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Three Orangutans Are Released Into the Wild in the Forests of East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, wildlife, orangutans, released )

Cher
- 28 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
For the first time in nearly a decade, three rehabilitated orangutans have been returned to the wild in Indonesia by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS Foundation), from its rescue and reintroduction centre in East Kalimantan
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Injured Red Squirrel Rescued and Returned Home
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, red squirrel, rescued, released, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 87 days ago - rspca.org.uk
A red squirrel has returned home after a stay at one of our four wildlife hospitals
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Cove Guardian Erwin Vermeulen Is Released From Jail
Offbeat  (tags: Sea Shepherd, dolphins, jail, good news, released, volunteer, Japan, whaling )

Lindsey
- 95 days ago - seashepherd.org
February 16 was a very good day in court for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Cove Guardian volunteer, Erwin Vermeulen. In Wakayama, Japan, closing arguments were presented in the case of Erwin Vermeulen.
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Purple Squirrel Released Back Into The Wild
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Lindsey
- 106 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A purple squirrel captured on Sunday by a couple from Jersey Shore, Pa., has been released back into the wild, AccuWeather.com reports.
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Panther Kitten Released Into Wild
Offbeat  (tags: big cypress national preserve, panther kitten, rescued, recovered, freedom, released )

Simone
- 171 days ago - globalanimal.org
This week saw the happy return of an orphaned Florida panther kitten to the wild. The release of the 1.5-year-old cat took place on Tuesday evening in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, near the area he'd been discovered last year.
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Penguins Rescued From New Zealand Oil Spill Released
Offbeat  (tags: rescued blue penguins, oil spill, new zealand, rescued, released )

Simone
- 181 days ago - wwf.panda.org
The first little blue penguins affected by the Rena oil spill were released back into the wild at Mount Maunganui on Tuesday, after several weeks of recovery and care by WWF staff and other members of New Zealand's National Oiled Wildlife Recovery Team.
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100 Penguins Released Into The Wild! MUST WATCH VIDEO!
Offbeat  (tags: pengins, released, rescued, oil spill, animals, happy news, environment, interesting, goodnews, photos, pictures, protection, safety, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 182 days ago - happynews.com
Nearly 100 happy feet waddle back to the ocean in New Zealand as 49 little blue penguins are cleared for release following their oil spill rescue last month. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. Adorable Video.
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LEOPARD IN THE FIELDS... RUN, RUN, RUN..
Offbeat  (tags: injured leopard, rescued, wildife rescue team, treated, released, safety issues, villagers )

Simone
- 249 days ago - starofmysore.com
A 3-year-old male leopard which was spotted at Arasina-kere village close to Chikkanahalli Reserve Forest Range in Jayapura hobli of Mysore taluk this morning, was later caught by members of the wildlife rescue team.
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Wayward Penguin Released South of New Zealand
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Lindsey
- 258 days ago - today.msnbc.msn.com
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Free at last. The wayward emperor penguin dubbed "Happy Feet" is back in the ocean south of New Zealand.
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Accidental Water Flow Into Pool May Have Prevented Fuel Melting:TEPCO
Offbeat  (tags: TEPCO, spent fuel, accidentaly saved, investigation, released, Fukushima No1. nuclear power plant, No.4 reactor, water flowed )

Naoko
- 338 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
TEPCO has released the results of an investigation into developments surrounding the No.4 reactor at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant and advised that water accidentaly flowed into a spent fuel pool from an adjacent pool, barely avoiding fuel from >
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Romanian Horses to Be re-Released Soon, Despite Swamp Fever Setback
Offbeat  (tags: romanian horses, wild horses, rescued, saved from slaughter, released, freedom, swamp fever )

Simone
- 348 days ago - vier-pfoten.org
The horses caught illegally in the Romanian Danube Delta are about to be re-released into the wild. This positive news ends a difficult week, in which events had taken a sad turn after the successful rescue of some 70 wild horses in Letea.
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Hundreds of Native Crayfish to Be Released Into the Wild to Slow Steep Decline in Species
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Simone
- 374 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Hundreds of captive-bred native crayfish will be released at a secret site in a bid to slow the decline in the species, the Environment Agency said today. White clawed crayfish have been hit by the spread of the invasive American signal crayfish,
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Penguin Chicks Released After Rescue in South Africa
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, wildlife, penguins, rescued, released )

Cher
- 524 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Forty-nine endangered African penguin juveniles have been given a new lease of life after being successfully released on to Bird Island following a rehabilitation process.
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TWO CAPTIVE LYNX INTRODUCED TO THE SIERRA MORENA
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Simone
- 528 days ago - theleader.info
Two lynx cats, both born in captivity, have been introduced into a reserve for the first time since the breeding programme began in 2005. They were released into an area located close to the river at the Jaen Guarrizas, Sierra Morena.
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'Caging Big Cats and Releasing Them Randomly Is a Fraught Affair'
Offbeat  (tags: big cats, villagers, leopards, conflicts, caught, released, unknown territory, hazards )

Simone
- 541 days ago - indianexpress.com
Even as villagers in south Gujarat live in constant fear of attacks by leopards, wildlife experts from Pune say the state forest department's strategy of capturing and releasing the big cats haphazardly is proving to be counter-productive.
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