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Animals News tagged with nature

The Long Island Black Squirrel and Its Lesson for DC
Animals  (tags: black squirrels, long island squirrels, nature, wildlife, protection, humans, lessons )

Simone
- 15 days ago - examiner.com
As you can imagine, black squirrels are extremely rare; one estimate claims that for every 10,000 squirrels, just one will be black. With a scant population on Long Island, these critters are typically found in larger numbers near Washington, D.C.
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Hungry, Hungry Animals: 10 Unique Stories of Consumption
Animals  (tags: Animals, Habitats, Food, Health, Nature, Ecosystems )

Katie
- 16 days ago - webecoist.com
A recent study detailed that nearly 50 percent of dogs and almost 60 percent of cats are overweight or obese due to high-calorie diets and insufficient exercise, sparking questions in this author's mind about the eating habits of animals in the wild.
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Big Cats' Big Plight
Animals  (tags: animals, environment, protection, habitat, nature, lions, Africa, wildlife, wildanimals, AnimalWelfare )

Cher
- 32 days ago - bangkokpost.com
The lions of Africa are threatened as never before; with the population numbering just a tenth of what it was mere decades ago. This month, wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin attempts to find out what happened to these majestic beasts in Investigation Earth
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Swooping Magpies Should Be Spared - Greens
Animals  (tags: australian birds, magpies, killed, nesting season, nature, protection )

Simone
- 49 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
South Australian Greens MP Mark Parnell wants changes to local laws that allow people to kill any magpie that attacks. Under section 54 of the 1972 National Parks and Wildlife Act, it is lawful for anyone to kill any Australian magpie that has attack
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Loss Of Top Predators Causing Surge In Smaller Predators, Ecosystem Collapse
Animals  (tags: animals, wolves, sharks, cougars, lions, predators, hunting, ranchers, livestock, sheep, science, investigation, research, humans, wildlife, wildanimals, extinction, environment, habitat, ecosystems, nature, coyotes, rodents, economy )

Tom
- 50 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The catastrophic decline around the world of "apex" predators such as wolves, cougars, lions or sharks has led to a huge increase in smaller "mesopredators" that are causing major economic and ecological disruptions, a new study concludes.
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Protecting Wolves Promotes a Healthy Landscape
Animals  (tags: protecting, wolves, conservation, healthy landscape, nature, survival, wildlife, wildanimals )

Simone
- 52 days ago - statesmanjournal.com
After eliminating wolves from Oregon and most of the west, the species has begun to make a comeback. Now, without protections as an endangered species, many have a bullseye on their backs.
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Panthers in the Suburbs
Animals  (tags: panther, mountain lions, migration, habitat, humans, invasion, wildlife, protection, conservation, nature )

Simone
- 85 days ago - lionrescue.co.uk
Reactions to the unconfirmed sightings of panthers in the Palisades and local townships bring a serious ecological dilemma into focus. Assuming this animal(s) is an eastern panther and not an escaped exotic pet, it is a member of a population of animals
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Spectacular Marine Life Captured Under North Sea Off Norfolk Coast
Animals  (tags: habitat, nature, animals, animalwelfare, GoodNews, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 89 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Divers off the coast of Norfolk have captured a series of spectacular images of the marine life beneath the North Sea.
2 comments
The Nature Report: Ground Squirrels --Video
Animals  (tags: rodents, desert, prickly pear, dust, dining, nature, wildlife )

Raffi
- 109 days ago - valleycentral.com
The Mexican ground squirrel is a delight to watch during the hot Rio Grande Valley summer. Standing up on its hind legs, a female Mexican ground squirrel munches on a seed and surveys her surroundings.
7 comments
Knepp Castle: Gone to the Dogs, and Horses, and Pigs...
Animals  (tags: animals, nature, Castles, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 145 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
On the 3,500-acre Knepp Castle estate, home of the Burrell family for more than 200 years, the land and the animals living there are being left "to do their own thing" in a scheme described as "the most daring wildlife and farming experiment in Britain
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2009 FFI Project List
Animals  (tags: animals, biodiversity, protection, FFI, projects, nature, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 153 days ago - fauna-flora.org
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is working hard to safeguard all of these threatened species and ecosystems and many more around the world. We do so by working alongside local people to find sustainable, economically viable and lasting means of keeping
2 comments
Sign Petition: U.S. Military Base in Okinawa Threatens Rare Dugongs
Animals  (tags: animals, dugong, manatee, okinawa, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered, extinction, sadness, environment, habitat, nature, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, destruction, protection, humans, oceans )

Tom
- 156 days ago - change.org
The U.S. and Japanese governments are planning to destroy the best remaining habitat of a unique and critically endangered marine mammal -- the Okinawa dugong. This dugong, a relative of the manatee, is a rare marine mammal that feeds in the seagrass beds.
16 comments
Sign Petition: Save The Polar Bears!
Animals  (tags: animals, polar, bears, ice, melting, endangered, extinction, suffering, wildlife, sadness, environment, habitat, ecosystems, globalwarming, climatechange, conservation, nature, pollution, politics, humans, CO2emissions, climate, business, money, oil )

Tom
- 157 days ago - change.org
Polar bears are dying. As global warming accelerates, the sea ice they depend on for survival is literally melting away. Bears are starving and drowning as they have to swim farther and farther to reach solid ice. Some are even turning to cannibalism.
17 comments
Will We Still Eat Meat, Drink Milk, and Fry Eggs in 2109?
Animals  (tags: animals, cruelty, suffering, endangered, species, extinction, protection, factory, farms, obama, future, peace, prosperity, environment, ecosystems, nature, climate, food, energy, health, safety, oil, water, trees, air, pollution, global, warming )

Tom
- 166 days ago - alternet.org
Back in 2009, people were used to just taking whatever they wanted of natural resources, not believing that there could ever be consequences. They thought there was no end to the oil in the ground, fresh air or water, trees, or even animals.
6 comments
PLEASE TAKE ACTION: Protect America's Wilderness and Wildlife!!!
Animals  (tags: wilderness, nature, habitat, conservation, wildlife, animals, environment, wildanimals )

Simone
- 170 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Wilderness clears our air, filters our water, provides home and sanctuary to wildlife including threatened and endangered species, and is a significant buffer for species facing the effects of global warming. But America's last wild places are falling
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