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Save the Irrawaddy Dolphin From Extinction! SIGN!
Animals  (tags: dolphin, irrawaddy, extinct, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, conservation, endangered, habitat, law, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 486 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Irrawaddy dolphin is one of the most endangered species in the world but a new survey has revealed that one key population could be at the very edge of extinction.
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African Rhino Subspecies Said to Be Extinct USATODAY.Com
Animals  (tags: extinct, Black Rhinos, Animal Cruelty )

Colleen
- 539 days ago - usatoday.com
GENEVA (AP) - The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.
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Born Free: Rhinos Facing Grave Threats
Animals  (tags: wildlife, rhino, extinct, endangered )

Jill
- 614 days ago - bornfree.org.uk
in a 3 year search for any remaining white rhinos, DRC have found no trace of a single surviving individual. In all likelihood, DRC's northern white rhinos are now extinct.
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Modern Polar Bears Descended From Extinct Bears From Ireland
Animals  (tags: Ireland, polar bear, extinct )

Tarequl
- 668 days ago - ox.ac.uk
Scientists have discovered that modern polar bears are descended from now extinct brown bears that roamed the region we know today as Britain and Ireland.
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EASTERN COUGAR DECLARED EXTINCT
Animals  (tags: animals, cougar, eastern cougar, mountain lion, puma, big cats, wildanimals, wildlife, extinct, environment, animalwelfare )

Yrna
- 812 days ago - allaboutwildlife.com
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service today (Mar. 2) announced its conclusion that the Eastern cougar, or mountain lion, no longer exists. The negative conclusion of a five-year USFWS survey of the issue is certain to be controversial.
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Tigers Could Be Extinct Within 12 Years
Animals  (tags: Tiger, endangered, extinct )

Tarequl
- 932 days ago - theindependentbd.com
Tigers could become extinct within 12 years but a top level meeting in Russia next month could help reverse the decline, nature conservation body WWF said...
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Global Hunt Begins for 'Extinct' Species of Frogs
Animals  (tags: frog, species, creature, global search, extinct )

Sophie
- 1018 days ago - bbc.co.uk
A frog hunt like no other is about to begin, as conservationists scour the world for species thought to be extinct but which may just be hanging on.
18 comments
North Cameroon Without African Wild Dogs or Cheetahs
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, Africa, wild dogs, cheetahs, extinct, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1031 days ago - news.softpedia.com
Man has done it again! The Lycaon pictus or African Wild Dog and the Acinonyx jubatus or Cheetah are functionally extirpated in North Cameroon. As for lions, the spotted hyena, the stripped hyena or leopards, they are very rare and survive in small
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Alaotra Grebe Declared Extinct and 12.5% of Bird Species Declared Endangered
Animals  (tags: extinct, endangered, sadness )

Lone
- 1084 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
May 2010. The latest assessment of the extinction threat facing the world's birds states shows the total number of bird species facing global extinction now stands at 1240 species (around an eighth of the world's 10027 bird species).
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The Death of Yellowstone's Druid Wolf Pack
Animals  (tags: druid wolf pack, disappeared, extinct, diseases, humans, yellowstone national park, gray wolves )

Simone
- 1126 days ago - backpacker.com
The most famous wolf pack in the world finally dwindles to almost zero, but the bloodline lives on It's been a long winter for the wolves of Yellowstone National Park, and in the Lamar Valley, Alpha 21 and his Druid pack received their final,
6 comments
Frog Thought to Have Been Extinct for 30 Years Discovered in Australia
Animals  (tags: extinct, frog, discovered, GoodNews )

Lone
- 1175 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Frank Sartor, minister for environment and climate change, said the discovery of the yellow-spotted bell frog is a reminder of the need to protect natural habitats so "future generations can enjoy the noise and colour of our native animals
5 comments
The Last Bastion of the Hornbill
Animals  (tags: hornbill, vulnerable species habitat, Bhutan, safe haven, decline, extinct, observation, rufous-necked hornbill, IUCN )

Naoko
- 1197 days ago - kuenselonline.com
Bhutan's forests provide a safe haven for the rufous-necked hornbill, a bird that is classified vulnerable by the international union for conservation of nature (IUCN) and Birdlife International, according to a Thrumshingla national park officials.
2 comments
Eight Great Extinct Species
Animals  (tags: extinct, wildlife, wildanimals )

Tonya
- 1225 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
This month scientists reported that the Caribbean monk seal has joined a long and growing list of species that carry the "extinct" label.
4 comments
Wild Indo-Chinese Tiger Now Extinct in China
Animals  (tags: tragedy, villager, wild chinese tiger, killed, extinct, wildlife )

Simone
- 1245 days ago - presstv.ir
A villager, who killed and ate the last wild Indochinese tiger in China, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail and fined 85,000 US dollars. Kang Wannian, the Chinese villager and another man shot dead the only known wild Indochinese tiger in China
9 comments
Photo: Extinct Walking Bat Found
Animals  (tags: bats, walking, extinct, found, 20 million years, GoodNews, wildlife )

Lone
- 1379 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
But the discovery of fossils of a now extinct walking bat in northwestern Queensland, Australia, suggests that the modern-day bats descended from 20-million-year-old Australian relatives.
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