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Florida Residents Plead for Panthers
Animals  (tags: power plant, florida panther, Florida Power and Light Company, Edward Garcia, extinction, critically endangered, south florida, Lake Okeechobee, Big Cypress National Preserve, water contamination, solar panels, South Florida Wildlands Association )

Deb
- 682 days ago - bellaonline.com
Florida residents are dismayed as they face the extinction of the beloved state animal, the Florida Panther, for the sake of building a "Green" power plant when numerous alternatives are available.
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Ganges River Dolphin in Danger of Extinction
Animals  (tags: Ganges river dolphin, danger, extinction, IUCN, critically endangered, water pollution, habitat, intervention, saline water, fresh water, balance, climate chamge, Bangladesh )

Naoko
- 1158 days ago - bangladesh-web.com
The Ganges river dolphin, locally known as Shushuk, is facing serious threat of extinction due to increasing human intervention like water pollution, fishing and intrusion into their habitat.
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Bird-Friendly Fishing Techniques to Help Reduce Massive Number of Albatross Deaths
Animals  (tags: longline fishing, albatross, critically endangered, caught, killed, fishing practices, conservation, protection )

Simone
- 1402 days ago - ecoworldly.com
100,000 albatrosses are killed every year due to longline fishing activities - and four species of albatross are now critically endangered. Simple changes in fishing techniques can give these birds a chance.
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New Conservation Zone Set Up for the Critically Endangered Yellow-Eared Parrot
Animals  (tags: parrots, critically endangered, birds, conservation, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1515 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
ProAves has established a second permanent ecological zone in Colombia to conserve the Critically Endangered Yellow-eared Parrot. The ecological zone was created next door to the Yellow-eared Parrot Bird Reserve on a farm called La Antioqueña, in
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Critically Endangered Saharan Cheetah Photographed in Algeria
Animals  (tags: cheetahs, camera traps, photographed, critically endangered, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1551 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Northwest African or Saharan cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) in Algeria have been recorded by scientists led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and
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Action Alert! Help Save Right Whales!!
Animals  (tags: north atlantic right whales, critically endangered, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1827 days ago - whales.org
WDCS has teamed up with HSUS, IFAW, the Ocean Conservancy and some of the world's top right whale scientists to ask Congress to properly fund the surveys, protection mandates and research that are crucial to the continued survival of the right whale.
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Asia's Turtles Endangered
Animals  (tags: Asia, turtles, critically endangered, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1844 days ago - wcs.org
The number of critically endangered freshwater turtle species has more than doubled in just the last four years, according to a report released today by TRAFFIC, the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), World Wildlife Fund (WWF),
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Two Rare Addax Babies Born Just Weeks Apart at the Louisville Zoo
Animals  (tags: Addax, births, rare, zoos, critically endangered, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, extinction, endangered )

Cher
- 1845 days ago - pr-inside.com
The Louisville Zoo is now on baby duty with the recent births of two endangered Addax born weeks apart-one was born April 14 and the other on April 27. Addax, one of the world's rarest mammals, are critically endangered and number close to just 250 in
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Money Key to Saving Monk Seal! Video!
Animals  (tags: Hawaiin monk seal, critically endangered, animals, AnimalWelfare, conservation, endangered, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1848 days ago - honoluluadvertiser.com
Saving the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal from extinction requires millions more federal dollars and a widespread effort that includes businesses, organizations and residents, marine experts said yesterday.
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FFI Siamese Crocs Team Making Great Progress
Animals  (tags: siamese crocdile, critically endangered, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1850 days ago - fauna-flora.org
FFI is pleased to announce that our team in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains has been successfully combating the threats to the Critically Endangered Siamese crocodile Crocodylus siamensis. Hunting, inadvertent killing (from fishing) and habitat loss all
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Nets Threaten Rare New Zealand Dolphins
Animals  (tags: dolphins, critically endangered, fishing nets, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 1892 days ago - ap.google.com
The deaths of 22 dolphins in trawler nets prompted fresh calls Wednesday for the New Zealand government to ban two types of fishing nets from the habitats of two critically endangered species of dolphin.
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Governor Declares "Save the Panther Day"
Animals  (tags: panthers, Florida, critically endangered, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1898 days ago - tampabays10.com
Tallahassee, Florida - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has announced March 15 is Save the Panther Day and is urging state residents to continue their efforts to preserve and protect the small population of the critically endangered species, which now occurs
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1500 Acre Reserve Created to Protect Critically Endangered Fuertes's Parrot - Once Thought Extinct
Animals  (tags: birds, parrots, critically endangered, protection, reserve, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1899 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The first private protected area for the critically endangered Fuertes's Parrot has been established by Fundación ProAves. The species, whose population size is estimated at just 160 individuals, lives only in a small area in the Andes of Colombia that
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Don't Call Them Ugly: The Not-So-Cute Critters That Are Facing Extinction - Nature, Environment - Independent.Co.Uk
Animals  (tags: Critically endangered, The Northern hairy-nosed Wombat, wildlife, suffering, protection, extinction, animals, environment, habitat )

Tamme
- 1939 days ago - independent.co.uk
While it's not so difficult to interest the public in the plight of charismatic polar bears or cute pandas, plenty of, well, more homely species are also in danger of extinction but, being less photogenic, get much less media attention.
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Tell the Bush Administration to Protect the Last 300 Beluga Whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet!
Animals  (tags: whales, critically endangered, industry, gov't )

Doreen
- 2193 days ago - nrdconline.org
There are only 300 beluga whales left in Alaska's Cook Inlet -- a 77 percent decline from the 1,300 whales that thrived there in the early 1980's. Now that these whales are on the brink of extinction, the National Marine Fisheries Service is finally propo
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