Archive for the 'Animal Tracks' Category

The Mysterious and Elusive Snow Leopard, another exotic ambassador at our local zoo

By Amanda Barker Daily Pearl Snow leopards are “one of the most mysterious and elusive of the wild cat species, earning them the local and endearing term, ‘Mountain Ghosts’” (Panthera). They are also classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) because it is estimated that as few as 3,500 – [...]

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Amanda Barker, Contributor to Animal Tracks

Amanda Barker is currently a Paralegal at Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, one of the nation’s leading public interest environmental and animal protection law firms. She received her B.A. in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Professional Writing, magna cum laude, from Longwood University in May 2010. At Longwood, much of her academic writing focused on [...]

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Zoos and Tiger Conservation

By Amanda Barker Blog: www.dailypearlva.blogspot.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amandabarker7   Ask a child to describe a tiger and they will explain what they’ve seen in movies, on television, or in a zoo; however, tigers are so much more than that. Nowadays, the only way most people experience a tiger’s presence is to visit a zoo, like the Metro Richmond [...]

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