We already learned that you can drink wine to save hummingbirds, how about vodka to save the snow leopard. Snow Leopard vodka is a new vodka made with spelt grain in Poland. The vodka will give 15% of the profits to the Snow Leopard Trust, an organization which protects the future of this endangered feline. The vodka has launched in London and is available in bars and at the Harvey Nichols Wine Shops for £36.Posts with tag endangered species
Snow Leopard Vodka
We already learned that you can drink wine to save hummingbirds, how about vodka to save the snow leopard. Snow Leopard vodka is a new vodka made with spelt grain in Poland. The vodka will give 15% of the profits to the Snow Leopard Trust, an organization which protects the future of this endangered feline. The vodka has launched in London and is available in bars and at the Harvey Nichols Wine Shops for £36.Drink Wine, Save Hummingbirds
Need a new reason to drink wine? How about the cute little fellow on the right. Clos LaChance Winery in San Martin, California has partnered with The Hummingbird Society to create a limited "Threatened Species" blended wine. The hummingbird is already the symbol of the winery and this fall they will release the Juan Fernández Firecrown Hummingbird Series wine, a Bordeaux blended wine is named after the Juan Fernández Firecrown. The wine costs $25 per bottle and 15% percent of sales on each bottle will be donated to the Hummingbird Society for preservation of the Juan Fernández Firecrown.[via Avenue Vine]
The Caviar Ban Goes Global
A few months ago the United States banned beluga caviar now the
New Scientist reports that the worldwide trade in wild
caviar has banned. The major caviar-producing countries were unable to prove to the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species (CITES) that their stocks of wild sturgeon are sustainable. The ban does not apply to farmed
sturgeon. A 30% decline in wild sturgeon stocks in 2004 led to the ban which will affect Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro and Ukraine.The hope is that a ban on caviar will help
save the endangered fish and stop illegal poaching. Countries that want to export sturgeon products have to show that
their catch and export quotas don't put fish in peril. Importers are responsible for making sure their imports are
legal and have to have registration systems for processing and repackaging caviar.
