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Ontario Nature Guest Blog: 10 disturbing findings from Ontario’s Protecting and Recovering Species at Risk report
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Ontario Nature Guest Blog: 10 disturbing findings from Ontario’s Protecting and Recovering Species at Risk report

- by Duane Loper
Ontario Nature Guest Blog: 10 disturbing findings from Ontario’s Protecting and Recovering Species at Risk report

This blog was originally published by Ontario Nature. Guest blog by
Anne Bell, Director of Conservation and Education at Ontario Nature.

Ontario Nature reveals government failure: Ontario’s record on protecting species at risk is devastating for wildlife

The Auditor General of Ontario’s report, Protecting and Recovering Species at Risk, is not reading for the faint of heart. Released on November 22, 2021, the audit sets out in excruciating detail the Government of Ontario’s abject failure to exercise its duty to protect the province’s most vulnerable plants and animals.


Rapids clubtail dragonfly, Endangered

Endangered Rapids clubtail dragonfly- photo by Dan Irizarry © CC_BY-NC-SA 2.0

The review spans the government’s record on implementing the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) since 2009. The unwillingness of those responsible to uphold the purpose and intent of the law – to protect and recover species at risk– is scandalous. Faced with an accelerating, worldwide extinction crisis,

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World Honey Bee Day: How you can help three native Ontario bee species in decline
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World Honey Bee Day: How you can help three native Ontario bee species in decline

- by Duane Loper
World Honey Bee Day: |How you can help three native Ontario bee species in decline - August 20, 2022
Guest blog by Adeline Ee. Paws For Reaction is so lucky to have such an amazing writer & animal lover join extended our family!

Guest blog: Three native Ontario bee species in decline and how you can help

Today, August
20th, we celebrate the little, unsung heroes of our
ecosystems. It’s the 13th annual World Honey Bee Day! The first World Honey Bee Day was held in 2009, and since then, we
have been giving a quiet nod of thanks on the third Saturday of August to
honey bees and their caretakers, the beekeepers. 

Bees play a vital
role in pollination in Ontario. They help to ensure that plants can produce the fruits
and vegetables that we rely on for food. Without bees and other pollinating
super-insects, our food supply would be greatly diminished. Don’t forget how their pollination assists other plants and flowers used for medications and

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