good news for water voles in the UK as reintroductions, habitat restoration and the eradication of American mink – the non-native predator responsible for water vole population crashes – are helping the creature recover from historic lows. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Good news from Peru, where researchers in the Alto Mayo region have discovered 27 species that are new to science, including a rare amphibious mouse. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Ground-breaking work on elephants, bees and gorillas all feature as conservation scientists are asked to name the most important papers of 2024. therevelator.org/this-year-co...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The reintroduction of wolves could ‘help solve Scotland’s biodiversity crisis and bring balance back to Scottish ecosystems’ according to new research. theconversation.com/people-alrea...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
A new report emphasises the links between the climate, biodiversity and health crises. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish have been caught and released in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the species. The population has plummeted by 80% in recent decades due to rising pressures from overfishing and dams. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Scientists working with @thewcs.bsky.social say that the successful release of rescued cubs may become a viable option for restoring wild Amur tigers to their historical range. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/s...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A recent report highlights the tension in India’s Spiti Valley, where solar power projects could disrupt the fragile habitat of the endangered snow leopard. This suggests that the country’s clean energy goals could come at the expense of its biodiversity. india.mongabay.com/2024/12/sola...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
More on the European Commission decision to downgrade the protection status of wolves, potentially opening the door to culling. open.substack.com/pub/lastofth...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Canopy mating and cannibalism were just some of the behaviours captured when researchers reviewed the first-ever camera collar footage of wild Andean bears. news.mongabay.com/2024/12/bear...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
There are some incredible images in the 2024 Nature Conservancy Oceania Photo Contest. The contest included 2,000 entries from photographers in Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. www.theguardian.com/world/galler...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Good news for clouded leopards as wildlife researchers recently spotted the species in camera trap footage in Bangladesh. Previously sightings in that country have been sparse. news.mongabay.com/2024/12/clou...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Good news for North Atlantic Right Whales, with their population on the increase in 2023. open.substack.com/pub/robmoir4...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
There’s bad news for the UK’s native red squirrel as numbers of invasive greys are on the increase in red strongholds. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
There’s bad news for wolves in Europe, as a European Commission proposal that could see the end of protections for the species is announced. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Mark Gately @markgately.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A mystery predator first started killing lambs on a Scottish farm 12 years ago. According to the farmer the culprit was a sea eagle, an icon of the rewilding movement and a reintroduction success story. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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