The number of gray snub-nosed monkeys, an endangered species only found in south-west China, has more than doubled to about 850 over the past 30 years, the Xinhua news agency has reported.
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]]> The clash between humans and nature is putting the existence of red pandas in peril, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Habitat loss or fragmentation due mainly to overgrazing and lack of awareness and scientific information on red panda ecolog
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]]> Wildlife activists have warned people not to treat wild animals like pets after a woman was attacked when she tried to touch a sick leopard she found in her garden.
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]]> At 12.00 (1GMT), the six AR activists who raided the most important bullring in the world on the historic 4th May, will be judged at the Plaza Castilla court in Madrid for "public disorder" and "disobeying the authorities". A first in the history of Spain
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]]> Emaciated, injured and critically ill when they were discovered, Debra, Raposal, Annie, and 10 other goats, along with Susie Moo cow, had been so severely neglected that the humane officer who found them feared for their lives.
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]]> We WILL NOT Reduce Ourselves to the level that Care2 has in allowing ads like iams and walmart to invade our realm - We will Not Sell ourselves out to coorperations that engage in, profit from, or condone the abuse of any creature -EVER!!
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]]> Biden promises more justice on reservations - Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
By JODI RAVE of the Missoulian

KALISPELL - On Sunday, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden said an Obama-Biden administration would increase federal prosecutions in Ind
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]]> As well as being unethical, animal models of pain are simplistic and fail to replicate the multi-dimensional experience of human pain with its complex genetic, biological and psychological aspects.
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]]> Very Important read for all my GORILLY LOVERS!!!!

Over 1,000 Congolese soldiers have left Virunga National Park, with their families - so that is about 6,000 people in total - for good.

This is GOOD news!

Your Gorilly
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]]> Tremendous quantities of food are wasted after production - discarded in processing, transport, supermarkets and kitchens - and this wasted food is also wasted water, finds a policy brief released Thursday at World Water Week in Stockholm.
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]]> AUSTRALIA. Extreme drought, ferocious bushfires and urban development could make koalas extinct within seven years, environmentalists are warning.
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]]> People are carrying out breeding which would be first of all entirely illegal in humans and secondly is absolutely insane from the point of view of the health of the animals

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]]> Dual Citizenship -- Should we be worried? Someone wrote and asked me, "Why are there Israeli- but not Mexican-American Dual Nationals?"
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]]> Africa's lions are in serious trouble, and nowhere near as common as many wildlife documentaries might suggest, says Australian zoologist Dr Luke Hunter.
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]]> JUST how much can a koala bear? On a blustery day, in the fork of a tree high above Happy Valley, a sleepy koala sat minding his own business.
Out of the blue came a couple of crows, intent on making sleep impossible.



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]]> Environment Minister Peter Garrett has banned savannah cats from Australia, saying they pose an extreme risk to native animals and the environment.
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]]> I think we shouldn't wait 20 years to experiment on our children. That's why we need to take precautions.
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]]> While koalas in Queensland and other parts of Australia are fighting for survival,the Kangaroo Island koalas, introduced many years ago from mainland SA,are thriving so well that now the Natural Resources Committee,and some pollies,want them culled.
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]]> How many thousands of worthwhile causes are there in the world every single day? How many people are dying of starvation? How many women are being beaten up and killed? How many children live in poverty? How many children are abused on a daily basis?
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]]> Animal welfare activists are once again drawing attention to the jumping industry, with yet another horse falling and breaking its leg at weekend races.The sport only runs in Victoria and South Australia and is under review in Victoria.
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]]> THE world's most endangered marsupial, the nocturnal rat-like Gilbert's potoroo, is making a comeback.

Since 1994 when the potoroo was re-discovered near Albany, the rare marsupial has been the subject of a fierce recovery effort to bring it back from
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]]> The etchings of men and animals on the rocks of the Burrup Peninsula, some of which are believed to be up to 30,000 years old, lie in Western Australia's remote and mineral-laden Pilbara region.
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]]> The garden Wolf Spider has been a hit with visitors at Sydney Wildlife World since she welcomed her brood of around 100 babies.
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]]> VSD France article asks "Do you want bullfighting banned?" - and,shockingly,so far 62.5% have voted NON!
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]]> What is going on! Is it overfishing or global warming that is causing the deaths of these babies?
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]]> Love that dog or cat!!! Yes, we do. Close your eyes and try to figure out if you can afford them. Many are abandoned because of the cost of keeping them.
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]]> We call upon you to close a sorry chapter in Australia's history by bringing to an end Australia's inhumane detention regime. We believe that detention should never be mandatory, indefinite or unreviewable. Now is the time to right over a decade of wrongs
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]]> vet puts arm down sharks throat
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]]> IN THE lead-up to the Group of Eight (G8) summit of world leaders in Japan earlier this month, George Bush delivered a speech on one of his supposed top priorities for the meeting: aid to Africa.
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]]> Gray wolves in the northern Rockies regained endangered-species protections Friday when U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy of Missoula, Montana granted a preliminary injunction to environmentalists, who had challenged the wolves
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]]> More than 400 penguins, most of them young, have been found dead on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro state over the past two months, according to Eduardo Pimenta, superintendent for the state coastal protection and environment agency in the resort city of
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]]> The International Council on Human Rights Policy says climate change will threaten, directly or indirectly, almost all human rights, including the right to food, health and a livelihood. But they have received little attention on the policy stage so far
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]]> The world statesman celebrates his 90th birthday on Friday 18 July 2008.

As a lawyer and activist he campaigned against South Africa's apartheid regime. Accused of trying to overthrow the government, he spent nearly 30 years in prison.
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]]> Let’s find out whether one well-directed thought is a gentle but effective way for all us ordinary people to restore peace on earth. A Live Aid of scientific experiments will test the power of group mind to lower violence around the world...
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]]> OMG!!!!!!!! My FRIEND Mark sent me this to post so for him I do and for my beloveds....Big Gorilly Hugs

Guys you need to take the time and read this...HORRID!!!
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]]> An area of Amazon rainforest in eastern Ecuador has been shown to be home to more than 100 different species of bats.
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]]> Officials in southern Africa are poised to move in and break up a ring of suspected ivory smugglers, as concerns mount that international gangs of poachers are targeting the area's elephant populations.
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]]> Two UK animal experts have joined forces with a sanctuary in Africa in a campaign to help ensure the future of a rare ape.
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]]> The Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) based in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, has successfully rehabilitated five hand-reared Asiatic black bears into the wild. The bears, hand-raised at the CBRC in West Bank,
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]]> A third of all internet-surfing kids will suffer from and many are leaving themselves vulnerable to identity theft and other online abuse, an e-learning expert says.
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]]> The website is in Spanish, and so is the song, BUT, I'm translating the lyrics and posting them as a comment here. You can read the lyrics then go the page, find the video (like the picture here) and play once you know what the lyrics are about...
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]]> Outrage is mounting over the proposal to import the Savannah cat, with the RSPCA and the World Wildlife Fund joining members of the scientific community in voicing their opposition.
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]]> Start Seedlings – If you’re just beginning to plant something from seeds, cut off the top of the carton, fill the cups with soil and plant the seeds. Once they start sprouting you can transfer them to wherever you want
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