Cotton-top tamarins are smaller than spider monkeys, but they are equally charming, with outsize feet and shocks of wild white hair. They, too, are losing habitat at an alarming rate.

According to Anne Savage, Senior Conservation Biologist for Disney
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]]> State wildlife officials say the organ was removed from a black bear that had been struck by a vehicle and whose carcass was left at the roadside. The item can sell for thousands in Asia.

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]]> Two people from Vietnam have been charged with smuggling tigers. The thanhniennews.com website cites a report in local paper Tuoi Tre that revealed that Nguyen Quoc Truong and Nguyen Thi Thuy Mui have been prosecuted for smuggling both live and dead
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]]> The skins of snow leopards, leopards and tigers are openly on sale in shops, an investigation has revealed. Buyers come from all over China to purchase the skins which are marketed as rugs or taxidermy specimens.
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]]> Officials from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have revealed that they have completed a project designed to improve the way authorities identify rare and protected animals.
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]]> The "shortfall" in ivory described in the document between 1991 and 2002 -- equal to the tusks from about 11,000 dead elephants -- could provide fodder for representatives of a U.N. accord to reject China's attempt next week to gain permission to import
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]]> Succumbing to the massive Chinese demand for ivory carvings and trinkets is likely to give an enormous boost to the illegal, poaching-based trade, conservationists have warned.

They say if China becomes an approved ivory trading partner, African eleph
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]]> UNITED NATIONS - China's government lost track of 121 tons of elephant ivory over a dozen years that probably were sold on illegal markets, according to a previously undisclosed Chinese report to UN regulatory officials.

The "shortfall" in ivory descri
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]]> The standing committee of the UN's Convention on Endangered Species (Cites) is meeting in Geneva. Key measures for the protection of endangered plants and animals will be decided at the five-day meeting.


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]]> China - AGAIN.
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]]> China wants UN's Convention on Endangered Species (Cites) to approve China's import and trade in ivory, thereby fueling illegal trade in ivory and the further demise of the world's elephants.
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]]> Britain is poised to approve China's application today to become a licensed ivory trader in spite of protests from environmental and animal welfare groups and nearly 150 MPs, and Labour MPs are pinning the blame on Gordon Brown.
The minister
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]]> The UN has given China the green light to bid in a one-off sale of ivory.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) voted in favour of China's request during a meeting being held in Geneva.

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]]> Dam construction must not damn opportunity for protection of one of Asia's last intact, fully functional natural ecosystems. The Cardamom Mountains in Southwest Cambodia -- one of the world’s priceless ecological treasures -- contain the region's last
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]]> The aim of this site is to present one of the most comprehensive tiger and big cat resources available. Many of the images and much of information presented here will be items you've never seen before.
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]]> The first white tiger to be captured was not, as is often claimed, the famed Mohan. There were several captures and a large number of sightings (and shootings) prior to this. For instance, in one of the earliest records a white tiger was displayed at
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]]> The golden tabby tiger or golden tiger is an extremely rare colour variation caused by a recessive gene and now found only in captive tigers. Like the white tiger it is a colour form and not a separate species. It is sometimes referred to as the
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]]> Though usually thought of as a nocturnal hunter, strictly speaking tigers are crepuscular; this simply means they commence hunting in the twilight period just after sundown. Among all 37 species of cat the cheetah is the only exception to the night
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]]> The Amur tiger shares its range with one of the world's most endangered big cats; this is the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis). Also known as the Far Eastern leopard, the Manchurian leopard, or the Korean leopard, its situation is so dire as to
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]]> By signing up as a conservation friend, you will voice your support for wild tiger conservation.

Tiger conservation friends have the option to recieve our electronic CATT alerts that bring breaking news to your email box about our Campaign Against
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]]> Historically, tigers in Russia and China were considered to be pests and people were offered bounties to kill them. Tigers were hunted primarily for their skins but also for tiger bone and other body parts that were used in traditional Chinese and Korean
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]]> Story & Video News - There was public outcry all across the country after a raid at the Tiger Ranch cat sanctuary in March. An investigation by WPXI found huge intricate networks of animal rescuers all over the country were involved.
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]]> At a UN meeting last June in The Hague, the Netherlands, China's tiger-breeding program was criticized for at best creating tourist traps, and at worst being flat-out farms for the animals. Indeed the Hengdaohezi facility was developed as a government
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]]> The automated gates chug and clatter open as a jeep, its windows ribbed with steel, noisily announces its arrival in the tiger park. Without the usual gaggle of tourists to impress, the occupants of a neighbouring jeep toss out a skinny pheasant as the
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]]> The following table contains extinct lion and tiger species. Click on the links below to view more detailed information on each species.
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]]> The CID Forest Cell sleuths on Wednesday arrested an estate owner on charges of killing a tiger, whose decaying carcass, found in Ajimada, Kariappa's coffee estate in Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS), sent shock waves across Karnataka last week.


