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AUSTRALIA: Cane Toads Impact on Native Wildlife Worse Than Expected
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, invasive species, cane toads, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, habitat )

Cal
- 10 days ago - abc.net.au
The first assessment of the impact of cane toads on wildlife in WA's Kimberley region has found the death toll may be even worse than expected.
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Hope for Galapagos Wildlife Threatened By Marine Invaders
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, invasive species, cane toads, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, habitat )

Cal
- 50 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Increasing tourism and the spread of marine invasive non-native species is threatening the unique plant and marine life around the Galapagos Islands.
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It's Real: Attack of the Giant African Land Snails in Florida
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, invasive species, cane toads, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, habitat )

Cal
- 62 days ago - cnn.com
Florida, already threatened with sinkholes, now has a new terror: rat-sized, tire-puncturing snails.
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Asian Carp Invasion Reaches Great Lakes
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, invasive species, cane toads, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, habitat )

Cal
- 73 days ago - mnn.com
Likely evidence has been found in Lake Michigan and Lake Erie.
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AUSTRALIA: Cane Toad Invasion Can Be Stopped
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, invasive species, cane toads, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, habitat )

Cal
- 179 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Stopping the invasion of toads into Australia's Pilbara region would protect numerous species, including northern Quolls (an endangered cat-sized marsupial carnivore) and many species of goannas and snakes, which are badly affected when toads invade.
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The Invasion of the Boa Constrictors
Animals  (tags: invasive species, snakes, wildlife, habitat, wildanimals, protection, humans, environment, animaladvocates, animals, wildlife )

Cal
- 199 days ago - enn.com
Breeding populations of Burmese python and boa constrictor have been confirmed in South Florida, and there is evidence that the northern African python is breeding in the wild as well.
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INVASIVE SPECIES: Battling Asian Carp With Swords and Football Helmets
Animals  (tags: invasive species, protection, humans, animals, animaladvocates, wildlife, wildanimals, habitat, environment )

Cal
- 269 days ago - mnn.com
Pitchforks? Water skis? When all else fails, these extreme fishermen go medieval on a tenacious invasive species.
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Tiny Exotic Snail Invades Earth
Animals  (tags: invasive species, protection, humans, animals, animaladvocates, wildlife, wildanimals, habitat, environment )

Cal
- 299 days ago - mnn.com
New Zealand mudsnail rapidly reproduces and is adept at survival, but is now considered invasive species.
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Invasive Species From Japan Ride Tsunami Debris to American Shores
Animals  (tags: invasive species, protection, humans, animals, animaladvocates, wildlife, wildanimals, habitat, environment )

Cal
- 304 days ago - latimes.com
Millions of hitchhikers are being carried to American coasts on large pieces of debris set adrift by last year's Japanese tsunami.
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Testicle-Eating Fish Discovered in Illinois Lake
Animals  (tags: invasive species, protection, humans, animals, animaladvocates, wildlife, wildanimals, habitat, environment )

Cal
- 318 days ago - mnn.com
Some local swimmers are staying out of the water for fear of castration.
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Poisonous Caterpillars Could Bring Misery to Millions of Olympic Spectators
Animals  (tags: animals, invasive species, caterpillars, health concerns, poisonous caterpillars, protection, humans, environment )

Cal
- 413 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Poisonous caterpillars which cause vomiting and dizziness if there hairs are inhaled could spread to trees around the Olympics potentially bringing misery to millions of spectators.
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FIGHTING INVASIVE SPECIES: Australian Volunteers Take Part in Cane Toad Cull
Animals  (tags: wildlife, wildanimals, world, invasive species, cane toads, animals, animaladvocates, humans, protection )

Cal
- 433 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Thousands of volunteers in Australia are taking part in a massive cull of cane toads.
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FIGHTING INVASIVE SPECIES: Bounty Offered on 'Fishzilla'
Animals  (tags: fighting invasive species, invasive species, animals, protection, humans, environment, AnimalWelfare, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 434 days ago - enn.com
If Stephen King were to write a novel about a terrifying, monstrous fish, he might create something not unlike the snakehead.
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Macquarie Island Penguins Make An Inspiring Comeback
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, slaughter, invasive species, protection, humans, AnimalWelfare, wildlife, wildanimals, goodnews, GoodNews, habitat )

Cal
- 475 days ago - enn.com
About one hundred years ago, this penguin colony, known as a rookery, was subject to a terrible slaughter--Environmentalists launched a successful international campaign to protect the remaining 4,000 penguins-- they now number 500,000 birds
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INVASIVE SPECIES: Smallest Irish Mammal 'May Vanish'
Animals  (tags: invasive species, politics, protection, animalwelfare, animals, AnimalWelfare, wildlife )

Cal
- 483 days ago - irishtimes.com
Ireland's smallest mammal, the protected pygmy shrew, has "completely vanished" in some areas due to the introduction of new species.
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