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Birds
Endangered Piping Plover
The endangered Great Lakes (US) population of piping plovers gets a boost with some welcome Illinois nestlings . . . while on the other side of the world, scientists report…
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Endangered Species
Orangutans Losing Rainforest Habitat
Orangutans — native only to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra — are losing habitat at an alarming rate due to logging and the expansion of huge palm oil plantations…
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Poaching & Illegal Hunting
The Cove
Wild Animal Facts Perhaps the most important movie of the summer–if not the year, “The Cove” depicts an undercover journalistic investigation into the horrific annual slaughter of dolphins in a…
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Poaching & Illegal Hunting
Endangered Animals And The Pet Trade
People who capture endangered wildlife for the pet trade are every bit as responsible as any other type of poacher for the fact that species are dwindling in the wild.…
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African Wildlife
Farm Raised Tigers?
For all we know, they do taste like chicken. Fortunately, however, the World Bank has nixed a plan to raise tigers on farms so that wealthy people in Asia can…
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Endangered Species
Endangered Rhino Poaching
Conservationists were once hopeful the invention of Viagra would end rhino poaching. But demand for rhinoceros horn, used in Asian folk medicines, has taken an alarming upswing recently . .…
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Endangered Species
Yellowstone Grizzlies
The Bear Facts: Fall food supply looks good for Yellowstone grizzlies . . . while panda reproduction no longer requires sex. Plus, an update on Yellowstone wolves from Ralph Maughan…
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