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The Monachus Guardian

In the current issue, Vol. 13 (1), June 2010

© SAD-AFAG / Y. AnterEditorial: An epidemic of killings, by William M. Johnson… Markos’ case: trauma, treatment, and reflections, by Emily Joseph… Monk seal killed by dynamite blast in the Aegean, by Anastasia Miliou… Nefeli’s rehabilitation: methods, results, and challenges, by Emily Joseph… The world’s two remaining monk seal species: how many different ways are there of being Critically Endangered? by Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara… Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, re-sighted along the Israeli coastline after more than half a century, by Aviad Scheinin, Oz Goffman, Mia Elasar and Dani Kerem… Plus, International, Mediterranean and Hawaiian news… Recent Publications…

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Issue Highlights

An epidemic of killings

Courtesy Limenarxio TilouAs an ‘epidemic’ of shootings and dynamitings of monk seals hits the Eastern Mediterranean, is anything actually being done to eliminate the single most serious mortality threat facing the species? [more…]

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