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Video: Teenager Aims to Revive 'Lost Art' of Giraffe Riding - Telegraph
Animals  (tags: africa, AnimalWelfare, animals, rescued, protection )

Kevin
- 271 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
"Mara, a three-month-old giraffe, was raised by hand by South African Shandor Larenty after she was rejected at birth by her mother. Now Mr Larenty is slowly getting the animal used to carrying him in a bid to rediscover a long-lost family tradition..."
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A Bloody 2 Months for South African Rhinos | Wildlife News
Animals  (tags: africa, crime, animals, abuse, cruelty, endangered, wildlife, habitat, killing, killed, sadness )

Kevin
- 272 days ago - wildlifenews.co.uk
"The latest statistics from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs has shown that the last 2 months has been a bloody time for the rhino. 100 rhinos have been killed in South Africa in under 2 months."
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New Species of Monkey Discovered in Africa
Animals  (tags: new species, monkey, africa, conservation, ecosystems, protection, wildlife, GoodNews )

Kelly
- 273 days ago - animalconnectionac.wordpress.com
Researchers have identified a new species of African monkey, locally known as the lesula. THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE
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PLEASE SIGN -- Give the Cape Fur Seal the Protection It Deserves !!
Animals  (tags: animals, africa, namibia, seal, fur, baby seals, pups, cruelty, animalcruelty, killing, killed, slaughter, suffering, wildanimals, wildlife, protection, law, European Union, government, crime, abuse, death, animalrights, endangered, extinction )

Jutta
- 314 days ago - avaaz.org
Cape Fur Seal it's the ONLY species of seal to be found on the African continent. It has suffered a 97% loss of preferred habitat and has barely survived six major mass die offs.
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Prince William Condemns Rhino Horn Trade
Animals  (tags: wildlife, elephants, rhinos, hunting, wildlife trade, asia, africa, weapons, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, conservation, endangered, protection, corporate, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, slaughter, killing, wildanimals, tigers, protection, conservati )

Xil
- 362 days ago - guardian.co.uk
A member of the European monarchy, which together with other ruling elites are notorious for perpetuating wildlife crimes with hunting and status symbols involving ivory,hunting,hunting trophys and fur, brakes silence and denounces this criminal trade.
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Lions on the Loose in Kenya's Urban Jungle
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, lions, urbanization, Africa, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, humans, animaladvocates )

Cal
- 363 days ago - mnn.com
Nairobi is a rapidly growing city, but the sharp toothed big cats have remained despite the breakneck urbanization.
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Africa's Ambitious Experiment To Preserve Threatened Wildlife
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, elephants, africa, habitat protection, habitat, protection, humans, endangered, AnimalWelfare, wildanimals, wildlife, goodnews, GoodNews, animalrights )

Cal
- 398 days ago - e360.yale.edu
Five nations in southern Africa are joining together to create a huge conservation area that will extend across their borders and expand critical territory for elephants. But can these new protections reverse decades of decline for area wildlife while als
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Asian Affluence Drives African Big Game Poaching
Animals  (tags: Poaching, Elephants, Rhino, poachers, Asia, africa )

Jill
- 414 days ago - bizcommunity.com
Ivory and rhino horn and skin - boiled and ingested - have been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine, which is practiced not only in Chinese communities but increasingly by other ethnic groups around the world
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African Big Game Poaching Surges on Asian Affluence
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, poaching, africa, elephants, rhinos, Asian ivory trade, greed, humans, sadness, slaughter, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, killing, animalrights, AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty )

Cal
- 417 days ago - uk.reuters.com
Elephant and rhino poaching is surging, conservationists say, an illegal piece of Asia's scramble for African resources, driven by the growing purchasing power of the region's newly affluent classes.
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"Strawberry" Leopard Discovered--A First
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, big cats, leopards, Africa )

Cher
- 431 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
African leopards normally have tawny coats with black spots. But a male leopard with a strawberry-colored coat has been spotted in South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve (map), conservationists announced this week.
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End The Poaching And Smuggling Of Rhino Horns. WHAT THEY DO IS SICK. SIGN NOW!
Animals  (tags: rhino, horns, poaching, protection, slaughter, wildanimals, wildlife, suffering, sadness, environment, animalcruelty, abused, killing, animalrights, africa, crime, death, cruelty )

Jim
- 475 days ago - forcechange.com
Poaching of rhinoceros for their horns in southern Africa has been on the rise. Horns are smuggled and sold to buyers who believe the horns hold medical properties. This week seven arrests were made in four states following an 18 month investigation by
25 comments
ACTION ALERT: Don't Cut Funding That Saves Gorillas! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: gorillas, endangered, survival funding, conservation, protection, africa, wildlife )

Simone
- 584 days ago - forcechange.com
With the new year approaching the government is forced to consider where it can afford to save money and cut funding. The small proportion that is going to support wildlife in central Africa is proposed to be cut.
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Stop the Abuse At Monkey Town,South Africa! SIGN!
Animals  (tags: monkey, africa, abuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animals, crime, conservation, death, ethics, killed, law, pets, protection, sadness, wildanimals, suffering, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 592 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Monkey town seems like any normal animal game reserve/zoo for people all over the world to come visit and to enjoy the surroundings and the animals that live there mainly primates, to enjoy and then go away feeling happy that they have bonded with mother.
54 comments
SAfrica May Suspend Rhino Trophy Hunts: Minister
Animals  (tags: africa, poaching, rhino, animalcruelty )

Ingrid
- 612 days ago - terradaily.com
South Africa could ban rhino trophy hunting if other efforts to curb poaching fail, the environment minister said Wednesday.
8 comments
Elephants and Livestock Battle for Water in East Africa
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, drought, Africa, elephants, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, goodnews, GoodNews, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, humans, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, humans, endangered, habitat )

Cal
- 644 days ago - cnn.com
These are difficult times for Kenya's elephants. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) says that due to their inefficient digestive systems they are always first to feel the effects of drought.
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