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]]> It was an ill-fated night when a Royal Bengal tiger was ensnared in an iron mesh by suspected poachers from neighbouring Nepal at the Valmiki Tiger Reserve located in West Champaran district in Bihar.

When the trap's jagged metal teeth sunk into its
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]]> Twenty years ago, many tiger experts proclaimed that the tiger would be extinct in the wild by the year 2000. The Wildlife Conservation Society has worked hard to prove them wrong. The unique WCS approach has helped to refocus tiger conservation effort
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]]> The mystery behind the death of a tiger in Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary a week ago appears to have been solved with the CID Forest Cell zeroing in on Sujil Kariappa, a plantation owner and a game hunter. His associates Chinna and Manu are absconding.

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]]> The Sichuan television news late last night announced that bear farmers in the area of the earthquake had bolted, leaving their bears. One bear had apparently escaped and been shot by police. We are still trying to verify this news....
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]]> A special event taking place this summer offers an evening of fabulous musical entertainment and also a great way to support the work of International Animal Rescue.
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]]> According to published news reports, on May 3, police were called to a home north of the Riverside Municipal Airport after residents found bear paws in a bag.

"For every bear legally killed by a hunter in North America, some estimates indicate that
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]]> Hundreds of reptiles including some endangered species were rescued from traffickers and released into their natural habitat in Cambodia, a conservation group said Thursday. Twelve endangered yellow-headed temple turtles were
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]]> PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Hundreds of reptiles including some endangered species were rescued from traffickers and released into their natural habitat in Cambodia, a conservation group said Thursday.

Twelve endangered yellow-headed temple turtles were am
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]]> 68 Asian Box Turtles, 7 Black Marsh Turtles, 175 Malayan Snail-eating Turtles, 12 Yellow Headed Temple Turtles (endangered species), 2 Red Eared Slider Turtles (a species not native to South East Asia), 11 Reticulated Pythons and 13 Burmese Pythons.
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]]> Atlanta, Ga. (April 15, 2008)- Interactive website Kudzu.com is forming a unique partnership with the Alliance for Community Trees (ACT) during Earth Week. For every consumer review written on ACT's fundraising page (www.Kudzu.com/act) during the week
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]]> Using natural rubber (gathered without killing trees) to make condoms (to fight HIV and prevent pregnancy) -- this is a good idea from Brazil.
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]]> 1)Clean it up,2)Let it grow,3)Leave them wild,4)Go native,5)Keep cats indoors,6)Save trees,7)Scrap the trap,8)Cut them up,9)Rinse it out,10)Check it out.
The HSUS wants Earth Day 2008 (April 22) to kick-off a season of backyard wildlife awareness>>>>
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]]> Forests around the world need people to speak for them like the Lorax.Pledge to be a forest spokesperson for trees in your area and on behalf of forests around the world.Make sure the wood in your home is from responsible sources,make sure the tissues/>>
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]]> We are carbon neutral!
Ecocho is the world's eco search engine. You search. We grow trees. Use Yahoo and Google via Ecocho and we will carbon offset by sponsoring tree planting.
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]]> *The Nature Conservancy has launched plantabillion.org to support a groundbreaking, science based effort to plant one billion trees .You can be part of history by joining this campaign -where one dollar plants one tree in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
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]]> MORE trees are being planted in Southery on Sunday as part of "greening" of the village. A group of enthusiasts are planting 14 sapling oak trees on farmer Bill Legge’s field, at the end of Lynn Road in the village, at 2pm.
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]]> In honor of Earth Day on April 22, The Nature Conservancy launched the Plant a Billion Trees campaign in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. One dollar plants one tree in this on-the-ground reforestation effort that will help to remove 10 million tons of CO2!
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]]> Heard of the United Nations program to plant a billion trees for the planet? Bamboo sequesters carbon dioxide at far higher rates than an equivalent stand of trees and releases up to three times the amount of oxygen.
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]]> "You’re in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds.
And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs.
Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care.

Grow a forest. Protect it from Axes that hack.
Then the Lorax and all of
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]]> As the world's rain forests disappear, one of Dr. Seuss' most powerful and controversial characters has been summoned back into action to issue a post-millennium warning.

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]]> An outbreak of mountain pine beetles in British Columbia is doing more than destroying millions of trees: By 2020, the beetles will have done so much damage that the forest is expected to release more carbon dioxide than it absorbs,
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