Wild life
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Giraffes at ZSL London zoo
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Source: The Guardian A curious incident of a deceased giraffe has reopened the question of whether animals mourn their dead, the BBC reported this week. Zoologists have witnessed a giraffe mother i...
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Aug.27.2012
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Proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge
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The Friends of Hackmatack is a grassroots organization of local citizens in Wisconsin and Illinois who believe that the rolling glacial hills, ancient oak groves, diverse wetlands and abundant wild...
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Aug.23.2012
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Creation of 11,000-acre Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge approved
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Source: Mother Nature Network The new refuge will be home to 109 species of concern and could draw 200,000 visitors a year. It took more than eight years of advocacy on the part of numerous conserv...
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Aug.23.2012
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Managing the Ocean for Humans and Whales
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Source: New York Times As I wrote this week in a story about the humpback whales that summer off New England, one of the main reasons researchers want to learn about the humpbacks is so that the wh...
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Aug.23.2012
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Black Fish activists vow to confront illegal tuna fishing in Mediterranean
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Source: The Guardian Environmental group Black Fish plans to patrol the sea for three years to campaign for ban on catching endangered species They are currently a small emergent group of volunteer...
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Aug.20.2012
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Deforestation and the Amazon’s blue-headed Parrot
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Source: RTCC Source: IUCN Photo Library Photographer: B. Riche & G. Davila The Blue-headed Parrot (or Pionus Menstruus) is found in abundance in the forests of Central and Southern America espe...
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Aug.20.2012
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Jaguars among species ‘virtually extinct’ in Brazil’s Atlantic forest
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Source: The Guardian Species are being lost faster than previously believed owing to the destruction of once dense canopy, research shows Jaguars, tapirs, giant anteaters and spider monkeys have be...
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Aug.16.2012
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A swallow feeding
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Source: The Guardian
A swallow feeding, taken by BenWhittle on 30 June, 2012
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Aug.16.2012
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Snow Leopard
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Source: The Guardian Snow leopard cubs discover their outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, west Germany. They were born in the wild in a den in Mongolia’s mountains but brought to the z...
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Aug.14.2012
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Blue bird of paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi)
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Source: The Guardian Event: rhythmic gymnastics Birds of paradise (Paradisaeidae family) are famous for their colourful feathers and dance-like displays which are reminiscent of gymnasts in their b...
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Aug.9.2012
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Action plan to conserve vultures in Pench
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Source: The Times of India A four-member team of experts has submitted a conservation action plan (CAP) to save vultures in Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. The team consisting of bird expert Dr...
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Aug.8.2012
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New England Harbor Seals Killed by New Strain of Avian Flu
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The more than 160 harbor seals that were found washed up dead from southern Maine to northern Massachusetts last fall have been found to have contracted pneumonia after being infected with a new st...
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Aug.2.2012
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Thousands Arrested in Global Crackdown of Black Market Bird Trade
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More than 8,700 birds and other animals have been seized and nearly 4,000 people arrested in a global crackdown on the black market trade in Latin American birds, according to INTERPOL. Operation C...
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Aug.2.2012
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Coal mining poses threat to India’s Royal Bengal Tiger
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Like India’s failing electricity grid system, the Royal Bengal Tiger, the national animal of India, is in serious trouble. And it won’t take much trouble to undermine the long-term future of ...
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Aug.2.2012
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Montana Proposes Year-Round Habitat for Wild Bison Outside Yellowstone National Park
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Last week, the State of Montana announced a landmark proposal for year-round bison habitat outside Yellowstone National Park in Montana. Specifically, the proposal would allow for year-round use fo...
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Jul.31.2012
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World’s largest butterfly disappearing from Papua New Guinea rainforests
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Rare Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is losing habitat to logging and oil palm plantation How large does a butterfly have to be before anybody notices it is disappearing? In the case of Papua New ...
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Jul.31.2012
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Manta ray being driven to extinction by Chinese medicine demand
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Demand for the gills of manta and mobula rays has risen dramatically in the past 10 years for use in traditional Chinese medicine. Practitioners say the rays can boost the immune system by reducing...
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Jul.30.2012
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UK and India call on China to ban tiger farms
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UK and India call on China to ban tiger farms The UK and India have called on China and other countries to ban tiger farms because they undermine conservation efforts. But China responded strongly ...
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Jul.30.2012
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Growing Threats to Biodiversity ‘Arks’
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Many of the world’s tropical protected areas are struggling to sustain their biodiversity, according to a new study published in Nature by more than 200 scientists from around the world. Professor ...
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Jul.30.2012
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India Tiger Park Tourism Banned
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India’s top court banned tourism in tiger reserves across the country Tuesday in a ruling that aims to protect the endangered big cats but may disrupt travel plans for droves of tourists who ...
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Jul.25.2012
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