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Prevent Wolverines From Disappearing Forever
Animals  (tags: animals, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, habitat, science, wildlife, climate-change, bush, bushadministration, protection, wildanimals )

Natasha
- 1886 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Bush/Cheney administration has spurned the wolverine again, defying scientific evidence and refusing to list this rare creature under the Endangered Species Act. Urge the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to reverse this decision and protect the wolverine!
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Arrest in Congo Gorilla Killings
Animals  (tags: animals, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, destruction, environment, forests, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, protection, wildlife, africa, conflict, corruption, crime, death, government, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates )

Sheila
- 1890 days ago - cnn.com
Mashagiro, a park ranger has been arrested for allegedly masterminding the massacre of 10 endangered mountain gorillas. Only about 700 mountain gorillas remain in the world. Mashagiro is accused of arranging the mass killing to deter conservationists who
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Invasion of Giant Oysters
Animals  (tags: globalwarming, climate-change, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, habitat, nature, oceans, science, wildlife, extinction, killing )

Brendan
- 1901 days ago - independent.co.uk
The Pacific oyster has spread like a plague, killing mussels, threatening birds and even tourism. Tony Paterson reports on another worrying sign of global warming
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Stop Oil Drilling in Alaska's Yukon Flats Wildlife Refuge!
Animals  (tags: oil drilling, animals, environment, endangered, ecosystems, destruction, habitatdestruction, wildlife, nature, habitat, bush, bushadministration, Alaska, polar bears, wolves, endangered species )

Natasha
- 1902 days ago - go.care2.com
The Bush administration is thinking of allowing oil development in Alaska, hurting the vital wildlife habitat for millions of migratory birds, marten, moose, caribou, bears and wolves. We only have until March 25 to say "no drilling in Yukon Flats"!
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Group Says Eating Whales Will Stop Global Warming
Animals  (tags: animals, wildlife, protection, climate-change, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, killing, slaughter, animalwelfare, environment )

Tom
- 1907 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
A group supporting commercial whaling says, "The best thing you can do for the planet is to eat whale meat compared to other types of meat." Greenpeace says: "The survival of a species is more important than lower greenhouse gas emissions from eating it."
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Destruction of Sumatra Forests Driving Global Climate Change and Species Extinction
Animals  (tags: climate-change, environment, ecosystems, greenhousegases, nature, wildlife, trees, elephants, extinction, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, animals )

Cher
- 1911 days ago - worldwildlife.org
Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and rapidly driving the province's elephants into extinction, a new study by WWF
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A Howl for Wolves
Animals  (tags: wolves, ecosystems, survival, facts, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1911 days ago - dallasnews.com
You will get to know the gray wolf that lives in the Northern Rockies, including Yellowstone National Park. You will discover how a wolf family works together and learns from each other, and how this predator survives in and is a key part of its native
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Norway Declares Death Sentence for 1052 Whales
Animals  (tags: whales. whaling, norway, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, nature, whaling, wildlife, protection, oceans, abuse, cruelty )


- 1920 days ago - seashepherd.org
That other cruel and ecologically insensitive whaling nation Norway has set a kill quota of 1052 whales for 2008. The quota is the same as last year despite the whalers being unable to find enough whales to meet that quota.
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Ribbon Seal of the Bering Sea Losing Icy Habitat
Animals  (tags: ribbon seal, Artic, sea ice, animals, ClimateChange, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, environment, government, destruction, humans, oceans, pollution, protection, wildlife, globalwarming, endangered, habitat, wildlife, AnimalWelfare, extinction, deat )

Rebecca
- 1960 days ago - ens-newswire.com
The rare ribbon seal may be one of the first species to lose its habitat to global warming, says the Center for Biological Diversity. The ribbon seal is dependent on Arctic sea ice for survival - but that sea ice is shrinking fast. Amazing looking seal!
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Wildlife Extra - Extinction Crisis Escalates: Red List Shows Apes, Corals, Vultures, Dolphins All in Danger
Animals  (tags: wildlife, habitat, endangered, animals, humans, protection, society, suffering, slaughter, AnimalWelfare, environment, extinction, wildanimals, whales, tiger, sadness, investigation, climate-change, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, f )

Thunderr
- 1962 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(TM),the world's most authoritative assessment of the Earth's plants and animals,acts as a wake up call on the global extinction crisis.There are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List and 16,306 of them are threaten>
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Biologist Keeps Track of Iran's Rare Cheetahs
Animals  (tags: animals, ecosystems, environment, GoodNews, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, world, wildlife, safety, protection, endangered )

Joe
- 1966 days ago - npr.org
"It's not easy to track down one of the fastest and rarest great cats in the world. But biologist Luke Hunter of the Wildlife Conservation Society is working to do just that." (First two sentences of article).
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The State Barrier Fence of Western Australia-Its Naught But a Little Bunny
Animals  (tags: environment, ecosystems, Sustainabililty, science, australia, animals, wildlife )

Michael
- 1967 days ago - encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com
Thomas Austin imported 24 specimens from England and released them on his Victorian farm. At the time he had stated: "The introduction of a few rabbits could do little harm and might provide a touch of home, in addition to a spot of hunting..
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Conservation International - Mysterious Bird of Paradise: Lost and Found
Animals  (tags: ecosystems, environment, forests, conservation )


- 1984 days ago - dev2.conservation.org
New species of bird found in Foja. Report on Sunday 60 minutes. December 16, 2007.
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