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Animals News tagged with Africa

Africa's Rarest Monkey Had An Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms
Animals  (tags: Africa, Monkey, DNA, species )

Nancy
- 8 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past.
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Ross Perot Jr. Wounds Rhino in South African Trophy Hunt, Sues for Second Shot?
Animals  (tags: environment, animal, rhinos, rhinos conservation, america, africa )

Katie
- 17 days ago - ecoworldly.com
The son of former American Presidential candidate Ross Perot - Henry Ross Perot Jr. - is reportedly engaged in a legal battle involving South African wildlife authorities over the head of rhino he wounded during a trophy hunt earlier this year.
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Big Cats' Big Plight
Animals  (tags: animals, environment, protection, habitat, nature, lions, Africa, wildlife, wildanimals, AnimalWelfare )

Cher
- 31 days ago - bangkokpost.com
The lions of Africa are threatened as never before; with the population numbering just a tenth of what it was mere decades ago. This month, wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin attempts to find out what happened to these majestic beasts in Investigation Earth
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Kings of the Jungle Fight for Survival
Animals  (tags: big cats, africa, disappearing, tragedy, fighting for survival, extinction, poaching )

Simone
- 39 days ago - nation.co.ke
They may be kings of the jungle but now, conservationists say, lions in some of Kenya's most scenic parks are reduced to fighting for their lives. Africa's wild lion population is in trouble. And their population could disappear in the next 20 years
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Time Running Out for Africa's Big Cats
Animals  (tags: animals, lions, Africa, killing, hunting, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 41 days ago - ajc.com
Just 50 years ago there were close to a half-million lions in Africa -- about 450,000 in all. Today there are between 16,000 and 23,000. And yet, unlike elephants (a far more numerous species), lions have no protection under the international accord
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Kenya Drought Continues - Wildlife and Livestock Suffering
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, drought, su7ffering, Africa, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 45 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The drought is still continuing, and the animals and people are struggling badly. Everyone hopes rain will fall soon and bring back some life to the parched land. The water hole near to our neighbouring lodge, Ol Donyo Wuas, is constantly
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Nick Brandt Photography: Get a Private View of Africa's Vanishing Wildlife
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, photography, Africa, vanishing wildlife, habitat, environment, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 72 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Nick Brandt, the renowned fine art photographer, has published his latest book, A Shadow Falls, in a special signed edition this month. Containing 58 striking new portraits of animals, from chimpanzees to cheetahs, it focuses on East Africa's vanishing
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Cameroon: West - Two Leopard Skin Dealers Arrested
Animals  (tags: wildlife crimes, africa, .leopard skins seized, smugglers, leopard skinn dealers, arrested, crime )

Simone
- 105 days ago - allafrica.com
The West Regional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife has intensified crackdown operations on wildlife crimes in the region which has resulted in the arrest of 2 wildlife traffickers found in illegal possession of two fresh leopard skins. One of the
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Last Chance for Africa's Elephants?
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, poaching, Africa, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 109 days ago - bbc.co.uk
20 years ago the African elephant was being fast-tracked to extinction by poaching. In response, the world voted to outlaw the international trade in ivory. Since then, elephant numbers in many countries have been recovering. But in the last five years,
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Namibian Seals: Interview With Francois Hugo of Seal Alert
Animals  (tags: seal, seals, slaughter, Namibia, Francois Hugo, animal welfare, cruelty, killing, Africa )

Joanna
- 133 days ago - examiner.com
He can't do it alone!!!! Francois Hugo shares his plan to stop the cull which is universally seen as inhumane and threatens the viability of the species.
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Rare Sighting of African Wild Dogs in Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Animals  (tags: animals, wild dogs, sightings, Africa, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 133 days ago - fauna-flora.org
For the first time in over three years, a pack of rare African wild dogs has been spotted on the northwestern side of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
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Namibian Seals: HSI 'Offer' Seal Alert-SA the $14 Million, the Slaughter Hasn't Started Yet
Animals  (tags: seal, seals, slaughter, Namibia, Francois Hugo, animal welfare, cruelty, killing, Africa )

Joanna
- 138 days ago - sealalertsa.wordpress.com
It is now the 9th Day, and still the cull has not started, and with over 100 media articles around the world - no seal pups have been clubbed to death, although one news report claimed it had started today.
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Wildlife Threat at African Reserve! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, wildlife, Africa, reserve, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 144 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Much of the wildlife in one of Africa's most important reserves is nearing extinction, according to a study of key animal species.
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Indian Safaris in Africa
Animals  (tags: animals, safaris, Africa, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, India, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 149 days ago - business-standard.com
This is also Lion King territory; we've been aware at a subliminal level of the abundance of wildlife in Africa; for the last decade Indian tourists have been packing the Masai Mara onto their itineraries; and now, in quick succession,
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Help Prevent Import of Cheetahs From South Africa ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, cheetahs, imports, Africa, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 178 days ago - secure.peta.org
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is currently considering a permit application from Lionshare Farm Zoo, an unaccredited zoo in Connecticut, to import three cheetahs from South Africa. In order to qualify for such a permit, the facility must show
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