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Animals News tagged with news

Lemurs Under Threat From Madagascar's 'Timber Mafia'
Animals  (tags: wildlife, News, Madagascar, lemurs, timber sale )

Katie
- 2 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Madagascar, which has been isolated from landmasses for more than 160m years, is the world's fourth largest island and a "conservation hotspot" with thousands of exotic species found only here. These include nearly 100 species of lemur, six ........
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Reindeer Tragedy: Ice Collapses, Hundreds Die
Animals  (tags: News, Animal, environment, reindeer, ice collapse )

Katie
- 3 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A trek across a frozen lake proved to be a deadly journey for hundreds of reindeer last week. Sami herders in Sweden were leading 3,000 reindeer to "greener pastures" across a frequently-traveled route during their annual migration........
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Shark Bite Acts as Emergency Caesarean
Animals  (tags: news, Animal, Shark, Shark bite )

Katie
- 10 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A shark stunned aquarium visitors in New Zealand when it bit a female shark's stomach, causing four baby sharks to spill out of its womb.
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BBC - Earth News - Spirit Bears Become 'Invisible'
Animals  (tags: News, wildanimals, wildlife, bears, white bears, disappearing )

Katie
- 14 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
On a few islands in western Canada, white 'spirit bears' walk the woods. Now scientists have discovered why these striking animals, a race of black bear, survive.
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25% of Zimbabwe's Rhinos Killed in Past Three Years By Gangster Poachers
Animals  (tags: News, animals, rhinos, rhino poaching, killing )

Katie
- 17 days ago - treehugger.com
Morris Mustambiwa said that some 200 rhinos have been taken by poachers linked to international crime syndicates. In particular, poachers have been targeting the southeastern part of the nation, and the Zambezi valley in the north.
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Middle-Aged Wolves Retire From the Hunt
Animals  (tags: Animal, news, wolves, wolves wildanimals, changes )

Katie
- 17 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
According to a new study, most wolves lose their prowess by age 3, just halfway through their lives. After that, they have to rely on younger members of the pack to catch the majority of their meals.
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Treaty Parties Learn of 40 Proposed Wildlife Trade Rule Changes
Animals  (tags: News, animal, rules, regulations, changes )

Katie
- 24 days ago - panda.org
Proposals for tighter trade controls for species such as the Atlantic Blue Fin tuna, sharks and corals have been submitted for the next meeting of parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).
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U.S. Maps Protected Alaska Habitat For Polar Bears
Animals  (tags: environment, bears, polar bears, news, US )

Katie
- 29 days ago - planetark.com
A vast swath of icy sea, barrier islands and coastal land on Alaska's oil-rich North Slope will be granted special protection because of its importance to the threatened polar bear, under a proposal released Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Magpies 'Feel Grief and Hold Funerals'
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, interesting, news )

Maria
- 31 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Magpies feel grief and even hold funeral-type gatherings for their fallen friends and lay grass "wreaths" beside their bodies, an animal behaviour expert has claimed.
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IFAW's J. Leask on the 20th Anniversary of the Ivory Trade Ban
Animals  (tags: news, ifaw, animals, animalwelfare, ivory, ivory trade )

Katie
- 37 days ago - animalrescue.typepad.com
This month is the 20th anniversary of the start of the global ivory trade ban. In 1989, the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) gave elephants the highest level of protection, which effectively banned..........
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Tiger World News
Animals  (tags: tigers, news, actions, conservation, reports, endangered, protection, wildanimals )

Simone
- 129 days ago - tigerworldnews.wordpress.com
Tiger World News is dedicated to informing the public about the endangered state of wild tigers as well as the situations tigers face in captivity.
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400 Dogs Seized From Washington Puppy Mill
Animals  (tags: dogs, puppy mills, animal abuse, animal welfare, animals, washington, police, law, crime, u.s., news, animal rights, AnimalCruelty, animalcruelty, animalrights, abuse, cruelty, protection, suffering )

SirRobert
- 176 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
400 dogs, including three newborn puppies, have been removed from a puppy mill that is being called "one of the worst cases" of animal abuse seen by state officials!
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Endangered Turtles Race to Save Their Future
Animals  (tags: news, endangered species, leatherback, turtles, tortoises, extinction, habitat, conservation, wild animals, animals, good news, Internet, wildlife )

PinkMindy
- 219 days ago - cnn.com
The race between the turtle and the hare has never been a fair match, but with the help from some high-tech tracking devices,conservation officials hope to raise awareness of the plight of the leatherback tortoises.
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E A R T H L I N G S : A Documentary
Animals  (tags: culture, society, ethics, interesting, news, sadness, rights, violence, humans, abuse, death, animals, nature, wildlife, politics, animalrights, ethics, sadness )

Kat
- 226 days ago - earthlings.com
"This is the single most powerful and informative movie about society's treatment of animals . A must see for anyone who cares enough to know." Woody Harrelson. EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary about humanity's absolute dependence on...
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Did You Get April Fooled?
Animals  (tags: peta, news, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, april fools, protection )

Cher
- 231 days ago - blog.peta.org
If you were paying attention to the news yesterday, you may have seen quite a few stories about PETA--apparently, we were quite busy!
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