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British Butterfly Defies Doom Prediction to Thrive in Changing Climate
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, climate change, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, endangered )

Cal
- 2 hours ago - guardian.co.uk
Brown Argus, once rare and declining, depended on one plant species but warmer temperatures have helped it expand range
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Congress Sold Out Wolves! Take Action!
Animals  (tags: Wolves, wildanimals, wildlife, law, ethics, endangered, animaladvocates )

Harshiita
- 7 hours ago - therainforestsite.com
On May 5, 2011 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally delisted wolves in the Northern Rockies, following a carefully placed "rider" passed by Congress in the year's budget bill. The deal sold out Western wolves and undermined protections under the En
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Please Sign: Save Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth From Extinction
Animals  (tags: Pygmy three-toed sloth, Escudo de Veraguas, mangrove destruction, human destruction, extinction, AnimalWelfare, endangered, habitat, environment, protection, extinction, wildlife )

S
- 10 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com
This dwarf sloth was only discovered a few years ago, and it may soon be gone if something isn't done to preserve its only habitat, a tiny island near Panama. If it can't make it there it won't make it anywhere, and it's up to us all to ensure it does.
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Save the Asian Unicorn From Extinction ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, protection, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - forcechange.com
Ensure the Vietnamese government enforces protection measures for the extremely rare Asian unicorn
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ENDANGERED: Less Than 100 Pygmy Sloths Survive
Animals  (tags: endangered, animals, animalwelfare, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, sadness, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, habitat, humans )

Cal
- 2 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The pygmy three-toes sloth is one of the world's most endangered mammals, according to the first ever formal survey of the population, which found less than 100 sloths hanging on in their island home.
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ACTION ALERT: Vote NO to Sea Otter Fur Trade! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: sea otters, endangered, protection, threatened, fur trade, cruelty )

Simone
- 2 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Alaska Representative Donald Young has introduced a bill (H.R. 2714), to restart the fur trade of northern sea otters. The International Union for Conservation of Nature still lists the sea otter as an endangered species,
39 comments
Save the Florida Panther From Extinction ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, endangered, extinction, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 days ago - online.nwf.org
There are fewer than 200 Florida panthers left in the wild--making it one of the country's most critically endangered species.
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It's May 23---Happy World Turtle Day!!
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, turtles, protection, endangered, wildlife, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, habitat, humans, goodnews )

Cal
- 3 days ago - mnn.com
May 23 is World Turtle Day, an annual holiday founded in 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue to raise awareness of turtles' troubles. According to ATR co-founder Susan Tellem, the holiday is meant to generally boost interest in turtles while also specifical
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Maharashtra: Tiger Poaching on the Rise
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 4 days ago - ibnlive.in.com
A spate of tiger poaching incidents have come to light from Maharashtra. The body of a tiger chopped into 11 pieces with its head and paws missing was recovered on Friday. It appears the tiger parts have been taken by the poachers.
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WWF: 65% Tiger Reserves Have Inadequate Protection
Animals  (tags: tigers, AnimalWelfare, animalwelfare, animals, animaladvocates, protection, humans, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered )

Cal
- 5 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A recent preliminary assessment of 63 legally protected areas in seven tiger range countries shows that only 22, or 35%, maintain WWF's minimum standards of protection.
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Red Alert in Vidarbha's Tiger Reserves!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, killing, protection, endangered, extinction, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 6 days ago - gulfnews.com
With two attacks on tigers by poachers in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, the state government has alerted its forest officials to be on the lookout for poachers from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh who have landed in the tiger reserves of the state
10 comments
Kenya: Lioness Killed in Mara and Lion in Isiolo
Animals  (tags: Lions, wildlife, cruelty, endangered, sadness, slaughter )

Jill
- 6 days ago - allafrica.com
the incident has been reported to KWS and the suspects reported but no action has been taken thus far. The legs, teeth, tail and paws of the lion were cut off, and the ears were also missing.
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Kenya: KWS Defends Relocation of Cheetah Cubs - Update
Animals  (tags: cheetahs, wildlife, humans, endangered )

Jill
- 6 days ago - allafrica.com
Nairobi -- The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has defended its decision to transfer three orphaned cheetah cubs from the Mara Conservancy to the Nairobi Animal Orphanage.
13 comments
URGENT: Deadline May 21 to Help Save Reindeer
Animals  (tags: caribou, wodland caribou, reindeer, animals, conservation, endangered, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Julie
- 6 days ago - dfnd.us
Please sign to support the proposal by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect woodland caribou -- the only reindeer that lives in the lower 48 states. Today, only a handful caribou remains, making them one of the rarest animals in the country.
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