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Animals News tagged with controversy

Bushfire Turns Steve Irwin Land Into 'Animal Graveyard'
Animals  (tags: controversy, terri irwin, crocodilehunter, bushfire, imperiled animals, perished, tragedy )

Simone
- 9 days ago - news.com.au
TERRI Irwin has been criticised over a bushfire at "Steve's Place" - the land where the Crocodile Hunter is believed to have been buried. Neighbouring land owners of the far north Queensland Cape York wilderness, named the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve,
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Move Over Mercedes - Zoo Plans to Breed Polar Bears
Animals  (tags: mercedes, limited room, polar bears, zoo, controversy, welfare, concerns, animal groups )

Simone
- 15 days ago - news.scotsman.com
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has revealed plans to bring a new pair of polar bears to the Highland Wildlife Park, near Kingussie, in the hope they will have cubs. Currently, there is only one polar bear in the UK. Known as Mercedes,
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Zoo Gorilla Died Of Heart Problems
Animals  (tags: topeka zoo, allegations, controversy, zoo gorilla, death, heart problems )

Simone
- 15 days ago - ksallink.com
A gorilla who died over the weekend at the Topeka Zoo died from a rupture of an aortic aneurysm. The death comes in the midst of controversy at the facility, where several animals have recently died.
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Bear Death Prompts Formation of Animal Rights Group
Animals  (tags: bears, killed, wildlife league, formation, bear killers, controversy, wild animals, black bear )

Simone
- 17 days ago - vcreporter.com
The Ojai Wildlife League is criticizing Fish and Game officials for euthanizing a wild bear last month, as the head game warden defends his role in killing the 400-pound animal .
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Death of a Wolf Raises Questions About Research
Animals  (tags: deathof wolf, apha wolf, radio collared, controversy, tragedy )

Simone
- 28 days ago - minnpost.com
In life, 527F was reclusive -- even for an alpha-female wolf. Her territory was so remote that researchers studying wolves in Yellowstone National Park rarely saw her. But they knew a lot about her because for five years she wore a radio collar disclosing
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Tragedy at Dakota Wild Horse Auction
Animals  (tags: wild horses, controversy, injured, rounded up, mistreated )

Simone
- 29 days ago - wildhorsewarriors.blogspot.com
ASSHOLES! Look at what you have done by treating wild horses like domestic cattle at livestock auction-you DO NOT go yelling at them and poking at them with things!!I will say it again: ASSHOLES!!
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Aggressive Dogs Get the Boot From Marine Corps
Animals  (tags: dangerous dogs, banning, military, housing, marine corps, controversy )

Simone
- 49 days ago - content.usatoday.com
The Marine Corps has issued the first worldwide policy banning Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Wolf hybrids and any dogs with "dominant traits of aggression" from all U.S. Marine Corps bases and housing facilities, according to Stars and Stripes.
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Killing the Wolf at the Door
Animals  (tags: wolves, massacred, butchered, tragedy, wild animals, freedom, protection, controversy )

Simone
- 57 days ago - commondreams.org
The wolf, if anything, has been the victim of its own reputation. "We have doomed the wolf not for what it is," wrote Farley Mowatt, "but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be - the mythologised epitome of a savage, ruthless killer."
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Suspicion Surrounds Colorado Wolf Death
Animals  (tags: wolf killed, investigation, female wolf, journeyed, different states, humans, controversy, silence )

Simone
- 57 days ago - newwest.net
Did the epic journey of a Wolf 341F from Montana to Colorado end at the hands of a human? Officials aren't saying. A wolf that wandered from Montana and died in Colorado earlier this year met its end on a hillside about 24 miles north of Rifle, according
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Return of the Cat?
Animals  (tags: inida, importing, cheetahs, surival, breeding programme, endangered, extinction, controversy )

Simone
- 64 days ago - heralddeparis.com
India plans to bring back the cheetah, nearly half a century after it became extinct in the country. The BBC's Soutik Biswas considers whether it is a good idea. Will the world's fastest land animal make a comeback in India, nearly half a century
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BLM Capture of Iconic Wild Horse Herd Sparks Controversy
Animals  (tags: controversy, BLM, horse slaughter, older horses, auctioned off, wild horses, protection )

Simone
- 65 days ago - all-creatures.org
Once wild and free, living in spectacular sub-alpine meadows designated by Congress as their home, 57 wild Mustangs now wait in dusty pens in the 90 degree heat. The BLM pens sit at the base of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range of Wyoming and Montana.
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African Cousins Could Replace Indian Cheetahs Hunted to Extinction
Animals  (tags: cheetahs, controversy, indian cheetahs, african cheetahs, importation, endangered, conservation, debates )

Simone
- 71 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
INDIA is planning to reintroduce cheetahs into the wild, more than six decades after they were thought to have been hunted into extinction in the sub-continent. But the plans have ignited a debate about wildlife conservation, with opponents arguing
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Cloned Farmed Animals Spark Trade Concerns
Animals  (tags: cloned farm animals, concerns, controversy, countries )

Simone
- 99 days ago - all-creatures.org
Federal food officials expect cloned farm animals to reach U.S. markets in just two to four years, making some Canadians -- and possibly foreign countries -- question the safety of our own meat. "Cloning technology is now becoming commercially viabl
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Dingo Pups Make Home Under QPWS Quarters
Animals  (tags: dingo pups, Fraser Island, controversy, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 264 days ago - frasercoastchronicle.com.au
A group of dingo pups has put an ironic twist into the Fraser Island dingo controversy by reportedly taking up residence under the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service headquarters and prompting residents to believe rangers could be feeding the dogs.
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Puppy's Death Raises Controversy
Animals  (tags: pet store, puppy, starving, emanicated, controversy, animal welfare )

Simone
- 269 days ago - thetimestribune.com
The death of an eight-week-old boxer puppy from a Corbin pet store has garnered the attention of animal activists nation-wide -- but local police and prosecutors say allegations of abuse or neglect are unfounded. The controversy began when Jackie
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